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6 Recipes With Sweet Corn

by Sophie
November 9, 2022
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Recipes With Sweet Corn
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Sweet corn is one of the six major types of maize and arguably most people’s favourite. Aside from its great taste, it is also high in fibre, an important nutrient needed in the body. Although you can simply boil and eat sweet corn, you will enjoy it better if you prepare it using any of the recipes with sweet corn below. Read on to get some inspiration on how you can make it into a snack, salad, soup, etc. This way, you get to enjoy your corn in a different way every time.

Recipes With Sweet Corn For Main Meals

You can eat these light meals made using recipes with sweet corn at any time of the day. Also, meals like salad can serve as a side dish if you so desire. The best part is that making them does not take too much time.

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1. Black Bean and Corn Salad

Yield: 4 – 6

Duration: 20mins

Ingredients

  • 1 can of black beans
  • 1 c. frozen corn
  • 1 avocado
  • 1/2 c. cherry tomatoes
  • 1 jalapeño
  • 1/4 c. cotija
  • 1/4 medium red onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/4 c. cilantro
  • 1/2 tsp. cumin
  • 1 lime
  • 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 tbsp. honey
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper

Procedure

  1. Prepare all the ingredients: rinse and drain black beans, thaw frozen corn, remove seeds from jalapeño and chop, cut the cherry tomato in quarters, dice onion and garlic, juice the lime, chop cilantro, crumble cotija, and grind cumin and black pepper.
  2. Put beans, avocado, tomatoes, corn, jalapeño, onion, and cilantro in a bowl
  3. Mix lime juice, honey, oil, cumin, salt and pepper in another bowl
  4. Pour the dressing into the second bowl over the salad and toss to blend.
  5. Add cotija and toss again. Add more seasoning if necessary.

2. Sweet Corn Chowder

Recipes With Sweet Corn

Yield: 6

Duration: 1hr 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 4 ears of fresh corn
  • 3 medium red potatoes
  • 2 containers of chicken stock
  • 4 slices bacon
  • 1 c. half-and-half
  • 1 tsp. fresh thyme
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 1 small clove of garlic
  • Black pepper
  • kosher salt

Procedure

  1. Prepare the ingredients: dehusk corn and cut from cobs, grind pepper, chop bacon, onion, garlic, thyme, and potatoes.
  2. Put bacon in a large pot and cook over medium heat until crisp. Next, remove the bacon and place it on a paper towel-lined plate. Drain fat, leaving only one tablespoon. Then cook onion until translucent, then add garlic and thyme (reserve).
  3. Add corn, bacon, potatoes and stock and leave to boil. Simmer in low heat until potatoes are tender.
  4. Next, pour half-and-half and stir. Season with pepper and salt and top with thyme before serving.

3. Sweet Corn Soup

Yield: 4 – 6

Duration: 35mins

Ingredients

  • 10 ears of sweet corn
  • 2 medium onions
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (or olive oil or butter)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 medium potato
  • 4 cups water (or chicken stock)
  • Roasted green chile, cilantro, avocado, tomato, and cotija cheese (optional for garnishing)

Procedure

  1. Prepare ingredients: dehusk corn and cut from cobs (scrape remaining liquid too), chop onions and potatoes, chop, dice and crumble garnishes.
  2. Put oil or butter in a pot over medium heat. Add onion and ½ teaspoon of salt, and cook, occasionally stirring until onion is translucent.
  3. Next, add potato and water or stock, cover and boil over high heat. When the potato softens, add corn and cook some more for up to 2mins.
  4. Puree with a blender, immersion blender or food processor. Add more salt to taste if need be.
  5. You can garnish with avocado, roasted chile, tomato, cheese or cilantro. Serve hot or chill.

Recipes With Sweet Corn For Snacks

You don’t always have to cook meals. You can make light crunchy snacks out of your sweet corn too. These snack recipes with sweet corn can serve as breakfast or you can pack them as lunch for yourself or your kids.

4. Sweet Corn Pancakes

Recipes With Sweet Corn

Yield: 4

Duration: 40mins

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Ingredients

  • 1 corn
  • 2medium eggs
  • 85g flour
  • 5 tbsp milk
  • 25g butter
  • 4 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 2 spring onions
  • 8rashers good quality bacon
  • 4 tomatoes
  • Olive oil
  • Chilli sauce to serve

Procedure

  1. Prepare ingredients: dehusk and cut corn from the cob, chop onion and cut tomatoes in half.
  2. Boil corn over high heat for 5mins, drain and allow to cool.
  3. Whisk eggs, milk and butter together.
  4. Next, mix flour and salt then add the corn and spring onions.
  5. Put tomatoes on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place bacon close to the tomatoes and grill till tomatoes soften and bacon becomes crispy, then you turn over.
  6. Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan and add large spoonfuls of the batter. Fry till each side is puffed and golden.

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5. Sweet Corn Fritters

Yield: 6 – 8

Duration: 30mins

Ingredients

  • 550g sweet corn
  • 150g flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 160ml whole milk
  • Rapeseed oil
  • 1 egg
  • A handful of parsley, chopped
  • 2 spring onions
  • 10g sliced chives

Procedure

  1. Whisk flour, baking powder, paprika and milk together. Add to egg and mix. Add sweet corn, onion, chives, parsley, salt and pepper.
  2. Place a frying pan with 1cm deep oil over medium heat. When the oil is hot enough, put the mixture in the pan and fry until both sides turn golden brown.
  3. Put in wire wrack to drain excess oil

6. Corn Sandwich

Recipes With Sweet Corn

Yield: 3

Duration: 40mins

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Ingredients

  • 1 boiled medium sweet corn cob
  • 6 sandwich bread slices or large bread slices
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons olive oil
  • Butter
  • 2 small tomatoes
  • 7 to 8 basil leaves
  • 1 or 2 small to medium garlic cloves
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli flakes
  • Salt
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons cheddar cheese or mozzarella (optional)

Procedure

  1. Prepare ingredients: chop tomatoes, garlic and basil leaves, and grate cheese
  2. Boil corn cob and carefully remove kernels.
  3. Heat olive oil and add garlic, then add corn kernels and cook on low flame. Season with salt, chilli flakes and pepper.
  4. Switch off the fire, add tomatoes and basil and leave to cool then add cheese.
  5. Next, spread butter evenly on the bread slices (cut bread edges first if you like)
  6. Put your prepared filling on the bread and cover it with another buttered slice.
  7. Heat toaster, grill or oven and grill or toast sandwich till golden (2 – 3mins).
  8. Serve with ketchup or mayonnaise

Final Words

The recipes with sweet corn shared above are both delicious and easy to make. Although there are several other ways of preparing sweet corn, these are some of the best recipes you can find. Try them out and see for yourself.

Kindly let us know which of the recipes with sweet corn you enjoyed best or which you will love to try by commenting in the comment section below.

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Sophie is a creative content writer. She loves knitting words together, you can call it writing. She is also a certified Anatomist who is passionate about health and healthy living. She's on this project to share health and lifestyle tips with our readers.

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