Attractive Grilled Corn Salad with Avocado

It’s candy corn season, and we’re celebrating all week lengthy through the AK Summer season Sequence! I keep in mind through the summers once I was little we’d lay out an enormous picnic blanket and eat ears and ears of grilled candy corn all buttered up and salted to perfection. There’s really nothing higher (or nostalgic) than candy corn through the summer season and I’m right here to re-share a simple recipe that elevates the common ear of corn into one thing really fabulous.

This stunning grilled corn salad is crammed with creamy avocado, crunchy veggies, just a little tang from goat cheese (or sub feta!), and a superbly candy and spicy scorching honey French dressing to tug all of it collectively. I thought of going with a easy cilantro lime dressing or a extra fundamental French dressing, however one style of this scorching honey model and I used to be HOOKED (and you may be, too).

The most effective half about this pretty salad is that it doubles as the proper facet dish or appetizer in your BBQs and potlucks! I loved it straight from the bowl however it might be excellent as a simple, flavorful dip with chips. Add your fav protein to make it a pleasant hearty meal, and keep in mind to take a look at the complete submit for extra methods to customise.

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Welcome to the AK Summer season Sequence

For the remainder of the summer season, we’ll be dedicating every week to pick out summer season produce! Week 2 we’re celebrating all issues CORN, persevering with with this pretty, colourful grilled corn salad. Keep tuned on the weblog and on Instagram for every week’s produce spotlight, enjoyable movies, and extra.

The whole lot you’ll have to make this grilled corn salad

This candy and spicy grilled corn salad is bursting with recent summer season produce and flavors. Many corn salads have a mayo-based dressing, however we’re conserving this salad good and light-weight! Right here’s what you’ll have to make it:

• Produce: the bottom of this attractive salad is constructed from grilled recent corn (in fact), cherry tomatoes, avocado, crimson onion, and recent basil.
• Goat cheese: I really like the creamy, tangy taste that goat cheese provides when combined in with the entire veggies.
• Scorching honey dressing: we’re making a do-it-yourself scorching honey French dressing with avocado oil, honey, cayenne pepper, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, garlic powder, salt & pepper.

Grill excellent corn each time

You’re going to LOVE the candy, barely charred taste that grilled corn provides to this salad. Get all of my ideas and methods for grilling corn right here! You’ll slice the corn kernels off of the cob and throw them proper into the salad.

No grill? No downside

When you don’t have entry to a grill you’ll be able to simply cook dinner the corn on the stovetop or within the oven! Right here’s the way to do it:

• On the stovetop: fastidiously lower the kernels off of the corn cob. Warmth the avocado oil in a nonstick skillet and add the kernels with salt and pepper. Prepare dinner till barely charred and tender, about 10 minutes.
• Within the oven: preheat your oven to 400 levels F and line a baking sheet with tin foil. Rigorously lower the kernels off of the cob and toss them with the avocado oil, salt, and pepper. Unfold the kernels out on the baking sheet and roast for 15-20 minutes till tender.

Easy ingredient swaps

This scrumptious summer season corn salad recipe is straightforward to customise to your style preferences and what you would possibly have already got available. Right here’s what I can advocate:

• For the goat cheese: be happy to make use of feta cheese or cotija cheese as an alternative, or omit the cheese to maintain the salad vegan.
• For the crimson onion: diced inexperienced onion works simply as nicely, or be happy so as to add further veggies like crimson bell pepper or zippy arugula!
• For the basil: in case you’re out of basil you’ll be able to simply swap in some recent cilantro.
• For the dressing: be happy to make use of your favourite scorching sauce as an alternative of cayenne pepper, and recent lime juice as an alternative of apple cider vinegar in case you’d like.

Trying so as to add a lift of protein?

This grilled corn salad can be excellent with grilled honey mustard rooster, shrimp or salmon, or you would maintain it vegetarian by including a can of black beans and easily scoop it up with some tortilla chips (YUM!).

Scrumptious methods to take pleasure in this grilled corn salad

Abra and I couldn’t cease sneaking bites of this grilled corn salad straight from the bowl, but it surely’s additionally unbelievable in a wide range of alternative ways:

• Along with your fav tortilla chips for dipping
• As a topping for do-it-yourself tacos
• Piled on prime of a plate of nachos

The choices are really limitless!

The right way to retailer this grilled corn salad

Retailer this recent grilled corn salad in an airtight container within the fridge for as much as 3-4 days. When you plan on making it forward of time I’d advocate leaving the avocado and goat cheese off till you’re able to serve it in order that it doesn’t get brown.

Extra recipes utilizing recent corn

Get all of my corn recipes right here!

I hope you’re keen on this grilled corn salad with avocado! When you make it you’ll want to go away a remark and a score so I understand how you favored it. Get pleasure from, xo!

Grilled Corn Salad with Avocado, Goat Cheese & Scorching Honey French dressing

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 15 minutes minutes

Whole Time 35 minutes minutes

ServesServes 6 servings

Fantastic grilled corn salad with avocado, tangy goat cheese, and a candy & spicy scorching honey French dressing. This recent, straightforward grilled corn salad comes collectively in a number of easy steps and makes the proper summer season lunch or facet dish! Get pleasure from it by itself or add your favourite protein for a full meal.

Elements

• For the grilled corn:
• 4 ears of corn
• 1 tablespoon avocado oil
• Freshly floor salt and pepper
• For the salad:
• 1 ½ cups halved cherry tomatoes (i like heirloom cherry or grape tomatoes!)
• 1 avocado, diced
• 1/3 cup goat cheese crumbled
• ¼ cup diced crimson onion or sub inexperienced onion
• 6 massive leaves basil, julienned
• Scorching Honey French dressing:
• 2 tablespoons avocado oil or olive oil
• 1 tablespoon honey
• Pinch of cayenne pepper OR 1/2 teaspoon scorching sauce of alternative
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar (or sub recent lime juice)
• ¼ teaspoon dijon mustard
• ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
• Freshly floor salt and pepper, to style

Directions

• Preheat grill to medium excessive warmth.

• Drizzle corn with oil and rub throughout. Season with salt and pepper. Place the corn immediately on the grill and switch sometimes till the corn is charred and cooked, about 20 minutes.

• Enable corn to chill then lower the corn from the cob and place in a big bowl. Add tomatoes, avocado, goat cheese, crimson onion and basil. Toss collectively to mix.

• Make your scorching honey French dressing: in a mason jar or small bowl add honey and cayenne or scorching sauce; microwave for 10-15 seconds till the honey is scorching. Take away and add within the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, dijon, garlic powder and salt and pepper; put a lid on the mason jar and shake nicely to mix. You can even whisk collectively in a small bowl if most popular. Style and add extra scorching sauce or cayenne if you need it spicier! Pour over the corn salad and toss to mix. Season the salad with salt and pepper to style.

• Benefit from the corn salad instantly. If you’re making forward of time, I like to recommend leaving the avocado and goat cheese out till able to serve.

Recipe Notes

Be happy to make use of feta as an alternative of goat cheese and/or cilantro as an alternative of basil.
See the complete submit for our favourite methods to customise this corn salad.
Retailer this recent grilled corn salad in an hermetic within the fridge for as much as 3 days. When you plan on making it forward of time I would advocate leaving the avocado and goat cheese off till you are able to serve it.

Vitamin

Serving: 1serving (based mostly on 6)Energy: 167kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 4.1gFats: 12.8gSaturated Fats: 3.2gFiber: 2.3gSugar: 5.9g