Name: Grilled Corn Maque Choux Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4, 4-6
Cuisine: North American
Ingredients: 4-5 ears of corn, husked; ½ red onion finely diced; ½ red bell pepper finely diced; 1 celery rib, sliced; 2 scallions thinly sliced; a handful of cherry tomatoes halved or ½ tomato chopped; 2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, chopped; ¼ red pepper flake (add more if you like a little heat); Salt & pepper to taste; 2 tablespoons mayonnaise (optional); Juice from half lemon + zest; 2 tablespoons of rice or apple cider vinegar; 1 tablespoon of creole mustard (can also use stone ground or dijon mustard); 1-2 tablespoon Louisiana-style hot sauce (another chili sauce like sriracha can be used); 1 teaspoon sweet or smoked paprika; 1 clove of garlic, minced; 1-2 teaspoons of honey, maple syrup, or sugar (optional)

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Grilled Corn Maque Choux Salad

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

7% of a 2,000 cal day

137KCAL

Protein

5g10% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat2g

Saturated0g

Unsaturated1g

—

Total Carbs29g

11%

Fiber4g

15%

Total Sugars10g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch15g

—

Sodium381mg

17%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

This grilled corn maque choux salad takes the flavors of the maque choux I grew up eating— sweet corn, tomatoes, the trinity, and a little heat— and spins them into the perfect salad for your summer cookout.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

Salad

4–5ears of corn — husked
½red onion — finely diced
½red bell pepper — finely diced
1celery rib — sliced
2scallions — thinly sliced
1handful cherry tomatoes — halved, or ½ tomato
2 tbspflat-leaf parsley — chopped
¼ tspred pepper flake
Salt & pepper to taste

Dressing

2 tbspmayonnaise — optional
Juice from half lemon + zest
2 tbsprice vinegar — or apple cider vinegar
1 tbspcreole mustard — or stone ground mustard or dijon mustard
1–2 tbspLouisiana-style hot sauce — or sriracha
1 tspsweet paprika — or smoked paprika
1clove of garlic — minced
1–2 tsphoney — or maple syrup or sugar, optional

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Method

30m total

Read the method on savorandsage.comStefani Renée’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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