Grilled Salmon With Cotija Corn Salsa
Internet, meet the easiest summer meal ever. Easiest summer meal ever, meet the internet.
Here’s what we’re working with: Wild Sockeye Salmon! Grill it up. All it needs is a little salt and pepper.
Cotija Corn Salsa! We’re keeping it simple with just grilled corn, cilantro, lime juice, and green onion (although adding some jalapeno is both allowed and encouraged). I also used Cacique® Cotija here, and it crumbles so beautifully into the salsa – you get just the right amount of saltiness to balance out the sweet corn.
Cotija cheese is sturdy enough that it doesn’t get mushy or soak up too much lime juice, so you can make this salsa ahead of time if you like and keep it in the fridge. I like to mix the salsa while the salmon is grilling – all told, this meal never takes me more than 30 minutes (and if I pre-grill the corn, it takes even less time!)
This corn salsa is also super easy to customize: add some jalapenos, avocado, tomatoes, or whatever you have on hand! Sweet corn and salmon taste OH-so-good together, and the hint of saltiness from the Cotija adds some balance that really takes this meal from good to great.
Also, did I mention how quick and easy it is? Because this is seriously SO quick and SO easy.