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Street Corn Salad

It’s time for a salad – well, a side dish that acts like a salad. The street corn salad is here and it’s smokey, full of flavour with a dash of heat. This one just might alarm your smoke detector. Okay, let’s get cooking!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 5 cups
Author: Ali

Ingredients

  • 4 cans or 6 cobs of corn
  • 2 jalapeño
  • 1/2 cup of cilantro
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 tablespoons of lime juice
  • 1/2 cup of mayo
  • dash of chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon of paprika
  • 16 oz of feta
  • 1/2 cup of green onions
  • dashes of salt

Instructions

  • Here's the true trick to this salad. You need to char the corn and jalapeños. This isn't easily done if you're using canned corn. One trick, though, use a wire basket with smallish holes. I used one <a href="https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.small-stainless-steel-vegetable-basket.1000833538.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">like this</a> and only about 20 pieces of corn fell through. So worth it though.
  • Another tip - roast the corn and the jalapeños at the same time. By stacking them in the basket it intensified the smokey flavour. Roast until about 1/2 black. Then, place the corn in a bowl and deseed the jalapeños and dice.
  • Next, chop the cilantro and garlic and then add in the lime juice, mayo and spices. Stir well.
  • Crumble the feta and slice the green onions. Mix all ingredients together, add in your dashes of salt and chill for 2 hours until nice and cold. Then, eat up!