This salad has a wonderful fresh flavor with ribbons of basil leaves all over it. As desired, add dressing.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 7 mins |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs |
| Total Time: | 8 hrs 27 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 6 ears fresh corn, shucked and desilked
- 2 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 1 red bell pepper, minced
- 1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced
- ½ cup sour cream
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup fresh basil leaves, cut into very thin strips
- ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Fill a bowl with ice water. Stir sugar into a large pot filled with water; bring to a boil. Add corn; cook until kernels are softened, about 2 minutes. Drain and transfer corn to ice water until cooled; drain. Cut kernels from the cob with a sharp knife.
- Combine corn, Roma tomatoes, red bell pepper, and green onions in a bowl. Stir sour cream, mayonnaise, basil, Parmesan cheese, and cider vinegar together in a bowl until dressing is smooth; season with salt and pepper. Fold dressing into corn mixture. Chill in the refrigerator until flavors combine, 8 hours to overnight.
- A 16-ounce package of frozen corn can be substituted for fresh corn.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 277 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 32 g |
| Cholesterol | 16 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 540 mg |
| Sugars | 14 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I added bacon pieces; next time I’ll add small pieces of ham instead.
Terrible.Weird blend of flavors.
No changes and I did make the night before and have had it twice since then. Since it definitely is a side, I would make a little less the next time.
I love this recipe. I will make it again. I added cilantro and lime instead of cinegar
This is delicious. A little time is needed for prep. I imagine that a number of variations to the ingredients Like chopped cucumber or even some jalapeño would be possible and just as good.
Didn’t change one thing with this recipe. I dressed it lightly and left it overnight in the fridge. Delicious
I used frozen corn, which I didn’t bother to thaw ahead of time. I forgot that it needed time to chill, so I only chilled it for about 4 hours. Long enough for the corn to thaw, and it still tasted great!
This was a good, different side dish with very interesting flavor! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
I got rave reviews when I brought this dish to a family picnic!
I made this salad for the first time for a party and had 5 people tell me it was absolutely the best corn salad they’ve ever had. I was out of mayo that day and substituted Ranch dressing for the mayo. Other that that it was perfect the way the menu read. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Will be a definite keeper.
Had a craving for this tonight but couldn’t find fresh corn so I used two cans of Del Monte whole kernel corn and it was still delicious.
Very good! I used summer corn on the cob left over from a picnic. Couldn’t stop tasting it! Will definitely make it again.
Cheese adds a little bit of dimension, delicious!!! I also skipped the step where the corn was boiled with sugar and just used salted water.