Best Fire Roasted Corn Salsa Recipes

FIRE-ROASTED CORN SALSA

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, onion, cilantro, lime juice, and cumin in a large bowl.
• Preheat an outdoor grill to medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Coat corn and jalapeno peppers with olive oil.
• Place corn and jalapenos on the preheated grill and cook, turning every 3 minutes, until corn is charred, about 15 minutes total. Transfer to a cutting board and let cool 5 minutes.
• Dice jalapenos and cut corn kernels from the cob. Add jalapenos and corn kernels to the bowl of tomato-onion mixture; stir until well combined. Season with salt and pepper.

FIRE ROASTED SNAPPER WRAPPED IN GREEN CORN HUSKS WITH CHARRED CORN-CHARRED JALAPENO SALSA, AND JALAPENO PESTO

Steps:

• Remove the very outer husks from the corn. You will need 8 for wrapping the fish. Soak the husks for about 30 minutes. Peel back the inner husks, remove the silks, and close the husks around the ears, and soak for 30 minutes. Heat the grill to high. Grill the corn until the kernels are golden brown and slightly charred, about 15 minutes. Remove the kernels from the corn and place in a bowl. Save the cobs for the pesto, recipe below.
• Brush the jalapenos with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill until charred all over, about 6 minutes. Dice chiles, including skin and seeds, and add 2 peppers worth to the corn with the onion, lime juice, honey, 2 tablespoons canola oil, cilantro and season with salt and pepper. Save the remaining jalapeno for the pesto
• Remove the corn husks from the water and pat dry. Brush the snapper on both sides with oil and season with salt and pepper. Place 2 husks flat on a work surface with the tapered ends facing out and the broad bases overlapping by about 3-inches. Place 1 fillet in the center and bring the longs sides up over the fish, slightly overlapping and pat down to close. Tie each end of the bundle with string and trim the ends to about 1/2-inch beyond the tie. Brush the bundles on both sides with oil and place on the grill. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side or until the fish is just cooked through.
• Brush cut side of limes with some canola oil, place on the grill, cut side down and grill until slightly charred, about 1 minute. Serve alongside the fish.
• Combine cilantro, grilled and diced jalapenos, garlic, pine nuts, salt and pepper in a food processor and process until coarsely chopped. With the motor running, slowly add the oil and process until emulsified. Scrape into a bowl.
• Scrape milk and any remaining kernels from grilled corn by standing cobs in bowl and running a knife blade down the cob. Stir the milk and scrapings into the pesto and serve.

SALSA - FIRE ROASTED - CORN & BLACK BEAN OPTIONAL

Steps:

• Chop the cilantro and dice the Serrano.
• Add all ingredients (except corm and beans) in to the food processor. Blend. If you want more heat use the entire Serrano - I always take the seeds out.
• Take it up a notch and add volume by adding canned corn or drained black beans after the food processor. Just drain and discard the liquid and stir in beans and / or corn.
• If you have the will power let it chill 10-15 minutes to enhance flavors.

TORTILLA CRUSTED SALMON WITH FIRE ROASTED CORN SALSA

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients for Salsa and Let sit for 4 hours. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Bake Corn Tortillas in a 325 degree oven until crispy, cool. Then grind tortillas in a blender or food processor until pulverized into a dust. Place salmon, skin side up, into flour, then egg wash and finally the tortilla crumbs. After salmon is coated, heat oil in skillet and place salmon, tortilla side down into the hot oil. Pan fry until crust sets and a little browning occurs. Drain oil and flip salmon, then place salmon in a 325 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Heat salsa in a skillet and place over the salmon before serving.

FIRE ROASTED CORN SALSA

Steps:

• Grill or broil the corn over high heat until it is speckled black on all sides, rotating each ear to make sure it roasts evenly. Allow the corn to cool enough to handle. Use a sharp knife to remove the kernels of corn into a bowl, then add the bell pepper, jalapeño, red onion, cilantro, olive oil, lime juice, salt and dried oregano. Stir to combine, taste for salt and adjust to taste.

FIRE ROASTED CORN SALSA

Steps:

• 1. Roast corn in shucks on grill or open fire till black, remove shucks and strip corn from cob (corn should be light brown)
• 2. Chop tomatoes, peppers, onions, add to bowl with corn.
• 3. add remaining ingredients, taste, add salt to taste. Chill for at least a hour or longer for ingredients to come together. Enjoy!!!!
• 4. ***Hint*** Tajin classic spice mix can be found in the produce section of most grocery stores or the spice isle