by Holly
Frito Corn Salad is the perfect potluck dish! This easy salad combines sweet juicy corn, fresh bell peppers, spicy jalapenos and of course crunchy Fritos all in a creamy dressing.
This is the perfect side dish or appetizer dip loaded with veggies and corn!
Crispy Crunchy Fritos
If you’ve never had Frito Corn Salad before, you’ve been missing out my friend. It’s pretty much the BEST ever way to enjoy Fritos (like they weren’t amazing enough already)! Delicious sweet corn, fresh crisp peppers and of course crispy crunchy Fritos all tossed in a quick creamy dressing. What more could you ask for?
Fresh summer corn is so incredibly delish whether it is added to a fresh summer corn salad or even a Mexican Corn Dip. It just has a perfectly sweet crunch and a fresh flavor that somehow just tastes better on the deck next to a freshly grilled burger or hot dog!
Perfect Side Dish
This Frito Corn Salad is most definitely the perfect side dish at a barbecue or a potluck but it also makes an awesome appetizer because people just love the flavors and the texture is perfect for dipping. One great thing is that it can all be made ahead of time making it the perfect potluck dish! I simply stir everything together keeping the Fritos on the side. At serving time, I give the Fritos bag a quick squish, sprinkle them on top and stir for a crunch that nobody can resist!
I use plain Fritos and add some chili powder to my dressing, if you happen to have Chili Cheese Fritos on hand, you can just add them in and skip the chili powder in the recipe!
Try Different Dressings
If you’d prefer, you can also make this Frito Corn Salad with ranch dressing and skip the mayonnaise completely. Prefer a zestier option? As strange as it sounds, you can also try catalina dressing (which is what I add to my famous Dorito Taco Salad) with excellent results! While some recipes make Frito corn salad with cream cheese, I personally find it a little bit too rich and prefer the other options!
Toppings and Mix-ins
This recipe calls for canned or fresh corn. Both are great but of course, like most recipes, fresh is best (leftover or grilled corn is perfect too). I always cook corn in the Crock Pot and somehow I figure I have 192038 extra people coming… so I always have leftovers. This is the perfect way to enjoy all of my leftovers and everyone raves about it.
I’m kind of a jalapeno freak (pretty much with any dish, the spicier the better) but if you’d like to tame this down a little, skip the jalapenos and add in some mild green chiles for flavor without the heat. I love the addition of fresh bell peppers for the crunch they add. You can also add a can of rinsed black beans.
And that chopper you’ve been asking about in the video? You can find it here on Amazon (mine is the Vidalia Chop Wizard). I love it so much I wrote a whole post about my chopper!
You can use either the Frito scoop chips or tortilla chips (or celery) to scoop this up if you’re serving it as a dip or just serve it with a fork as a side dish! If you happen to take this along to a potluck, print a few copies of the recipe to bring with you. I pretty much guarantee people will ask for it!
More Prized Potluck Salads
- The Best Potato Salad Recipe – Classic side, easy to make ahead!
- Ranch 7 Layer Salad – Great as a side or a main dish.
- Creamy Carrot Salad – Retro recipe, just like grandma used to make!
- Grape Salad – Creamy, fresh and delicious. Kids love this one!
- Dorito Taco Salad – Popular (reader favorite).
Frito Corn Salad
Prep Time 10 minutes
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 12-14 ounce cans corn drained drained, or 3 cups fresh corn off the cob
- ½ red pepper diced
- ½ green pepper diced
- ½ red onion diced
- 4 ounces jalapenos diced, 1 can drained
- ⅔ cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 ½ cups cheddar cheese
- 5 ounces Fritos chips
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Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except Fritos in a large bowl and mix well.
- Just before serving, stir in Fritos.
Nutrition Information
(Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.)
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I saw ranch as a suggested substitute, any other dressing substitutes you could think of? We have a non-mayo and non-ranch eater in the group. Thanks!!
A cilantro lime vinaigrette would be delicious Ashley!
If you use canned corn for this recipe, do you cook the corn first?
There is no need to cook the corn, it can be drained and used directly from the can.
my sons girlfriend made this one day. i usually don’t like stuff touching, but i tried it to be polite. it was awesome. now i make it all the time
Glad you enjoyed it Mary! It is such a yummy salad :)
How do you think this would taste with shredded chicken added into it?
What a tasty idea Tracy!
Every time I serve this I get rave reviews and requests for the recipe !! It’s wonderful almost addictive.I use the Chili Cheese Fritos instead of the chili powder
Ooo! Good idea Kathleen, that would be delicious!
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I think of a lot of your recipes are one’s I’ve made for my Coffee time at our Church. Love them. They taste so great. Thank you for doing what you seem to be doing best. Keep up the awesome work.
Aww, thank you so much Carla, you made my day! So glad you’ve been enjoying the recipes.
Do I cook the corn if using fresh?
I’d suggest that you cook fresh corn Michele. Enjoy!
Thank you! Its chilling in the fridge and tastes delicious!
Yay!
This is my mother-in-law’s go to salad for all occasions. Everyone loves it. The only difference is she uses the green chilies instead of the jalapeño and also uses chili cheese Fritos instead of putting chili pepper in it! Yummy, yummy, yummy!!!!
Very healthy and delicious salad. I will make this at home and let you know! Thanks, Holly!
I would seriously eat the whole batch! I LOVE everything about this! And I love Fritos :)
It was pretty hard not to eat the whole thing myself for sure! LOL.