This is a delicious Summer grilled corn salad recipe. All the flavor and textures are perfect for your next outdoor party! Every Summer bbq party deserves to have a great corn salad recipe, especially when the corn fresh, sweet then grilled.

Summer Grilled Corn Salad with Black Beans, Tomatoes, Basil, Feta Cheese in bowl

Easy Grilled Corn Salad Recipe

Sweet tender kernel of charred corn with a ton of different chopped vegetable textures is a dreamy salad ready to devour at the height of the season. Our version of grilled corn salad has plenty of fresh and healthy ingredients all combined into a huge bowl. Chopped cucumber, tomatoes and basil leaves really give this salad a fresh pop of textures. We made this corn salad with black beans, but we know not everyone loves them, so it’s optional. Make it as you like it.

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Summer Grilled Corn Salad with Black Beans, Tomatoes, Basil, Feta Cheese on grill

Simple Vinaigrette Recipe with Lemon Zest

The vinaigrette is super simple but absolutely flavorful. It’s the fresh garlic and lemon zest that makes the flavors outstanding. Please make sure to use lemon zest because the brightness of the lemon juice coupled with the zest is pure magic. You can literally smell this salad a mile away when you’re adding all the lemon zest. So when your Summer agenda is filled with great potlucks, picnics and parties this is. It’ll take about 30 minutes but you know what? It just might take a little longer cause it’s so good, you might want to make a double or triple batch. That mean more chopping on your end but you’ll make a ton of people into happy eaters!

Summer Grilled Corn Salad with Black Beans, Tomatoes, Basil, Feta Cheese in bowl with spoon

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Summer Grilled Corn Salad

Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
This is the best with fresh summer corn. You can always used roasted or sautéed corn kernals too.
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Ingredients

  • 4 ears (4 ears) corn shucked

Dressing Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup (45 ml) olive oil
  • 2 cloves (2 cloves) garlic minced or crushed
  • zest (zest) from 1 medium lemon
  • 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon (3 ml) paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon (1.5 ml) ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon (3 ml) chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon (3 ml) kosher salt , or to taste
  • fresh cracked (fresh cracked ) black pepper , to taste

Other Salad Ingredients

  • 15 ounces (425 g) canned black beans drained and rinsed, optional
  • 2 oz. (57 g) feta cheese (add more if you like more cheese)
  • 1 cup (240 ml) cherry tomatoes , halved
  • 1 cup (240 ml) chopped cucumber
  • 1/2 cup (120 ml) basil leaves , chopped

Instructions 

  • Grill the ears of corn until they have a nice char and are tender. Allow to cool.
    grilled corn
  • Cut the kernels of corn off the cob and place in a large bowl. Set aside.
    shucking corn
  • Make the dressing: In large bowl combine olive oil, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, paprika, ground cumin, chili powder. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
    making vinaigrette for corn salad
  • Add corn, black beans (optional), feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumber and chopped basil.
    ingredients all in bowl
  • Toss with the dressing and serve. Taste the salad if you want it more salt, add a little more seasoning.
    stirring salad

Video

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Nutrition Information per Serving

Calories: 99kcal, Carbohydrates: 2g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 8mg, Sodium: 306mg, Potassium: 90mg, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 415IU, Vitamin C: 9mg, Calcium: 58mg, Iron: 0.5mg
Course: Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Salads
Calories: 99

Can you use canned corn for grilled corn salad?

Sure you can! But you won’t get the grilled flavor or texture. All of our corn salad recipes can be replace with canned corn. Just drain the corn from the juices and enjoy. Lastly, make sure it’s whole kernel canned corn and not creamed corn. There’s a huge texture difference!

Easy Corn Recipes using Fresh Corn

We love fresh corn. Enjoy our corn and chicken salad, grilled corn with parmesan and our 5-minute corn on the cob.

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