My Mom would always say “well if (insert childhood friend’s name here) jumped off a bridge, would you jump off the bridge too?”
No Mom… I wouldn’t. Unless I had some sort of bungee cord and a survival guarantee. I mean… duh. But if (insert childhood friend’s name here) is going to pierce her ears, and dye part of her hair bright blue… well heck YES, I want to do it too!
Why couldn’t the question have been more like “well if Tracy made a delicious corn salad, would you make a corn salad too?” The answer: oooooh yes! And let’s dye our hair tips blue while we’re at it!
This corn salad is summer amplified.
Charred corn is totally easy to accomplish… even in a little apartment. All you need is a gas stovetop. Char your corn on the stovetop! It just takes some good crackling and a few good turns.
Avocado, tomatoes, and green onions are a luxury.
This is almost ready to discard pile.
Charred corn sliced from the cob. If you want to stop here and add melted butter, lime and salt… I’d totally understand.
But if you’re patient and add bacon, coarse black, and stir…. HEAVEN!
Give this salad a good toss, add a bit of chili powder and smokey paprika and this salad will feel like an absolute treat.
Wrap big scoops in crisp lettuce leaves… invite some hungry lady friends over and take in the happy life.
Bacon Lettuce Tomato
Behind the scenes things are pretty mellow… just so you know.
BLT Corn Salad Wraps
makes about 5 cups of salad folling
3 ears of shucked corn
1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 avocado, diced
3 sliced crisp cooked bacon, diced
juice of 1 lime
about 1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
a good sprinkling of chili powder and smokey paprika
butter lettuce or iceberg lettuce leaves
hot sauce and sour cream for topping
Shuck corn on the cob of all their husks and strings. Over a gas burner, or on the flame grill, char raw corn. Rotate corn until cob is charred on all sides. Allow corn to cool before slicing corn kernels from the cob. This invariably creates corn shrapnel all over the kitchen counter.
Add corn kernels to a medium bowl. Top with sliced cherry tomatoes, green onion, diced avocado, and diced bacon. Squeeze in lime juice. Top with a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, and slices. Stir to combine. Taste and re-season accordingly.
Rinse and clean individual lettuce leaves. Serve alongside a bowl of corn salad to serve. To enjoy, scoop corn salad into lettuce leaves, top with hot sauce, sour cream, fold up like a taco and eat em up!
Melissa
I tried this recipe last night and it was delicious. Next time I think I might add some chopped jalepeno to the filling to add some extra spice. Thank you for sharing.
Jennie
Planned to make this for dinner last night…but the smoothie won out. I couldn’t get the idea out of my mind though-and was up frying bacon at midnight. These were awesome-(especially with sriacha!) and I am so looking forward to lunch!
laura fisk
it’s so fun seeing your behind the scenes….as they look a lot like my behind the scenes (and makes me feel better i’m not the only one who takes pics on the floor if the light is best there). thank goodness for cropping!
luv what you do
That recipe looks amazing. I love the idea of wrapping everything up in lettuce!
Brandy
I made this last night for dinner…but I left out the advocado (sorry..not a fan) and mixed in baby spinach. Very good!! Went awesome with my steak off the grill! Yummy! Even my three kids liked it!
Bethany
joy! i just came home from a long day at work, made this delight and sat it down in front of thor. corn and tabasco sauce and australian-comic-book-hero-mancandy. single girl love.
Mama Maria
We made this for lunch and it was ah-ma-zing!!!
We didn’t have bacon on hand so added some mesquite-garlic seasoning, “ta-da”, vegan corn salad wraps! Can’t wait to make it again. My daughter and I decided this is total chick food. :)
Clara
This is bonkers/maj brilliant. You could put this salad on the dinner table and totally yell “boom boom POW!” (in an Oprah voice, of course). Yum, makin’ this one Joy!
Anna
Made this for dinner tonight. As suspected, it’s super tasty. But now I have to figure out what to do with all this extra bacon…
Jess
Dear Joy,
I just made this (barely, the corn almost didn’t make it because of me eating it all) and it is wonderful and perfect. You sure do know how to mix some awesome food together. I love you. Not in a weird way. Awkward maybe, but not weird. You know how it goes.
Sincerely,
Jess
Stellastarlite
Just made this. I boiled the corn and didn’t add any heat. Delicious…it’s “summer in a bite”!