Charred sweetcorn and lime salsa

Name: Charred sweetcorn and lime salsa
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 300g sweetcorn, frozen, thawed; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 red onion, finely diced; 1 red chilli, finely chopped; 2 limes, juice and zest; 15g fresh coriander, chopped; 2 tomatoes, deseeded and diced

Sweet, smoky corn with lime, coriander and a little chilli. Brilliant with fish, tacos or just a bag of tortilla chips.

Time15 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.46 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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300 gsweetcornfrozen, thawed
1 tbspolive oil
1red onionfinely diced
1red chillifinely chopped
2limesjuice and zest
15 gfresh corianderchopped
2tomatoesdeseeded and diced

Method

1
Pat the sweetcorn dry. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat.
2
Add the corn and cook for 5 minutes without stirring too much, until it is charred in places and smells sweet.
5 min
3
Tip into a bowl and leave to cool for 5 minutes.
4
Stir in the onion, chilli, tomatoes, lime juice and zest and coriander.
5
Season with salt and pepper. Serve at room temperature.

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