The Feisty Foodie

Opinionated Food Critic

  • Around NYC
    • Brooklyn
      • Bay Ridge
    • Bronx
    • Downtown Lunch
    • Long Island Eats
    • Manhattan
      • Chelsea
      • Chinatown
      • East Village
      • Financial District
      • Flatiron District
      • Gramercy
      • Greenwich Village
      • Hell’s Kitchen
      • Lower East Side
      • Midtown
      • Murray Hill
      • SoHo
      • Tribeca
      • Upper East Side
      • Upper West Side
      • West Village
    • Queens
      • Astoria
      • Bayside
      • Corona
      • Elmhurst
      • Flushing
      • Elmhurst
      • Flushing
      • Forest Hills
      • Howard Beach
      • Jackson Heights
      • Kew Gardens
  • Cuisine
    • Africa
      • Moroccan
    • Americas
      • American
      • Argentinian
      • Brazilian
      • Cajun
      • Canadian
      • Creole
      • Cuban
      • Hawaiian
      • Mexican
      • New American
      • Southwestern
    • Asia
      • Cambodian
      • Chinese
      • Filipino
      • Indian
      • Indonesian
      • Japanese
      • Korean
      • Malaysian
      • Russian
      • Thai
      • Ukrainian
      • Vietnamese
    • Europe
      • Austrian
      • Belgian
      • French
      • Greek
      • Italian
      • Lebanese
      • Mediterranean
      • Spanish
      • Turkish
    • Other
      • Fast Food
      • Fusion
      • Tapas
      • Vegetarian
  • Feisty Fun
    • Articles
      • Feisty Bento
    • Baseball
    • BlindBakerNYC
    • Events
      • FF Giveaways
    • Fiction
    • Food Memories
    • Food Services
      • CSA
      • Fresh Direct
      • Ready to Cook
    • Jenn of NEB
    • Product Reviews
    • Project 365
    • Recipe Fridays
    • Serial Thursdays
    • The Beer Boor
    • Tuesdays with TT
  • Recipes
    • Baked Goods
    • BBQ
    • Beef
    • Beverages
    • Breakfast
    • Brunch
    • Chicken
    • Desserts
    • Duck
    • Lamb
    • One Pot Meals
    • Pasta
    • Pork
    • Ramen
    • Sauces
    • Seafood
    • Side Dishes
    • Steak
  • Restaurants
    • Bakeries
    • BBQ
    • Bistro
    • Breakfast
    • Burgers
    • Cheese
    • Deli
    • Desserts
      • Ice cream
    • Pizza
    • Seafood
    • Shabu shabu
    • Steakhouse
      • The Great Steakhouse Tour of NYC
    • Tea
    • Trucks/Carts
    • Wine Bar
  • Stadium Eats
    • Citi Field
    • Citizens Bank Park
    • Nationals Park
    • PNC Park
    • Shea Stadium (Closed)
    • Yankee Stadium
  • Travels
    • Asia
      • Hong Kong
    • Europe
      • England
        • London
      • France
        • Paris
      • Greece
        • Athens
      • Spain
        • Barcelona
      • Turkey
        • Istanbul
    • North America
      • Canada
        • Montreal
      • United States
        • Arizona
          • Phoenix
        • California
          • Los Angeles
          • San Diego
          • San Francisco
        • Connecticut
        • Georgia
        • Hawaii
          • Maui
        • Illinois
          • Chicago
        • Louisiana
          • Baton Rouge
          • New Orleans
        • Maryland
          • Baltimore
        • Massachusetts
          • Boston
        • Nevada
          • Las Vegas
        • New Jersey
        • North Carolina
          • Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill
        • Pennsylvania
          • Philadelphia
          • Pittsburgh
        • Texas
          • Austin
        • Washington
          • Seattle
        • Washington DC
    • South America
      • Argentina
        • Buenos Aires
        • Iguazu Falls
      • Peru

Recipe Fridays: Fresh Corn Salsa

September 23, 2011 by Feisty Foodie 10 Comments

I realize corn season is quickly coming to an end, so I must post this before you can’t make it anymore.  I mean – you could – you could probably use frozen corn, thawed, but though I like frozen vegetables just fine, I’m not sure how that would stack up to this…

In any case, I recently received 5 ears of corn in my CSA.  Long time readers will remember that my CSA is local & organic, which meant… there were worms in my corn.  After I’d taken care of those (shudder) and cut what kernels I could off the cob, I thought about what I wanted to do with it.  Well, I’d also received cilantro… and I had some tomatoes from a previous week… and of course shallots and red onions… yeah, go to the store and pick up some limes and jalapenos, what do you have? 

 

Something delicious, my friends. 

I “bribed” Beer Boor into making me more fresh tortilla chips by giving him half of the fresh corn salsa, and the trade worked wonderfully.  I even made this batch spicier than I normally do, partially because I thought he’d like it more, and partially because heck, why not? 

I like pushing myself sometimes to eat spicier foods. 

And this, my friends, was bangin’. 

5 ears of corn, cut off the cob – RAW! (feel free to blanch it quickly; see note below)
1 bunch cilantro, chopped (I like the stems a bit so I usually keep some in there too, but you can use just the leaves if you like)
1-2 shallots, diced
1 small red onion, diced (I used the combination because that’s what I had, but feel free to use what you’ve got on hand)
1 tomato, diced
2 jalapenos, diced (I removed the seeds and ribs completely, but if you want it spicier, feel free to leave those in or use more jalapenos)
Juice of one very juicy lime

Mix everything altogether.  Salt to taste (I used very little or no black pepper).  ENJOY.  This was so good on the chips, but would also be delicious with a nice light white fish, or alongside chicken, or … well, with just about anything.  Slightly spicy kick, sweet corn, and just yum.  I had to stop myself from inhaling it all. 

In fact, I decided to make more a week later, since I still had chips but no more salsa.  So I went to the supermarket and finally bought some packaged corn on the cob, and did just about everything the same… but the corn didn’t taste quite as good.  It was a lot starchier and just had this taste to it that might have been washed away, had I blanched it first.  So I guess I learned my lesson: my local organic corn was so much better than the supermarket stuff.  Wah. 

In any case, enjoy the recipe as it is, and let me know how you like it!  I would really like to put this with some flaky white fish for a slammin’ meal… yum yum yum! 

Happy eating!

Filed Under: CSA, Feisty Fun, Food Services, Recipe Fridays, Recipes, Sauces Tagged With: salsa

« Manolo Caracol (Panama)
The Duck-Rabbit Doppelbock »

Comments

  1. Lizz says

    September 23, 2011 at 12:28 pm

    I was pleased when I found corn in the boxes this year too! Unfortunately they came as a “surprise” addition right before Labor Day. I didn’t get to use it and was totally grossed out by the worms!

    FYI – My weekly hauls have been quite skimpy this year due to the weather. Are yours too? This makes me sad..

    Reply
    • Feisty Foodie says

      September 23, 2011 at 3:32 pm

      It doesn’t seem skimpier. Did we start the same year? Because I know the first year people said was skimpy so maybe I’m just used to it? And yes, the worms were horrible, but I was warned ahead of time so I knew to avoid.

      My tomato share might not happen though. 2nd time in 3 seasons this has happened, so kind of sad about that.

      Reply
      • Lizz says

        September 23, 2011 at 4:55 pm

        re: tomatoes
        oh no! Last year I didn’t get my share but this year tomatoes arrived without notice. They called me the night before pick up to let me know. Unfortunately since it was labor day weekend, I didn’t have time to make sauce until Monday resulting in some rotten tomatoes. The ones we did salvage weren’t even very ripe. It’s been a disappointing season and I’m debating participating next year as it’s become a slight inconvenience for me and less of a value IMO. This is my 4th season.

        Reply
        • Feisty Foodie says

          September 23, 2011 at 5:45 pm

          This is only my 3rd season. They told us we were getting some tomato shares, but since the holidays are coming up (I live in a very Jewish neighborhood), some people might want to take early shares, so I didn’t pick one up the first week out of deference (and because I wasn’t going to eat them right away anyway).

          I do feel this year was a little worse for me, but I took on a full share alone, and I had issues that prevented me from eating everything as I’ve done in years past that had nothing to do with the CSA. The pick up is a little inconvenient though.

          Reply
  2. kimberly says

    September 23, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    The only annoying thing about corn is shucking a corn, leaving all the ‘whiskers’ on the floor, creating a clean up project.

    Ooo…perhaps some diced avocado would make this salsa even better! 🙂

    Reply
    • Feisty Foodie says

      September 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm

      Ooh, avocado sounds like a great addition. I actually still have my 2nd batch (with the corn from the supermarket) – I might try to make it even better with some. I also have some mango… hmmm…. 🙂 Thanks!

      And yes, shucking the corn – actually, zipping ? it or whatever where you remove the kernels… that was killing me. I kept dropping them everywhere even with the ‘trick’ the chefs tell you on TV with the inverted bowl inside another bowl. Beh! 🙂

      Reply
  3. BeerBoor says

    September 23, 2011 at 11:43 pm

    It was indeed tasty corn salsa – a little spicy but let the corn and cilantro win out instead of warring. Glad you did you hard work, I just made amahzing corn tortilla chips.

    Reply
    • Feisty Foodie says

      September 24, 2011 at 2:17 am

      Steady supply of fresh tortilla chips will get you a steady supply of yummy food stuffs. It’s a fair trade, I think, since I certainly don’t want to man the fryer.

      Reply
  4. Amie T. says

    September 27, 2011 at 9:58 am

    I can never get enough corn salsa! You might like to try our Simply Delicious Meals recipe for a slightly different take on corn salsa. Tomato, Avocado and Corn Salsa: http://bit.ly/q31imY. Let us know if you try it! – Amie from Sam’s Club

    Reply
  5. Hungry says

    September 28, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    Corn is my absolute favorite vegetable! When I use frozen corn in salsa, I’ll cook it in some oil and salt instead of blanching. I think the flavor is better that way.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • Holiday Gift Guide 2020
  • Easy Ways to Ease into Becoming an Eco-Friendly Household
  • It’s been a while!
  • Top 5 Luxury Hotels in New York City
  • New York Baby Show 2019 – TICKET GIVEAWAY!
  • Taste of Citi Field: A Guide to Game Day Eats 2019

Recent Comments

  • Stephanie on Easy Ways to Ease into Becoming an Eco-Friendly Household
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2020 — The Feisty Foodie on Holiday Gift Ideas
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2020 — The Feisty Foodie on Nesting Like a Mother – Slow Cookin’ Up a Storm (Mostly)
  • Lisa on It’s been a while!
  • zizi on Banh Mi Cart
  • Feisty Foodie on It’s been a while!
  • Xerlic on It’s been a while!
  • Daniel on Hop Kee

Tags

365 Bakeries banh mi BBQ Beef beer Blackboard Eats Breakfast Brunch Burgers Chicken Chinese cocktails contest dessert Desserts DLS drinks dumplings Feisty Bento feisty family fried chicken fries giveaway Ice cream Michelin stars noodles One Pot Meals Pasta Pizza Pork press event Ramen Recipe Fridays salad sandwiches Sauces Seafood Steak Sushi tacos trucks/carts TT Vegetarian wings

Copyright © 2022 · Foodie Pro Theme by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress