Sweet-Corn Salad Recipe (2024)

Do you cook the ears of corn first? Or does the corn cook during those last few minutes?

I made this many years ago when it first appeared; We need more articles on cooking for one rather than the focus on large family recipes that cannot be cut back to a single serving. There are a lot of us out there who are single for whatever reason, like good food, & enjoy cooking. Recipes, moreover, should be time efficient; there's nothing worse than spending an hour of prep, 20 minutes of eating, and another hour of clean-up and another hour wondering whether it was worth it.

Corn cooks in pan at the end

Yes...i’d Appreciate more recipes for one or two diners.

This was fantastic! I used raw heirloom tomatoes instead of the cherry tomatoes indicated in the recipe.

I would prefer both tomato and cucumber raw. Otherwise a great combination of flavours.

This was delicious! I made as written using both tomatoes and cucumber and serving with the pictured crusty bread, meat, and cheese. Will definitely make again. Wonderful combination of flavors.

6/8/17 This was really delicious! A great way to use leftover corn, and a quick side that complements any summer grill main course. I served on fresh arugula, which framed the colors beautifully.

This was delicious! We had baked brie with plum chutney and whole wheat baguettes, and hard boiled eggs on the side. Great summer meal.

I crumbled Cotija cheese over it.. so good!

In a pinch, I use canned sweet corn, drained. I add what is on hand, often red peppers or diced pimentos. No olive oil, as I am on a very low fat diet. A combination of red wine vinegar and rice vinegar is delightful, along with lots of fresh black pepper.

Rice wine vinegar adds a light, sweet taste to this corn salad.

I made this using zucchini instead of cucumbers, since I didn't have any, and left out the marjoram , ditto. I added some sopressata sausage I had sitting around and felt it added a lot. I agree with other commenters that 3 ears of corn is a lot for one person. On fact, the nutritional information suggests this actually makes 2 servings.

This was very good. It just needs something else, maybe a little cojita cheese?

An oldie, but a goodie. Haven't made this is a long time and look forward to making it again this week. I love the corn with chopped cuke, scallions, and cherry tomatoes all heated together. The picture of the plate is a work of art - so beautifully assembled.A fun meal!

In the food stylist picture, the cukes and tomatoes look uncooked.So Tamar, are they cooked or raw?

That worked! Used frozen organic corn (had it on hand). Added feta and avocado at end. Didn’t cook the tomato and used raw red bell pepper in place of cucumber.

Has anyone made using frozen corn? I’m giving it a shot

Seems to make more sense as a side dish to accompany a chicken breast or small piece of a lamb leg perhaps. The meal pictured looks more like a lunch to me or maybe something you'd grab at a wine bar. BTW, we had it with an 11 ounce leg of lamb portion (for two) as in Lamb and Fig Skewers with Honey and Rosemary also from Cooking. BTW, I think 3 ears of corn is overkill for a solitary diner.

I loved this but thought 3 ears made an awful lot of food. I ate this twice.

I made this many years ago when it first appeared; We need more articles on cooking for one rather than the focus on large family recipes that cannot be cut back to a single serving. There are a lot of us out there who are single for whatever reason, like good food, & enjoy cooking. Recipes, moreover, should be time efficient; there's nothing worse than spending an hour of prep, 20 minutes of eating, and another hour of clean-up and another hour wondering whether it was worth it.

Isn't it safer to nave the fat end of the cob on the bottom?

Simple and delicious. I added in a small chicken-apple sausage to complete the meal. Fresh basil in my garden added a wonderful flavor.!!!

The notes say this is a recipe for one person for a meal. Well, we must grown big corn in California because I made the recipe and two of us ate it and we had leftovers. Three ears of corn made about 4 cups of corn kernals. It's a great dish, however, and we both really, really liked it.

Excellent with a Caprese salad while our creole tomatoes and silver queen corn are in season down south! Added a pinch of sugar and a dash or two of Crystal hot sauce which helped bring out the flavors a bit.

So good! Added shrimp and baby romaine for a complete meal.

The best corn salads leave the corn RAW. If it's not crisp and sugar-sweet, you shouldn't be eating it cooked OR raw.