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Listen, y’all. I’ll admit Summer is not my favorite season. Not by any stretch. It’s hot and I just don’t like the overwhelming humidity. But ya know what I do like? Easy Summertime meals like this yummy + easy Summertime Frito Salad.
What makes this salad special?
First off, it’s easy. Second, it’s a total guilty pleasure. Third, even my kids will eat it! So I suppose technically it’s only a salad in terms of ‘a bunch of items mixed together.’ You know, in the same way that tuna salad is a ‘salad’.
Honest to goodness, I personally love any salad that is not based in lettuce. It’s true! I just don’t love lettuce! Fruit salad? Yes. Pasta salad? Yep. Ham salad? Sure do love it! Rockne’s Firestone Salad (an Akron classic, if you ask me)? THE absolute best.
But I DO love a good delicious and simple Summertime salad! And, like I have said, this one meets all of the criteria for amazing. It’s fresh, tasty, and you won’t be able to stop yourself from going back for seconds!
Warning: It’s addictive, but not at all healthy!
If you are looking for something to bring to your potluck or end of Summer celebration, look no further than here. But if you are looking for something healthy, please don’t look at this! haha! I mean, seriously, this is NOT one of “those” meals! But it is delicious and it does switch up the normal potluck and mealtime routine.
This yummy + easy Summertime Frito salad will satisfy every craving!
Frito Salad
Ingredients
- Fritos 9oz package
- 2/3 cup Sour Cream
- 1 Green pepper, diced
- 1 can of corn, drained (substitute fresh corn for a different take!)
- Cilantro (optional)
- 1 tbs chili powder
- 1 tbs onion powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Dice the green pepper and combine in a large bowl with the drained corn.
- Combine the seasonings and the sour cream until well mixed.
- Add sour cream mixture to the green peppers and corn.
- Just before serving, add in the Fritos and fold to combine. Top with chopped cilantro for an extra special touch!
- ENJOY!
Notes
For an extra kick, mix in:
- Chopped green or black olives
- Minced jalapeno
- Sriracha
- Diced red onion
- Diced tomato
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I bet my kids would love this. It would make a great simple lunch.
That sounds like a great idea to me – I like all kinds of salads so maybe this one as well 🙂
This sounds very amazing and interesting one…indeed looks so delicious and tasty…great work though..glad you shared this with us…found it very helpful blog post…
what an ingenious idea! The crunch of the Fritos must really give this a kick!!
This is a great idea! We need cheap, easy, delicious and healthy snacks in this quarantine era. I will try this next week. Thanks for sharing.
This actually looks pretty good and I love Fritos!
This summer frito salad is just the unique dish I’ve been looking for! The addition of crunchy fritos makes it the perfect combo of creamy and crunchy.
This looks gooooooddddd!!! Love the this recipe with jalapeno!
Love the crunch in this!! Such a great salad
This salad seems really delicious! Looking forward to making this sometime, thanks for sharing the recipe with us!
I have never heard of frito salad before! I’ll have for for sure make this sometime soon!
I have made frito salads a lot and I really love them…. Thanks for posting this one!
This frito salad looks so tasty and delicious. I love all kind of salads. And I will going to try this for sure. Thanks for sharing the recipe
Frito Salad. I love the name and it does look yummy.
Oh my gosh, I love this salad! It looks so yummy!
This is such a brilliant idea for a salad. I will never thinking of adding fritos to get that extra crunch texture
Such a good idea! I love the crisp and the combination of the cream and the textures of it, will try this.
This looks gorgeous! I love crisps and dip so this would go down great.
Fritos in salad. I have to try that for sure!