RECIPE: Rec: Corn, amazing corn! Microwave!!!!

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colleenmomof2

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Our Michigan corn now is fantastic! If your corn is too, I recommend break off any extra stalk and toss it into the microwave as is for 2 1/2 minutes for thinner, non-refrigerated ears up to 3 1/4 minutes for thicker, cold ones. Do this before you start any other prep - they will be hot and need to steam in their husk. Peel just before serving. Colleen

 
I did some corn in the microwave last week. I put four ears in a zip lock bag

with 1 tablespoon of water. It was so fresh tasting and fabulous. I read about this method at Café Sucre Farine. I always have done my corn wrapped in a damp paper towel but this method was better, I have never tried it with the husk left on.

 
Rec: Corn Chowder

We love this recipe. I microwave extra ears of corn in August and freeze kernels to make corn chowder (again) in the winter.

2-6 oz bacon, sliced into 1/4" strips
2 sm/med onions, chopped (some fine and some chunks)
8 Tbs flour
4 cups warm chicken/turkey/veggie stock
2 cups chopped celery
1/2 cup finely diced red pepper
4 cups diced potatoes (OR 1 bag frozen hash brown cubes, OR already cooked potato cubed)
1/4 tsp ground black or white pepper
4Tbs (or 1T) butter
2 1/2 lbs corn - fresh or frozen (@ 2 cups/pound - 1 cob~1 cup)
4 cups milk (whole, 2%, or fat free half and half)
couple of shakes of Penzy's Red and Black pepper blend
chicken bouillon, as needed for salt

Fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon bits to towel lined dish. Saute onions in bacon fat. Add flour and saute until lightly browned. Add broth, celery, raw/frozen potatoes, crisp bacon, pepper and butter. Cook until vegetables are tender, around 10 minutes. Add corn, milk (and cooked potatoes, if using) and simmer until proper consistency, around 10 minutes. Sprinkle Red and Black or cayenne. Taste and adjust salt (can adjust by adding chicken bouillon). Colleen

Check out Charlie's recipe from Jacques Pepin, too

Charlie's Corn Chowder

 
Once you try it, you'll never go back smileys/wink.gif

Amazingly easy! So fresh tasting and the silk peels easily with almost no mess! Very hot, tho. Cook first and leave to steam. Great for picnics - plenty of envious glances as we peeled and ate our corn picnicking at the Woodward Dream Cruise last Friday night! We've been converted to au natural - no butter, salt or pepper! And Dh and I always share 2 cobs, so we can both have the best tasting one smileys/smile.gif Colleen

 
We're slow learners aren't we? I did this for the first time recently. To make husking easier,

slice off the stalk end when it's cooked. Here's a video from Simply Recipes on how it's done. Her 4 minutes is a little long in my microwave for 1 ear.

I was making a corn and black bean salad and this was such a quick and easy way to cook the corn and all the silk came off so easily.

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/the_easiest_way_to_microwave_corn_on_the_cob/

 
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