Bacon Ranch Corn Salad
I love corn salad. It is one of those great recipes that you can’t make wrong. I start with a can of corn and add whatever I happen to have on hand. Put a dollop of mayonnaise with a little powdered ranch dressing and add it to your vegetables, and you have bacon ranch corn salad!
As with most of my recipes, I don’t measure. I cut up my vegetables and just dump them in a bowl with my corn. Here is what I put in my corn salad…..add what like and leave out what you don’t.
BACON RANCH CORN SALAD
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cans of whole kernel corn, drained
- 2 cups of grated cheddar cheese (or whatever you prefer)
- 3/4 cup of mayo
- 2 tsp of powdered ranch dressing
- 1/2 cups green or red onion, chopped
- 1/2 – 1 cups of bell pepper, chopped
- 1/8 cup bacon bits or about 4 slices of cooked bacon
- 1 med tomato
- About 1/8 cup cilantro (optional)
- Chili cheese corn chips
DIRECTIONS
- Mix your mayonnaise with powdered ranch dressing. If you don’t have the powdered ranch on hand, you can use bottled ranch dressing. Just add to taste.
- Place all of your ingredients (corn, cheese, onion, bell peppers, bacon bits, tomato and cilantro) in a bowl.
- Add the ranch/mayo to these ingredients
- Stir in corn chips before serving.
Like I mentioned above, I usually don’t measure. I cut up 1 bell pepper, 1 medium tomato, a handful of cilantro, and a small /medium sweet onion, red onion, or a bunch of green onions.
I am a firm believer on using what you have so if you have more or less of something, just use what you have on hand. This taste great with or without all of the ingredients I listed. I also bet some of you have ingredients that you add that would be great in this recipe. I would love to hear what you put in your corn salad.
