Corn Fritters with Avocado and Salsa
In the UK: Sweetcorn Fritters with Avocado and Salsa
- 30 mintotal time
- $1.43£1.27a serving
- 478450calories
- 13 gprotein
Serves 4; price is an estimate. Dinner Plan is a paid weekly plan for your household and budget. You see your week before you pay.
Golden pan-fried corn fritters with smashed avocado and salsa, ready in 30 minutes.
Ingredients
Serves 4.
- 2¾ cups frozen corn
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup whole milk
- ½ bunch green onions, sliced
- 2 avocados
- 1 lime
- 5 oz jarred salsa (mild)
- ½ cup sour cream, to serve (optional)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
Contains: wheat (gluten), milk, egg. Check the label: sulfites. Always read the labels if you cook for someone with an allergy.
Method
- Thaw the corn in a sieve under hot water and drain well.
- Whisk the eggs and whole milk in a bowl, then stir in the all-purpose flour, smoked paprika, salt and black pepper to make a thick batter. Fold in the corn and green onions.
- Heat a thin layer of vegetable oil in a large pan on medium heat. Drop in heaped tablespoons of batter, flatten slightly and cook for 2–3 minutes each side until golden and cooked through. Repeat, adding oil as needed.
- Mash the avocado with the juice of the lime and a pinch of salt.
- Serve the fritters with the avocado and jarred salsa, and sour cream if using.
Leftovers: Fridge 2 days; reheat in a hot oven until piping hot. Make the avocado fresh.
Ingredients
Serves 4.
- 400 g frozen sweetcorn
- 2 eggs
- 125 ml semi-skimmed milk
- ½ bunch spring onions, sliced
- 2 avocados
- 1 lime
- 150 g salsa (jar, mild)
- 100 g soured cream, to serve (optional)
- 250 ml plain flour
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
Contains: gluten, milk, egg. Check the label: sulphites. Always read the labels if you cook for someone with an allergy.
Method
- Thaw the sweetcorn in a sieve under hot water and drain well.
- Whisk the eggs and semi-skimmed milk in a bowl, then stir in the plain flour, smoked paprika, salt and black pepper to make a thick batter. Fold in the sweetcorn and spring onions.
- Heat a thin layer of vegetable oil in a large pan on medium heat. Drop in heaped tablespoons of batter, flatten slightly and cook for 2–3 minutes each side until golden and cooked through. Repeat, adding oil as needed.
- Mash the avocado with the juice of the lime and a pinch of salt.
- Serve the fritters with the avocado and salsa, and soured cream if using.
Leftovers: Fridge 2 days; reheat in a hot oven until piping hot. Make the avocado fresh.
Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 478 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 13 g |
| Carbohydrate | 57 g |
| Fat | 25 g |
| Fiber | 9 g |
| Sodium | 326 mg |
| Calories | 450 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 13 g |
| Carbohydrate | 40 g |
| Fat | 28 g |
| Fibre | 7 g |
| Sodium | 326 mg |
Worked out from the ingredients, 328 g a serving; optional extras and salt to taste aren't counted. US and UK values differ a little because each uses that country's food data and products. US values from USDA FoodData Central.UK values from McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What it costs
About $1.43 a serving in the US (range $1.09–$1.90) and £1.27 in the UK (range £0.97–£1.68). That's the share of each ingredient this recipe uses; basics like oil, salt and spices aren't counted.
Prices are estimates. Item prices come from public price data where available (US: Bureau of Labor Statistics and USDA; UK: Office for National Statistics). Where that data has no match, we use our own estimate. Ranges set using Open Prices data (Open Food Facts, ODbL). Prices as of October 2026. How we estimate
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