Roasted Chili Corn Salsa is a delicious sweet, medium spicy, copycat recipe from chipotle. It's quick, easy, and refreshing and made with simple ingredients. This flavor bursting vegetarian summer dip will be a show stopper side dish at your next get together!

Corn salad in a bowl ready to be served.

This easy roasted corn salsa is the perfect side for taco Tuesday and warm summer bbqs. This copycat chipotle corn recipe, as seen on tiktok, makes a perfect dip for tortilla chips, or put it in your favorite tacos. This comes together easily because it is dairy free and doesn't use any mayo!

Be sure to check out our other summer inspired, veggie packed recipes like our

Taco Stuffed Peppers, or Broccoli Salad With Sweet Vinaigrette.

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Ingredients
Instructions
Substitutions
Variations
Equipment
Storage
Top tip

Ingredients

Yellow Corn - Thawed frozen corn works perfect for this recipe and is easy to have on hand!
Poblano Pepper - Roasted
Jalapeño Pepper
Purple Onion
Cilantro
Lime Juice
Lemon Juice
Cumin
Salt

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

Roasted poblano pepper on a baking sheet.

Roast the poblano pepper either in the oven or the air fryer. You want the outside of the pepper to look dark and bubble, almost as if it were burned.

2. Cool the pepper. Once cooled, dice the pepper into small pieces. Set aside until ready to assemble.

Assembling corn salsa starting with corn, peppers, onion, and cilantro.

3. In a medium sized bowl add corn, diced peppers, onion, and cilantro. Make sure to thaw the corn previous to assembling. You can do this by setting the corn out 30 minutes prior to assembling or putting in a colander and running water on it.

Adding cumin, salt, lemon, and lime juice to mixture.

4.Add salt, cumin, lemon and lime juice to the mixing bowl.

Mixing all the ingredients for roasted chili corn salsa together in a mixing bowl.

5. Mix well until ingredients are evenly distributed.

6. Place in a serving dish to be used as a dip or top your burritos or tacos.

Hint: Don't have time to roast the poblano pepper? Simply dice the peppers raw and mix in the salsa. It will still have a delicious flavor and will come together quickly.

Substitutions

Fresh Corn- instead of frozen corn use fresh corn.
Canned Corn - instead of using frozen corn, use canned corn. Drain well, the corn will be a different texture than frozen corn.
Fresh Poblano - don't have time to roast the poblano peppers? Dice the fresh poblano and add as you would the diced jalapeño?

Variations

Spicy Roasted Chili Corn Salsa - This recipe is intended to be medium spicy but if you want it even hotter, add an extra jalapeño, or ¼ teaspoon chili powder.
Queso Fresco- add some fresh cheese to this sweet corn salad. Crumble the queso fresco and add ¼-1/3 cup to the mixture.
Without Cilantro- Some people are not fans of cilantro! This recipe can be easily made without using cilantro.
NOT Spicy! Don't like the heat? Use bell pepper instead of jalapeno and poblano peppers.
Black Beans - Add black beans for added protein. Open a can of black beans, rinse and drain. Add to the mixture and mix well.

Equipment

Medium Sized Mixing Bowl
Mixing Spoon
Baking Sheet or Air fryer - for roasting the poblano pepper.

Storage

Store mixed salsa in an airtight container for 3-4 days. Juices may settle to the bottom of the bowl so before serving, make sure to thoroughly mix again.

Do not freeze, the texture of the vegetables will change if frozen.

Top tip

Using frozen corn makes for a really easy go-to side dish with staples you have in the kitchen. Fresh corn will give it a fun fresh taste but frozen corn will be delicious as well. Make sure to thaw the corn before using. If you are in a pinch, place the frozen corn in a colander and run water over the corn to help thaw more quickly. Otherwise, set frozen corn to thaw on the counter 30 minutes prior to assembling.