Easy Summer Corn and Tomato Salad | Kenji's Cooking Show 

I have a tree full of key limes and two vines just full of ripening cherry tomatoes. I see this salad in the near future, and maybe on a daily basis! Great recipe Chef!

I’m over here yelling, “Give Jamón a tomato! It’s his favorite!” 🍅🐶 Thank goodness Kenji heard me! 😆

6:23 "you do whatever makes sense to you" getting some chef John vibes here. You are after all the super chad, of your corn and tomato salad!

"Bye-bye corn. We'll see you on the other side for sure" Truer words have never been spoken.

When your kid's friend's father is a professional chef and brings a corn salad for you to eat.

All good Kenji, my daughter did my makeup with dry erase markers which I forgot about and walked into a gas station…

I tried this back when the video was posted and it was delicious. Had some leftovers so I popped it in the freezer. Took it out today and threw it in a pot with some cream, hit it with the immersion blender, and it made for a very tasty soup to go along with my grilled cheese. Gave me an idea: elote soup??? Mmmm

New kitchen is starting to feel like home!

I made this yesterday. I recommend making it when you know you'll have enough people to eat the whole thing in a single day because it made quite a lot and lost a lot of liquid/taste overnight in the fridge. Best at room temperature or a little on the warmer side from the corn.

4:57 "tomato, mayo, toast - one of my favorite things." Speaking my language! So simple but so good. All about letting quality ingredients speak for themselves

I honestly appreciate how simple you convey and share your experience and knowledge. Just a few lessons has broadened how I shop cook and eat. Thanks!

I've never eaten a salad before as far as I'm aware, while I like greens, something about dressing and other facets that make a salad a "salad" have never clicked with me. Something about this process seems so nice and appetizing, I'm gonna give this a try!

I just want you to know that I make this so much. The microwaving method is actually insane and saved so much of the last 2 years. Thanks for releasing this. Thanks for everything you do, actually!

What a beautiful and simple dish! No need for complex summer salads! Yummy!

Love a refreshing summer salad. Thanks Kenji 💚

This looks amazing. I'm so glad to have found this channel.

Looks delicious! My wife grew up in the south eating tomato and corn pies in the summer. Can’t wait to make this for her, thank you for sharing :)

That looks fantastic. Your esquites recipe has been my go to for summer time salads ever since I first saw it, and this looks like a fun twist on it.

I'm waiting for the day when Kenji falls in love with Indian Food and really really starts cooking some amazing Indian Dishes! I bet everyone including Kenji will love it!

Microwaving also makes the corn "hair" easy to remove

7:00 Kenji briefly broke at this moment. Very entertaining. Would watch again. 10/10.

I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did because I don’t like many of the vegetable dishes I’ve tried, though I haven’t tried many. This is one of the best tasting things I’ve ever eaten. It was so satisfying

Great salad thanks. I do a very similar thing, the two things I add which really lift it, are strawberries, if they are in season, and toasted nuts. I typically use pinenuts, but any toasted seed or nut will do. Obviously, if you are sharing in a group, exclude the nuts unless you are certain someone with allergies won't sample it.

Kenji - You should do a video on how to grill some of your favorite summer veggies. Marinades, methods, etc. Thanks for all of your great videos, and happy Memorial Day!

Thank you!!!! I just made this recipe! I had no basil so I used cilantro and I substituted olive oil for avocado oil. My favorite recipe now!

I did the microwave corn last week. I tried the method of cutting off the bottom 1/2 inch of the cob, then slipping the ears right out of the shucks. It worked a charm! No contact with silks, perfectly clean ears.

this looks awesome Kenji! thank you

I make something like this but adding black beans and cilantro. So good! Love summer salads.

The day you can keep your hair pulled back with a hair tie is the second best day of growing your hair out. The best is the day you cut it all off and take that first shower.

Man my mind is blown that Kenji made that salad exactly how I've made it my whole life, it's so dang good

Every time Shabu steps in and looks up at Kenji preparing food, I find myself saying "Shabu is watching..." in the voice I imagine her having.

Wife just made this for a family BBQ. They all loved it. Thank you for sharing

If you're seeing this and you're not subscribed, do it now!! Get my wholesome dude Kenji to 1mil, he deserves it.

Kenji, I always love your videos and can't wait for the next one. And, I love seeing the dogs! I would love seeing your daughter and wife, but I totally respect you for not putting their pictures on social media. I didn't think I would be interested in this salad, but now I can't wait to make it. I can see me adding capers. I have been cooking my corn in the microwave for years. I agree it is the best way. I cook it for four minutes. It is amazing how good it is and how easily you can shuck it. The silk comes right off with no problem. Will never boil corn again. Thanks for all the tips and tricks.

I love how the dog, as all dogs do, follows the food hoping for a treat!

adding this to my summer parties…! Thank you

I just want to commend Kenji on his support of a cause such as No Kid Hungry. No matter where any of us are in our own lives I think we can agree that children are going to be caretakers of the future for not only our society but also for our planet. No one can be at their best on an empty stomach, and where their next meal comes from shouldn't have be on anyone's mind much less a child's. Lets give kids the best chance at success that we can by making sure they are well nourished and can grow strong bodies and minds. You may view that task as the job of the parents but we all know that there are parents out there that lack the means, or even the desire to provide the right kind of support. Regardless of what mistakes a parent has made, children are innocent and no child deserves to be hungry.

This salad is great! I've made it three times already this summer. only slight modifications from what is shown: Grilled corn instead of microwaved, cojita instead of feta, and lemon instead of lime. Another fun addition I tried on my third attempt, bacon pieces.

Really nice salad, simple & not mucked around with. Reminds me of an "American salad" I made when some friends from America were visiting a few years back. Made only with fruit, leaves & vegetables that were native to the Americas. Unfortunately I couldn't find any of the South American cheese I wanted, even though we produce a huge amount of styles of cheese here in the UK none of them are from or copy those directly so it was feta I used in their place. Only found your channel recently, but enjoying it a huge amount. Hope you all had fun at your picnic.

I’ve never drooled for a salad until I had this one. This is the only salad I crave.

It's about time to state: from hearing your name mentioned in about every cooking yt video I watched until actually watching YOUR videos, it took me far too long. Love the way how you always explain the ingredients' "role" and name alternatives for most of them. This salad was really great, I mixed some basil and mint and added some baby spinach. Btw, I almost had written this comment BEFORE making the salad - microwaving the corn worked so amazingly, I was tempted to write already after step 1, so to speak. ;-) Thank for all this amazing content and take care!

This reminds me of something called Corn Bhel which is a variant of the popular Indian street food called Bhel. Traditional Bhel uses puffed rice, and fried lentils but the "healthy" version of it is done with corn. The other ingredients are similar, red onion, tomatoes, coriander leaf, and lime juice.

Going to do this today with cilantro and cotija because that’s what I have on hand and it will go well with the braised chicken taco fixings that need to get used. 👌

I didn’t comment before but the day you posted this video I had just been wanting to do a corn summer salad for a small family bbq this weekend and this appeared with everything I could’ve asked for :’) I’m commenting now bc I was just watching along as I made it this morning and it’s sooooo good & easy. I think the way you’ve been making videos - as simply a documentation of the actual food you want to make for real life - is encouraging and educational and even personally moving. Thank you!! (& as a trans person I loooove your ‘guys gals & non-binary pals’ sign-off 💛💛💛)

I love the dog supervisors❤️❤️

Your dogs are sooo cute!!! I make a similiar style salad from the Congo but it has avocado as well😍

Looks so good

Kenji got a new knife!! Looks freaken awesome. Would love to see an update on new gadgets pans or even knives!!

i loved this, truely a summer salad xd, i ate it and it felt like summer :D i used parsley instead of basil cuz thats what i had and i added sumac. (my dad and sister werent fans tho, so be careful who you are serving it too i guess) edit: it was even yummier the second day. i was worried about how it would hold up with the cheese and onion and there, but its was great! i threw some pickled onion and spicy corn chips in to switch it up! def gonna make this again

Jamon being picky and wanting the tomato is the best part of this video.

Excited!

Wow that corn looks much different from the corn here in the midwest. Giant kernels!

Looks delicious. I know what I’m having ASAP. 🙂

Off season we usually buy Campari tomatoes which taste great. They look a lot like what Kenji is using.

Super cool ❤ thanks 😊

I love Jamón so much. 🥺💕

All the way from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 love your videos

Just casually flexing with the "key limes are just what I had at home" lol

the nonchalant galette. bless this kitchen vibe.

i like how shabu would eat food midair, but jamon always gives an inspection sniff :)

Microwave corn is great. Although my microwave needs a little longer

i think that goes really well with seared scallops

Jamón and Shabu are like the odd couple. You could write another kids book about them

Some fresh cherry tomatoes from the garden would work in place of those tomatoes. Perhaps even vinaigrette of some kind with the citrus.

When you explain why you microwave your corn it makes perfect sense scientifically but hearing that someone like you uses the microwave for corn really blew my mind for a minute hahaha. I'm gonna have to try it for sure.

Yummy 💜

Gonna need that grilled corn vinaigrette recipe ASAP!!

I've got the same microwave! Wonder what your love/hate about it is Kenji. Was weird getting used to not putting in the timer like the old fashion way.

I made it. It's good. Used 4 roma tomatoes, maybe 6. Is better. The chunks of basil bit back so less basil for me next time 😖

This sounds great, wish I enjoyed raw tomato, maybe I'll just have it without. Maybe I'll try swapping in not too ripe mango for it.

When you referenced the drawing, I thought you meant the tattoo.. lol!

in my next life I want to be born as one of Kenji's dogs lmfao

I'm hoping to like tomatoes this summer..... I normally hate raw tomatoes but i'm going to try ones straight from the garden and see if I like those!

mhmmmmm a few hard boiled eggs in there would be great, some diced up grilled chicken, some croutons yum

I'd definitely sub cilantro and queso fresco but this looks fiiiire

I am so shocked by the fact that your corn is actually starting to come in right now. Here in the Midwest, the phrase for corn is 'knee high by the fourth of July' meaning that's what it needs to be at in order to harvest in August. I know the country has different zones and growing seasons, but here in MN we could get snow tonight after a week of 80+ degrees. We're nowhere near having garden fresh vegetables! 😂 (Mostly, not counting asparagus and rhubarb, etc.) But I look forward to trying this recipe in about 3 months.

6:30 I see that we have the same problem with that strainer huh. the wire handle fell off and you just grab it by the hanging loop.

Thank you for being alive kenji

Thanks for sharing. I would love if made some vegan recipes.

YUMM😁

Only Kenji can make me watch a video about a salad.

Imagine if your friends dad was kenji the youngans probably don’t even realize how awesome that is

You gonna tell us about the tart looking situation in the corner? It looks like something I have seen you make before, but I can’t tell by sight alone.

The salad looks delicious! Got choked up when I saw Shabu and Jamón eating bits of corn. My cat loved corn and would lick bits of tomato! 😿😿

Is the best way to cook corn been doing it for years

“See you on the other side” 😂

Some finely chopped chennai cucumbers, some kashmiri lal or tikka lal chilli, and unwashed onion, and this is literally what I make when I need to fill up but not add calories, minus the corn of course.

8:33 Haha, you went there! 🤣

Just love the way you make such delicious dishes without the fanfare. I do get kinda dizzy from the camera work though!! 😆 🤣

Since you have key limes at home, what about a key lime pie recipe ?🤗 love your videos

Is it possible if you could explore cheap but tasty meals for people in college and struggling?

Dish looks amazing as usual. I’m interested in why allergic to raw vs cooked. You may have just helped me diagnose my corn problem. ☮️

nice

What knife we’re you using in this one? Looks beautiful :)

If I want to bring this salad to a vegan meal, would you recommend replacing the feta with anything, leaving it out, or just picking a totally different salad?

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who called? lol will def make this for my wife, very much up her alley

Look at that galette!! 🤤

I'm sincerely curious because I am simply not well-versed, but what allows you to eat corn once its cooked versus while in its raw state? (regarding your allergy)

Hey Kenji, when will your salt boxes be available?