Street Corn Pasta Salad Recipe

We took our favorite Mexican Street Corn Salad and added a couple extra ingredients, bringing your favorite carnival street corn to your next summer potluck!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Easy Side Dish, pasta, pasta salad, street corn pasta salad

Servings:

Calories: 392kcal

Equipment

Pot
Skillet

Ingredients

10 ounces bow tie pasta
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 cups frozen corn
¾ cup mayonnaise
4 ounces Cotija Cheese crumbled
2 Tablespoons lime juice
⅓ cup fresh cilantro finely chopped
2 Tablespoons red onion finely chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
½ teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon jalapeno pepper chopped (optional)

Instructions

Cook pasta according to directions on package. Set aside to cool.
Heat oil over medium heat. Add frozen corn and let cook until corn starts to char, stirring occasionally (it took about 7-8 minutes before my corn was lightly charred).
While the corn is cooking, mix together mayonnaise, cheese, lime juice, cilantro, red onion, garlic, chili powder, and jalapeno pepper (optional).
When corn is done, gently fold together pasta, corn, and mayonnaise mixture. Top with additional cilantro and cotija cheese as desired.

Notes

Light mayo can also be substituted as an alternative to the mayonnaise.
You can add any other vegetables you want, or leave out the jalapeno if you don’t like a little kick. I chopped mine up really small, without the seeds, so they mostly just added flavor.

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