Ranch Corn Salad

Submitted by lorenlou

"Enjoy with your summer BBQ! Cooking time is assuming you prep ahead and refrigerate."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen whole kernel corn, partially thawed
• 6 -8 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 -2 fresh jalapeno, chopped (you decide how much heat!)
• 1⁄4 cup chopped black olives
• 2 -3 chopped green onions
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese (or colby/jack, etc.)
• 1 cup bottled ranch dressing (more or less, according to your taste)

directions

1. Combine all the veggies.
2. Add the dressing, just enough to coat the vegetables well.
3. Gently stir in the cheese and bacon.
4. Refrigerate until serving.

Reviews

[Denise G.]

Loved this salad. Seemed like a weird combination of ingredients but it really worked. I used poblano peppers instead of jalapenos and it made it nice and peppery without being too spicy.

 

[rokmelon]

Our family just loved this salad, even my ranch hating husband! I used thai chili peppers because that is what i had on hand and real bacon bits instead of bacon and I used made from package buttermilk ranch dressing. It was goooood, thank you!

 

[True Texas]

Fantastic salad, just perfect for the hot summer days. I was very sparing with the jalapeno, used about six sliced ones, but chopped them up. Only change I used sliced black olives, I like them better than the chopped ones. Thanks for a great recipe!

 

[CrystalB]

This salad was different, but delicious! Like other reviewers, I cut way down on the dressing. I used real bacon bits since I didn't have any bacon and about 1/4 c. of minced onion because I didn't have green onions. I made it with 1 jalapeno, but next time would definitely use 2.

 

[Stacee R.]

Great and easy salad! I doubled the batch and added 12 slices of turkey bacon, 3 large cloves of garlic (pressed), 3 jalapenos with 2 of them seeds and ribs removed and 1 cup of ranch dressing. I took this to our staff BBQ and, out of the 10 salads there, this was 1 of 2 where the bowls were empty by the end of lunch! Tried and true this is! Thanks so much for sharing!