Description
This Grilled Corn Salad shines with its vibrant flavors, fresh veggies, and a hint of acidity from apple cider vinegar. Perfect as a quick side for any summer gathering, it’s both healthy and delicious, featuring sweet corn, juicy tomatoes, and aromatic herbs. A great choice for easy, homemade meals!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 ears of corn, shucked and silks removed
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, quartered
- 1 english cucumber, sliced and quartered
- ½ medium red onion, diced
- ¼ cup chopped fresh herbs (choose tender herbs like parsley, dill, cilantro, basil, mint, and tarragon)
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- optional: crumbled feta
Instructions
- Preheat the grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.
- Brush the corn with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and grill for 8 to 10 minutes, turning occasionally for even charring. Remove from the grill and let cool.
- Once cool, shave the kernels off the corn with a knife.
- In a large bowl, combine the corn kernels, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, and fresh herbs.
- Drizzle with the remaining olive oil, apple cider vinegar, kosher salt, and black pepper. Stir well to combine.
- If desired, top with crumbled feta before serving.
Notes
Use fresh corn during peak season for the best flavor.
Feel free to customize with your favorite herbs.
This salad can be made a few hours ahead and refrigerated before serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 5mg