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

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