Cilantro Corn Make Ahead Side Dish

When you’re looking for dinner ideas you can turn into freezer meals, finding make ahead side dish recipes is a good idea. Often, we focus so much on freezing our entrées that we forget about what we’ll eat along with the main dish. With the help of this simple cilantro corn recipe, you can create a quick and easy frozen side dish to go with any dinner.

The beauty of this dish is that it can be served as a cold corn salad or a warm side. Simply thaw and serve or heat in a saucepan to prepare this delicious recipe two different ways.

This side dish goes so well with most of our Chicken Dump Recipes. Here, it’s pictured with our Citrus Chicken.

Can You Freeze Corn Salad?

This delicious make ahead side dish is a great option for freezer cooking! You can even use frozen corn to speed up the prepping process. Simply combine your frozen corn with seasoning, lime juice, onions, and fresh cilantro to turn this make ahead side into a delicious frozen corn salad.

This corn salad can be served cold or warm depending on your mood! When you’re ready to serve your frozen corn, all you have to do is thaw the ingredients and serve. Or heat the salad in a saucepan to create a warm side dish to go with your dinner.

How to Make Cilantro Corn:

Ingredients:

• 500 g frozen corn
• ½ cup minced purple onion
• ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 tsp. grated lime zest
• 1/4 cup lime juice or juice from two limes
• ½ tsp. melted honey
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. black pepper

Assembly instructions:

1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Pour the mixture in a medium freezer bag. Remove excess air from the bag, seal, then place in the freezer.

Serving instructions:

1. Thaw the frozen ingredients completely and serve cold.
2. Or heat the ingredients in a pot on the stovetop until warm.

Cilantro Corn Recipe Variations

This simple side dish can be adjusted in a variety of ways! Try these quick and easy variations to change up the recipe:

• Spice it up. Add some spiciness to your cilantro corn with the help of diced jalapeño. Chop up some fresh peppers and add them to the mix to give the side a bit of kick.
• Add some cheese. If you plan on serving this dish as a warm side, try mixing in some cheese to give it some creaminess. Cream cheese or Monterrey cheddar are both delicious options to add some cheesy flavour to your side.
• Stir in bell peppers. Another simple addition to add to your cilantro corn salad is chopped bell pepper. The corn dish can be served cold or warm with the addition of chopped bell peppers.

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Cilantro Corn

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: corn

Ingredients

• 500 g corn frozen
• ½ cup purple onion minced
• ¼ cup fresh cilantro chopped
• 1 tsp. lime zest grated
• 1/4 cup lime juice or juice from two limes
• ½ tsp. honey melted
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. black pepper

Instructions

Assembly instructions:

1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Pour the mixture in a medium freezer bag. Remove excess air from the bag, seal, then place in the freezer.

Serving instructions:

1. Thaw the frozen ingredients completely and serve cold or heat the ingredients in a pot on the stovetop until warm.