Summer Fresh Corn Salad

Piles of corn on the cob grace each grocery store, grocery retailer, farmer’s market, and roadside stand all summer time lengthy. Certain, you should purchase corn on the cob all 12 months lengthy, however that recent summer time corn is the sweetest, juiciest cobs you may get. Get pleasure from it on the cob with butter, or flip it into a lightweight and refreshing salad that you simply’ll crave all summer time lengthy. Our corn salad provides in different summer time backyard favorites with cucumber and tomato. Just a little onion is added for chunk. Avocado will get thrown in for creaminess. Then it’s all about these recent herbs and a easy French dressing.

For different equally scrumptious summer time salads, attempt our Caprese Avocado Salad or our Mediterranean Chickpea Salad.

This salad is a superb addition to a potluck or summer time gathering and goes superior with any and all picnic fare. It’s also nice as a result of it stays crisp and somewhat crunchy even when inexperienced salads wilt. The subsequent time you see a fruit and vegetable stand, cease and seize some corn on the cob for a terrific summer time deal with!

Ingredient Notes

• Corn: ought to be recent corn from the cob, however when not out there, you should use frozen. Remember to thaw it and drain it totally of all extra moisture if you happen to select to go this route.
• Tomatoes: Roma are most well-liked as a result of they’ve much less liquid, however any sort of backyard tomato will work, together with cherry or grape tomatoes.
• Cucumber: English selection (lengthy and thin) is most well-liked attributable to its thinner pores and skin and fewer bitter taste. If utilizing a Persian selection (shorter and fatter), peel it first.
• Avocado: provides creaminess, however will be not noted.
• Purple Onion: crimson is greatest for consuming uncooked. If it’s an excessive amount of of a chunk for you, you should use sliced inexperienced onions as a substitute.
• Basil and Mint: dried herbs will be substituted instead of recent in 1/third the quantity, however for a salad like this it’s strongly advisable you employ recent.

Selecting Corn

For this recipe you should use yellow, white, or candy corn varieties. If utilizing a candy white corn, you’ll be able to skip the boiling and use it uncooked.

Examine the Husk: Search for a decent, inexperienced husk that matches snugly across the ear. Keep away from any with rotting or dry spots. The silks poking out the highest ought to be brown and nonetheless barely sticky, not dry.

Examine for Bugs: Guarantee there are not any holes within the husk, as these may point out bugs have made their manner in.

Peel Again the Husk: If acceptable for the shop, rigorously peel again a small part of the husk to examine the kernels. They need to be plump and moist.

Keep away from Dry or Shriveled Corn: Keep away from ears that look dry or shriveled, as they gained’t be as recent or flavorful.