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- 30
- July
- 2008
Roasted Corn and Black Bean Salad
This is one of my favorite summer dishes, great alongside a grilled meal outside. Try it slightly warmed with lemon-ginger grilled shrimp and warm corn tortillas (above), at room temperature as a potato salad picnic alternative, or make up something else entirely (and report back). When you are dicing up your ingredients, try to make them all about the same size.
Ingredients:
| fresh corn | or frozen | |
|---|---|---|
| red bell pepper | diced small | |
| zucchini | diced small | |
| yellow onion | you guessed it – small dice! | |
| fresh pineapple | ||
| garlic | minced or pressed | |
| jícama | diced small | |
| black beans | cooked | |
| fresh lime juice | ||
| cayenne pepper | ||
| black pepper | ||
| Kosher salt |
Procedure:
- Heat a small amount of vegetable oil in your favorite skillet – I prefer to use my big ol' cast iron pan for this.
- Once hot but not smoking, add the corn kernels and cook until well browned.
- Remove the corn to a bowl and wipe out skillet if necessary. Add a bit more oil and moderate the heat.
- Cook the garlic, bell pepper, onion, pineapple, and zucchini until the vegetables are just done and the pineapple is caramelized. Bear in mind they will have different cooking times.
- Squeeze lime juice over jícama and sprinkle on a generous amount of cayenne pepper.
- Combine all ingredients: the pan-roasted corn, caramelized pineapple, cooked beans and veggies, seasoned jicama, salt, and pepper.
- If possible, let salad rest a few hours or overnight to let the flavors deepen.
- Serve warm, cold, or at room temperature.
two responses
Kay, I'm not gonna lie to ya and say I wasn't a little weirded out when I first saw this stuff. I was, okay? But I got over it when I discovered how absolutely flat-out delicious it is. I mean, damn.
Why do we try new/different foods if not to be just searching for the one?...the ONE meal if stranded on a desert island you would want to have, to eat over and over again...well J9, This is the one. That's it. thats all. I don't need to try anything else and if I died tomorrow I'd be satisfied. And paired with BBQ chicken- God Damn thems some good eatin.