It’s candy corn season right here within the midwest, which implies it’s time to make alllllll the corn recipes. First up! This Mediterranean corn salad that options candy and juicy caramelized corn, crisp cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, crumbled feta, and recent herbs, all tossed in a easy home made French dressing. I can’t wait so that you can strive it ❤️🌽.
This Mediterranean corn salad was born out of my love for this tremendous widespread Mediterranean grilled road corn recipe that Linley created a number of years in the past. It’s all of the flavors you’re keen on from that recipe, however tossed collectively in a yummy salad that’s good for serving at actually any summer time get-together.
Tremendous duper straightforward to make, and retains nicely for leftovers!
A refreshing summer time salad with allllll the colours of the season.
An effective way to make use of recent candy corn when it’s in season🌽🌽
Key Elements
- Candy corn: I extremely suggest utilizing recent candy corn reduce off the cob (the flavour and texture simply can’t be beat!), however if you’re in a pinch you need to use frozen corn. Simply make certain that you thaw the frozen corn and take away any extra moisture from the corn earlier than utilizing it. PS: don’t sleep on my foolproof tutorial for completely boiled corn on the cob 😋
- Cucumbers: The recent, crisp CRUNCH of sliced cucumbers are integral to the Mediterranean flavors of this salad. Any number of cucumber will work, simply be sure you slice them into half moons.
- Feta crumbles: The salty, crumbly goodness of feta can also be essential to the flavour of this salad. You need to use cotija or crumbled goat cheese if that’s all have readily available.
- Kalamata olives: I’m on staff olives! I do know not everyone seems to be, so be happy to skip these if olives aren’t your jam. You might want a pinch or two of salt should you don’t use olives since they add such nice salty taste to the salad.
Discover the complete checklist of elements within the recipe card under.
Serving Solutions
Pair this corn salad with any of my scrumptious summer time recipes for a simple unfold for any yard BBQ. Don’t neglect to take a look at different salad recipes, too! You’ll typically discover me serving this salad with one in all these 3 recipes:
Mediterranean Burger with Tzatziki: the flavors of this burger clearly pair nicely with this corn salad — I’ve even topped these burgers with the salad itself YUM!
Spatchcock Hen: this spatchcock hen is flavorful, straightforward to pop within the oven, and served alongside this scrumptious summer time corn salad.
Air Fryer Hen Thighs: preserve the oven off and pop these air fryer hen thighs into the air fryer for minutes. It’s a nice protein choice to serve with this Mediterranean corn salad.
Ideas for Storing Leftovers
This Mediterranean corn salad will preserve within the fridge for as much as 5 days whether it is saved in an hermetic container. Add further crumbled feta and recent herbs and toss to mix to brighten the salad up a bit earlier than serving leftovers.
Extra of My Favourite Salads
-
Warmth the avocado oil in a big skillet over medium/excessive warmth. Add the corn and season with ¼ teaspoon of salt. Saute the corn for 6-9 minutes, stirring sometimes till the corn begins to carmelize and brown. Take away from the warmth.
-
In a big salad bowl, combine collectively the cucumber, pink onion, sun-dried tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, feta, olive oil, pink wine vinegar, lemon juice and the remaining salt.
-
As soon as the corn has cooled, add it to the salad bowl and blend. Toss with recent herbs and serve or switch to the fridge to chill.
- Corn: You may as well use recent corn. I like to recommend shucking and cooking your corn following this tutorial on tips on how to boil corn on the cob.
- Any kind of cucumber can be utilized on this recipe. Simply be sure you slice them into half-moons should you’re utilizing a bigger selection.
Energy: 213 kcal, Carbohydrates: 26 g, Protein: 6 g, Fats: 12 g, Fiber: 4 g, Sugar: 3 g
Vitamin info is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Images: images taken on this publish are by Erin from The Wood Skillet.