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Sweet Corn and Tomato Salad

By Marybeth Feutz 6 Comments

This Sweet Corn and Tomato Salad is a wonderful cold salad, packed with tons of summer flavor. Use fresh sweet corn, or substitute canned or frozen!

Sweet Corn & Tomato Salad from My Fearless Kitchen. This Sweet Corn and Tomato Salad is a wonderful cold salad, packed with tons of summer flavor. Use fresh sweet corn, or substitute canned or frozen!

Sweet Corn & Tomato Salad

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I’ve got to be honest. Hot food all summer long just don’t appeal to me. And why should it? It’s a bazillion degrees outside, the humidity is a trajillion percent, and the last thing I want to do is eat something that’s hot. (But I do always want to drink my hot coffee in the mornings. It’s ugly around here until I drink my coffee. In fact, I have one of these in our master bathroom.)

I call this recipe Sweet Corn & Tomato Salad. But with the kick of cilantro, we’ve also been eating it as a salsa. It is all fresh veggies, so you really can’t go wrong either way! Whip up this tomato salad with tomatoes fresh from your garden and fresh sweet corn early in the afternoon. Toss it in the refrigerator to chill. That night, fire up the grill to cook these burgers or a juicy steak. Ta da, dinner is done!

I found this recipe in “Grilling & Campfire Cooking” by Gooseberry Patch. This cookbook has plenty of recipes for the grill, for outside cooking, and even cool and refreshing salads like this one. If you love summer “cooking,” this book is for you!

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**PRO TIP #1 – If you’re using fresh sweet corn, you can either boil the ears and then cut the kernels off, or cut the kernels off first and microwave (or boil) the kernels. Cutting the kernels off first saves on burned fingers!

**PRO TIP #2 – You don’t need to use fresh sweet corn, if you can’t find it right now! Frozen or canned works just as well (use about 3 cups of frozen or two cans). I used last year’s sweet corn that I had stashed in our freezer!

Sweet Corn & Tomato Salad from My Fearless Kitchen. This Sweet Corn and Tomato Salad is a wonderful cold salad, packed with tons of summer flavor. Use fresh sweet corn, or substitute canned or frozen!

If you liked this salad, you’ll also love the other recipes in “Grilling & Campfire Cooking.” Check out these other recipes I’ve shared from this cookbook. You won’t want to miss a single one!

Enjoy!

Our Must-Have Tools for Sweet Corn

We cook a lot of sweet corn here over the summer, and we freeze even more! Here are the tools I use with our sweet corn all summer long.

  • RSVP Deluxe Corn Cutter
  • Electric Knife
  • Quart-size Ziploc freezer bags
  • Large stock pot
  • Mess-Free Butter Spreader
  • Interlocking Corn on the Cob Holders

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Sweet Corn and Tomato Salad

Marybeth Feutz
This Sweet Corn and Tomato Salad is a wonderful cold salad, packed with tons of summer flavor. Use fresh sweet corn, or substitute canned or frozen!
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Course Side
Cuisine American
Servings 6 -8 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 6 ears sweet corn husked (or 3 cups frozen sweet corn thawed, or 2 cans sweet corn drained)
  • 1-1/2 pounds tomatoes diced
  • 3/4 cup red onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Bring a large pot of water to boil. Slice kernels off ears of corn, and boil kernels for 5 minutes. Drain kernels and cool to room temperature.
  • In a large bowl, combine corn, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, oil, and vinegar. Toss lightly to mix.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Cover and chill for one hour to overnight.
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Comments

  1. Ashley says

    08/11/2017 at 2:03 pm

    This looks so fresh and flavorful!

  2. Marybeth Feutz says

    08/30/2017 at 4:09 pm

    Thank you!

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