Roasted Corn Salsa

Our housewarming party plan was pretty simple - have people bring their own libations and grill items, we'd provide the rest. I wanted to make a variety of easy-to-eat munchies and finger foods that would last through the night.

My mom gave me an adorable bowl set for Christmas - one large bowl with four smaller bowls, all clear with blue and green etched fish spiraling around the bowls. I've been dying to use them for chips and dip, so my first thought - torilla chips and four dips.

Second up for our dips is Roasted Corn Salsa....roasted corn salsa is a favorite condiment of The Guy's at Chipotle, so I thought I'd try to impress by making my own.



Roasted Corn Salsa

Ingredients:

2 cups frozen corn
1 large vine ripened tomato, freshly diced
1 red onion, diced
1/2 red bell pepper, diced
2 jalapeno peppers, seeds removed, finely diced
2 tsp finely chopped canned chipotle pepper
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup fresh chopped cilantro
1/2 tsp sea salt

Directions:

1. Spray a skillet or stirfry pan with cooking spray and warm over medium-high heat. Add frozen corn and spray with cooking spray. Cook corn in pan until corn browns, but does not burn. Remove from heat.
2. In a large bowl, mix corn, tomato, onion, bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, chipotle pepper, lime juice, olive oil, salt, and cilantro.

For additional heat, reserve jalapeno seeds and sprinkle over top of salsa.

I premade this salsa on Friday night and let The Guy have a spoonful to sample...needless to say, I had to hide the rest from him in order to actually have some for the party. I spotted him at one point during the party eating the salsa off a plate with a spoon. Needless to say, he's happy I made extra. :)