Easy Corn Salsa
Corn salsa made with sweet corn, bell peppers, garlic, cilantro, onion, lime juice, and tomato is perfect as a chip dip, in tacos, on salad, or any other tasty way you can think to use it.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 6 ears corn on the cob (about 3 cups of corn kernels total)
- 2 ripe Roma tomatoes chopped small
- 1 orange bell pepper diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 poblano pepper seeded and diced
- 1 jalapeno seeded and finely chopped
- 1 small red onion finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 1/3 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- juice from 2 limes
- salt and pepper to taste don't be stingy here
Instructions
- If you'd like you can cook the corn (it's great with raw corn straight off the cob!), you can cook the corn by boiling it, grilling it, etc. It only needs to cook for about 5 minutes total.
- Let the corn cool slightly and then cut the corn from the cob and add the cut corn to a medium mixing bowl. If using frozen corn, let it thaw or run it under warm water to help it thaw.
- Add the tomato, bell pepper, poblano pepper, jalapeno, onion, cilantro, garlic powder, and lime juice to the bowl with the corn and stir to combine.
- Add salt and pepper and stir to combine. Taste the dish and adjust the seasonings and ingredients to your liking. Don't be skimpy on the salt here, it helps to enhance the flavor of the vegetables.
- Serve right away.
- This can be used like a salsa and chips dipped in it. You can also add it to your favorite tacos, taco salad, grilled chicken, or rice bowls. It's very versatile.
Notes
- I love using poblano peppers for this dish because I grow them in my garden, if you can find them it's ok to omit them.
- Adjust the heat to this dish by adding more or less jalapeno. You can also adjust it by keeping the seeds from the jalapeno in to make it hotter.
- Feel free to adjust the amounts of things like onion and cilantro and lime juice to your liking, it's very flexible.
- This is a great way to use up leftover cooked corn on the cob if you have some hanging out in your fridge.
- I used my favorite food chopper to make cutting all the vegetables easier and I love how even it makes everything.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 of 8 servings | Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 341mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1308IU | Vitamin C: 61mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg
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