The Best Summer Avocado Corn Salad with Cherry Tomatoes

Avocado corn salad is loaded with sweet corn cooked your favorite way, creamy avocado, and juicy tangy tomato all dressed in a simple salad dressing. It’s fresh, bright, and super easy to make and loaded with the best summer ingredients!

Light summer salads like cucumber dill salad, Israeli couscous salad, strawberry spinach salad, classic egg salad, or Tuscan Panzanella salad a great accompaniments for summer meals with grilled tilapia, chimichurri grilled chicken, and teriyaki pineapple grilled shrimp skewers.

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• Corn avocado salad
• Ingredients
• Variations
• Ways to cook corn on the cob
• Step-by-step instructions
• Expert Tips
• How to serve
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Corn avocado salad

Corn salad is a universally approved salad, kids and adults all love it. You can add almost everything to the salad. Add cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, avocados, carrots, instant pot beets, canned black beans or other canned beans, Instant pot chickpeas, spinach, kale – anything that you like.

Have you tried corn salad with grilled chicken or grilled shrimp? You can grill shrimp and corn on the BBQ and toss them together to make the most delicious summer grilled corn salad.

Fresh sweet summer corn is best for the salad. Canned corn works when corn is not in season.

Elevate the salad with a simple salad dressing with lime juice and zest, olive oil, and a good pinch of salt and pepper, along with garlic and a hint of cumin powder.

Fresh herbs like cilantro or parsley add bright freshness.

Ingredients

1. Sweet corn on the cob – Summer corn on the cob is the best choice. You can cook it your favorite way and use it to make a salad. Boil it, bake it in the oven, or grill it on fire(BBQ). I highly recommend grilled corn, with the amazing smoky flavor from fire it tastes the best!
2. Ripe avocado – use ripe avocado.
3. Cherry tomatoes – fresh cherry tomatoes add a tangy flavor which helps balance the sweetness from corn and the creaminess from avocado.
4. Red onion – Use salad onions like red onions. adds a crispy crunchy texture to the salad. Note – If you can’t handle the astringent flavor of raw onion, pickled onion can be used as a substitute!
5. Cilantro – love cilantro in my salad. Not a fan of cilantro? Try it with parsley or fresh dill.

Variations

Don’t feel obligated to stick to the recipe. You can make corn avocado salad in many ways.

1. Give it a Mexican touch and add Parmesan cheese sour cream and Jalapeno for heat. Finish off with crumbled feta cheese.
2. Give it a herby touch by including fresh leafy herbs like fresh basil, fresh dill, mint, parsley, or cilantro.
3. Include other vegetables like radish, cucumber, or green onion.
4. You could use a normal onion instead of red onion. Feel free to use shallots or green onion too.
5. Add protein like grilled shrimp, grilled chicken (sliced into cubes), or grilled tilapia.

Ways to cook corn on the cob

Boil – Bring a large pot of water to boil on the stovetop. Place corn on the cob and boil it for 3 to 5 minutes. Or use instant pot to cook instant pot corn on the cob

Bake in oven – Remove the husk and the silk and discard the silk. Soak it in water for a couple of minutes. Cover corn on the cob with its husk and bake it in a heated oven at 350 F for about 20 to 25 minutes. You can even cover corn on the cob with aluminum foil and bake it.

Microwave – No need to remove husk and silk. Place the ear of corn in the microwave and cook on high for 2 minutes. Flip the corn and continue to cook for another 2 minutes. Remove it from the microwave, and place it on a wooden cutting board. Using a folded kitchen towel, cut off the bottom of the corn. Hold the top and squeeze it, corn will come out separately leaving behind the silk and husk. So easy!

Grill on BBQ – Grill it for 15 to 18 minutes rotating frequently to cook evenly on all sides.

Step-by-step instructions

Toss well and serve!

Expert Tips

1. Buy fresh corn and use it while it’s fresh. Freshly harvested corn has the most sweetest, delicious flavors!
2. You can choose your favorite way to cook corn on the cob and it will work for this salad. Check the section “Ways to cook corn on the cob”. I highly recommend grilling corn, it adds a wonderful smoky flavor!
3. Choose fresh, quality ingredients – choose ripe avocado and red ripe cherry tomatoes.
4. Can’t stand cilantro? You can substitute it with parsley or green onions. 
5. Use fresh lime (not the bottled stuff).
6. If you don’t like raw garlic flavor, skip it. Garlic adds loads of flavor.

How to serve

You can make a meal of it easily. Serve it on the side with grilled shrimp with pineapple.

Serve it alongside grilled chicken kebabs. Stuff it inside tilapia fish tacos.