Last year when I posted about how much I like roasting corn, I had several people tell me that the most delicious way to cook corn is to boil it with a cup of milk and a stick butter. I finally got around to trying it and I agree – this is the most delicious way to cook corn.
If you haven’t tried cooking corn this way, you must.
The corn cooks up so flavorful, fresh tasting and rich. You’ll be so obsessed with it you won’t even care what else is being served.
No need to slather butter all over the corn. This corn already has a buttery taste.
Just a little salt and pepper and this corn on the cob is ready to go.
And actually, if you use a stick of salted butter, you might find you don’t even need to add any salt.
Some people add sugar too, but I find the corn available around here during the summer is already sweet enough.
If you suspect your corn is a little lacking in flavor, you might want to add some sugar to perk it up.
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Best Way to Cook Corn on the Cob
Ingredients
- 6-8 ears of corn, husks and silks removed and cut in half (if desired)
- 1 cup milk
- 1 stick Challenge butter
Instructions
- Fill a large pot about halfway with water.
- Bring water to a boil.
- Add milk and butter. Add corn and reduce heat.
- Simmer corn for 6 to 8 minutes.
- Remove corn from cooking liquid and its ready to serve.
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OMG…the flavor is unexplainable…taste amazing. This is and will be the ONLY way we cook out fresh 🌽 forever..Will be a new family tradition.. Thank you! We definitely needed something different..we do live our 🌽
I meant LOVE our 🌽!!!
Can you use almond milk?
Yummy!
Made our corn like this a few nights ago and it was fantastic! No need to butter it. This is how I will make it from now on.
Did not need any other seasoning. It was very good.
This was oh so yummy. While I didn’t actually measure out the milk, just eye-balled it, it still turned out so yummy!
Yes i did it was delicious
Excellent
I made this recipe for a BBQ and it was terrific! A real hit and really simple to make. Would thoroughly recommend it.
I use heavy cream makes it even better.l, water, salt, pepper, butter. Then use the left over broth to make soup, usually corn and potatoes. Very tasty
Need the recipe for this soup 🤤
Soup recipe pretty please🙂
Loved how tender the corn was and flavorful too. Easy preparation, easy clean up and if follow simmering time you can’t mess it up! Enjoy.
Excellent corn and easy to make