Chilled Corn And Crab Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 3 cups fresh corn kernels (about 6 ears of corn)
• 1 small red onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1 tablespoon minced seeded hot red chili pepper (such as red thai chili)
• 3 ounces lump crabmeat (about 3/4 cup)
• 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped fresh basil, plus more leaves (to garnish)
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
• fresh ground pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 heat 1 teaspoons oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. add corn, and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. remove from heat. stir in onions. let cool.
• 2 whisk together lemon juice and sugar. drizzle remaining tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons oil, whisking until combined.
• 3 combine corn-onion mixture, chili, crabmeat, and basil gently stir in lemon dressing, salt and pepper. cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes (or up to 2 hours) serve garnished with basil leaves.