Phoodie’s Bacon, Corn + Avocado Salad with Sour Cream Dressing 5

This is just one bowl of creamy deliciousness.

I made it for Christmas Day and it went down a treat! It’s the PERFECT summer salad and could be made even better with the addition of a nice bunch of chopped coriander. I’m OBSESSED with coriander but am well aware that many people are NOT so I played it safe and left it out!

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INGREDIENTS (To make a VERY large salad i.e. serves 12 as a side)

600g bacon / ham diced

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 bunch spring onions

2 red capsicums

2 yellow capsicums

2 green capsicums

1 medium red onion

4 x 420g tins of Corn

3 x 310g tins of 4 bean mix

400g whole egg mayonnaise

200g sour cream

– Juice of 1 lime

– Juice of 1 lemon

4 medium Avocados

– Juice of 2 limes

– Juice of 2 lemons

METHOD

1) Dice your leftover Christmas ham (or leg ham from any time of the year) into 1/2 cm cubes. Alternatively dice bacon. Add it to a pan on medium heat with the olive oil and pan fry until crunchy and delicious. Note: this could take a while so be patient, also, be careful of spitting fat!

2) Once done, remove and place on paper towel to drain the oil. Set aside.

3) Finely chop spring onions, capsicums and red onion and mix together in a bowl.

4) Add drained corn and drained bean mix and combine. Set aside.

5) In a bowl, whisk together Mayo, sour cream, juices of 1 lime and 1 lemon. Set aside.

6) In another bowl squeeze the juice of 2 limes and 2 lemons and the dice the avocados. Place diced avocado in juice and make sure all pieces are coated. Set aside.

7) It’s now time to bring everything together, I do this in a layering manner. First some corn mix, then some dressing, then some bacon, some avo and some more dressing. Repeat until you have a mound of delicious salad. Top with lots of crunchy bacon bits. This is how the salad should be presented to guests. It should only be tossed carefully the minute prior to eating.

Enjoy!

THE HAM / BACON

THE VEGETABLES

THE CORN AND BEANS

THE DRESSING

THE AVOCADO

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

YUMMMMMMO!