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Mexican Street Corn Salad with Steak

Course
Dinner
Servings

2

Tips & Tricks:

  • 🔪 Skip steps with knife if you completed the prep ideas!
  • 🥩 This recipe uses the same steak as this week's salad. If you're making this week's salad, make all the steak now (1.5 lbs) and set 4 servings of steak aside in the refrigerator until you're ready to make the salads.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 pound flank, skirt, hanger, or flap steak
  • 2 tbsp (30ml) vegetable oil
  • 4 ears fresh corn or 1 (15 oz) can corn
  • salt
  • 2 tbsp mexican crema or mayonnaise if DF
  • 2 oz cotija cheese or feta
  • 4 green onion sprigs
  • 1/2 cup cilantro
  • 1 jalapeño pepper (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • Chili powder or hot chili flakes, to taste

Directions:

  1. 🔪Veg and Cheese Prep (can be done up to 3 days ahead).
    1. Shuck corn and cut kernels off the cob, or drain and rinse canned corn.
    2. Finely slice green onions, green and white parts.
    3. Finely chop cilantro.
    4. Remove seeds and stems from jalapeño and finely chop.
    5. Finely chop/crumble the cotija or feta cheese.
  2. Steak
    1. Turn oven broiler on high and set the top oven shelf just above the middle level.
    2. Thinly slice steak against the grain. Check out this article to see how.
    3. Lay the steak spread out over a sheet pan (lined with tin foil for easy clean-up) so it is evenly laid out across the pan.
    4. Sprinkle a generous amount of salt and pepper over all of the steak.
    5. Put the pan under the broiler for another 10 minutes, or until the steak is crispy. While the steak is cooking, start step 3, and periodically check on the steak.
  3. Saute Corn
    1. Heat oil in a large nonstick pan over high heat.
    2. Add corn kernels, toss once or twice to coat the kernels with oil.
    3. Season to taste with salt.
    4. Let the corn cook undisturbed until charred on one side, about 2 minutes. Toss/stir corn, and let the corn cook undisturbed until charred on the second side, about 2 minutes longer.
    5. Transfer the corn to a large bowl.
  4. Combine Corn Salad
    1. Add crema (or mayonnaise), cheese, green onion, cilantro, jalapeño, garlic powder, lime juice, and chili powder to the bowl with the corn and toss to combine.
    2. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and more chili powder to taste.
  5. Serve
    1. Serve corn salad with steak.