Sharing a perfect corn salad recipe today! This Bacon Avocado Corn Salad is flavor packed and makes the perfect salad all year round!
Corn Salad
Can I just say it is a salad packed with all of my favorite things. It’s got corn, bacon, avocados, cilantro, lime and cheese! I could eat this every day and be so very happy. I just know you will love this salad, Enjoy!
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Recipe from Absolutely Avocados Coobook by my friend Gaby Dalkin of What’s Gaby Cooking!
How To Make Corn Salad
- Place a heavy skillet over medium heat. Arrange the bacon strips in the skillet and cook on both sides until the bacon is crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to dry. Remove all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat from the skillet.
- Cut the kernels off each cob by laying the cob flat on a cutting board and using a sharp knife to remove the kernels. Discard the cobs and transfer the kernels to the skillet with the bacon fat. Cook the corn over medium-high heat until it is just slightly golden brown, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, crumble in the cotija cheese, and add the cilantro and lime juice. Let the mixture cool to room temperature. Roughly crumble the bacon into the corn mixture and toss to combine.
- Cut the avocado in half lengthwise. Remove the pit from the avocado and discard. Remove the avocado from the skin and cut the avocado into 1/2 inch pieces. Transfer the avocado to the skillet. Taste and season with salt and pepper before serving. Serve immediately at room temperature, or refrigerate for later. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Bacon, Avocado Corn Salad
This Bacon Avocado Corn Salad is flavor packed and makes the pefect side dish!
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Calories: 157kcal
Cost: 8
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Ingredients
- 5 strips Thick cut bacon
- 4 ears corn husks and silks removed
- 2 ounces cotija cheese feta cheese may be substituted
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 lime juiced
- 1 Hass avocado
- coarse salt
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place a heavy skillet over medium heat. Arrange the bacon strips in the skillet and cook on both sides until the bacon is crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to dry. Remove all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat from the skillet.
- Cut the kernels off each cob by laying the cob flat on a cutting board and using a sharp knife to remove the kernels. Discard the cobs and transfer the kernels to the skillet with the bacon fat. Cook the corn over medium-high heat until it is just slightly golden brown, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, crumble in the cotija cheese, and add the cilantro and lime juice. Let the mixture cool to room temperature. Roughly crumble the bacon into the corn mixture and toss to combine.
- Cut the avocado in half lengthwise. Remove the pit from the avocado and discard. Remove the avocado from the skin and cut the avocado into 1/2 inch pieces. Transfer the avocado to the skillet. Taste and season with salt and pepper before serving. Serve immediately at room temperature, or refrigerate for later. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Notes
Recipe by Gaby Dalkin of What's Gaby Cooking
Nutrition
Calories: 157kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 179mg | Potassium: 279mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 157IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg
Keywords: bacon corn salad, corn salad, corn salad recipe, summer corn salad
The recipe is over here, but in a gist – fry bacon, remove, cut corn off the cob, fry in bacon, add lime juice, cilantro, bacon, crumbled feta, stir, remove from the heat, stir in avocado. Made this twice already and it’s awesome. You’d think lime would kill all the taste, but it doesn’t. Cilantro doesn’t stick out either and feta melts down a bit and adds this very nice creaminess to the whole thing. And fried corn kernels in bacon fat … that’s really quite something.
Embarassed to say I just tried an avocado a couple of months ago but it was delicious so I bought my first one yesterday to try out.
I like avocados in salads, there are endless possibilities.
What a delicious way to combine great ingredients! Delightful.. will be making this soon.
PS: I shared your post a couple of days ago with my community on FB and Pinterest and it went viral. Congrats! Keep up the good work <3
Astrid
My favorite way to eat an avocado is (of course) plain & with a spoon!
I serve it up for breakfast, though, with an egg cracked into the spot where the pit was removed from, sprinkled with a little bit of cheese & bacon and put in the oven under the broiler. YUM.
Lunchtime calls for a grilled sandwich of turkey, swiss, spinach, avocado, & ranch dressing!
I love avocado on my sandwhich.