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Mexican street corn salad
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5 from 2 votes

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
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time13 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 3 -4
Calories: 80kcal
Author: Caroline's Cooking
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Ingredients

  • 2 ears corn, small-medium (2 small cobs giving approx 1 ½ cup kernels - can use frozen defrosted if out of season)
  • cup cilantro chopped, coriander
  • 4 scallions/spring onions (4 scallions gives approx ½ cup chopped, including most of green part)
  • 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

Instructions

  • 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.

Video

Notes

(see video above)

Nutrition

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