grilled salmon with bacon and corn relish

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Grilled Salmon with Bacon and Corn Relish

You are really going to love this exciting and vibrant new recipe for salmon. The grilled salmon is dressed up with an easy, summery bacon and corn relish. Did I mention there will be bacon? Oh, yeah.

Ingredients

  1. 6 strips bacon, cut crosswise into ½-inch pieces
  2. 2 ears white corn
  3. ¼ cup chopped green onions (white and light green parts), green tops chopped and reserved
  4. ¼ cup diced red bell pepper
  5. 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar, or more to taste
  6. 2 teaspoons olive oil
  7. 2 pinches cayenne pepper, or to taste, divided
  8. salt and ground black pepper to taste
  9. 2 (8 ounce) center-cut boneless salmon fillets
  10. ½ teaspoon vegetable oil
  11. 1 cup fresh spinach leaves (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat an outdoor grill (preferably charcoal) for high heat and lightly oil the grate.
  2. Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until browned and crisp, 8 to 10 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, cut kernels from cobs into a large bowl using a sharp knife held at a 45-degree angle. Scrape cobs with the back of the knife into the bowl to release the juices.
  4. Add ¼ cup green onions (white and light green parts) and red bell pepper to bacon; cook and stir until vegetables just become tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in corn; cook until warmed through. Season with rice wine vinegar, olive oil, a few chopped dark green onion tops, 1 pinch cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Remove from heat.
  5. Coat both sides salmon fillets with vegetable oil; season with remaining 1 pinch cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper.
  6. Cook on the preheated grill until good grill marks appear, fillets flake easily with a fork, and salmon is still slightly pink in the center, about 5 minutes per side. Cracks in salmon flesh as you cook the fillets allows you to see doneness in the middle.
  7. Divide spinach leaves between two plates; top each with a salmon fillet and ½ bacon relish. Garnish with a few green onion tops.