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Grilled Corn Salad with Avocado

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This grilled corn salad is a perfect summer BBQ side dish. It's juicy, bursting with summer flavors, and wonderfully colorful.

It's a delicious salad of grilled corn, tomatoes, avocado, fresh herbs, and feta. 

grilled corn salad in a large serving bowl

What You'll Need to Make a Grilled Corn Salad

  • 4 ears sweet corn, husked
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 
  • 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • 1 cup fresh herbs (basil or cilantro), chopped
  • juice of one lime
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup feta
grilled corn salad ingredients

How to Make Grilled Corn Salad

  • Heat BBQ grill (or grill pan) to high heat. 
  • Coat the corn in the vegetable oil - using your hands or a brush. Place the corn on the grill and let grill for 15 minutes, rotating sides every 5 minutes, until grill marks have formed. 
  • Cut the corn kernels off the corn husk and add to a large mixing bowl.
  • Add the tomatoes, avocado, herbs (reserving a small amount for topping), lime juice, olive oil, and salt and stir to combine.
  • Serve the salad on a large dish or serving bowl and top with the feta and leftover herbs.

More Summer Side Dish Recipes to Enjoy

If you like this corn salad, you'll also enjoy these summer salads:

grilled corn salad in a large serving bowl

How to Pick the Best Sweet Corn

This salad is best with freshly picked, summer sweet corn. You can tell the best corn by its sweet smell and firm kernels. The tassels shouldn't be browned or black - if they're unspoiled they will be a nice blond color.

You don't need to pull the husk back in the store or farmer's market to tell these things - just press (firm kernels), look (blonde tassels), and smell (fresh + sweet) and you'll end up with a good ear of corn. 

I hope you enjoy this delicious, grilled corn salad with avocado!


Yield: 4 side salad servings

Grilled Corn Salad

grilled corn salad in a large serving bowl

This grilled corn salad is a perfect summer BBQ side dish.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 ears sweet corn, husked
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 
  • 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • 1 cup fresh herbs (basil or cilantro), chopped
  • juice of one lime
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup feta

Instructions

  1. Heat BBQ grill (or grill pan) to high heat. 
  2. Coat the corn in the vegetable oil - using your hands or a brush. Place the corn on the grill and let grill for 15 minutes, rotating sides every 5 minutes, until grill marks have formed. 
  3. Cut the corn kernels off the corn husk and add to a large mixing bowl.
  4. Add the tomatoes, avocado, herbs (reserving a small amount for topping), lime juice, olive oil, and salt and stir to combine.
  5. Serve the salad on a large dish or serving bowl and top with the feta and leftover herbs.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 399Total Fat: 30gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 1412mgCarbohydrates: 28gFiber: 7gSugar: 9gProtein: 10g

barb

Monday 10th of August 2020

this if very refreshing and good. I did use avocado oil instead of Evoo and used basil for the herb. I would definately make this again.

Diana Lucia

Wednesday 5th of July 2017

I can't wait to make this!

Jessica

Wednesday 5th of July 2017

Yum, this looks so good!

Kat

Tuesday 4th of July 2017

This looks delicious!!!

Emily Wilson

Tuesday 4th of July 2017

Thanks, Kat! Glad you like it :)

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