Mexican street corn salad
All your favorite flavors from Mexican street corn in salad form. Packed with flavor and a great side for a potluck, BBQ or picnic.
Prep Time8 minutes mins
Cook Time5 minutes mins
Total Time13 minutes mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 3 -4
Calories: 80kcal
Author: Caroline's Cooking
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- 2 ears corn, small-medium (2 small cobs giving approx 1 ½ cup kernels - can use frozen defrosted if out of season)
- ⅓ cup cilantro chopped, coriander
- 4 scallions/spring onions (4 scallions gives approx ½ cup chopped, including most of green part)
- ⅓ cup black beans
- ¼ cup cotija cheese roughly crumbled, ¼c is about 1oz (use feta if no cotija)
Dressing
- ¼ cup plain yogurt (I used Greek style)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
If using fresh corn and you want to grill - shuck the corn including all the hairy part then grill, turning now and then and moving to a cooler part of the grill if too hot until gently grilled. You should have the odd bits brown and it will go a slightly darker yellow as it cooks. Allow to cool slightly before removing the kernels from the stem. To do this, stand on the thick end in a shallow bowl and use a sharp knife to cut down and remove kernels. Turn and repeat until all removed.
If you'd rather pan-cook, remove the kernels first and heat a little butter or oil (or a mix, you need around 1tbsp total) in a medium skillet. Cook for around 5 minutes until the kernels have softened but are not charred then remove from heat.
Roughly chop the cilantro and slice the scallions. Put both in a bowl along with the corn kernels, black beans and cheese.
Mix together the dressing ingredients (yogurt, lime juice, cumin and paprika) then add to the salad and mix until all combined.
Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 153mg | Potassium: 143mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 515IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 1mg