We love corn on the cob, but don’t like the hassle of typical methods of preparation. Put your microwave to work to make delicious, perfectly-done corn on the cob.
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We are empty-nesters, so preparing smaller portions of food has now become our habit. We love great corn-on-the-cob, but the typical way of preparing it by boiling it in a pot of water is a hassle!
Our friends Bruce and Diane saved the day when Bruce stopped by to share his fresh harvest of sweet corn from their garden. As great as that was, it was even better that Bruce shared his and Diane’s method of preparing a couple of ears at a time!
Simply place 2 ears of shucked corn in a ZipLok® or bread bag with a couple of teaspoons of water and cook for 5 minutes. DON’T seal the bag, but fold it over so as to retain the moisture/steam in the bag. When the time is up, open the bag carefully and slide corn out and enjoy with your favorite condiments! Thanks to Bruce and Diane!
If you don’t like the idea of using a plastic bag (we’ve never had any problems with food-grade bags, but it’s YOUR choice!), here’s an alternative paper towel method. Wrap your shucked ear of corn in a moistened paper towel so that it is entirely wrapped. You’ll need to cook 3 to 4 minutes per ear of corn being cooked. Unwraps and dress the corn with butter and salt, or other toppings such as lime juice, butter, and cilantro!
We really enjoy simple eating, preparing meals with only a few ingredients, so you can taste each thing in the recipe. This is one of the simplest of all, and don’t you just love it when you can JUST DO IT YOURSELF?
Hey, Dirt Farmer Jay here from DirtFarmerJay.com.
Dirt Farmer Maggie and I really enjoy corn on the cob,
but what we don't like is the hassle
of boiling a bunch of water,
and there's only two of us at home as empty nesters,
so we like small batches, like maybe two ears at a time.
There's a great solution where you can be eating corn
in about five minutes.
Stay tuned and I'll tell you all about it.
Hey, Dirt Farmer Jay here from DirtFarmerJay.com.
We really love corn on the cob,
but don't like the hassle
normally associated with preparing it.
Well, I'm gonna show you a method
that my friends Bruce and Diane showed me.
Bruce was kind enough this last season
to bring down a batch of corn fresh from his garden,
and as delicious as the corn was,
the tip about how to cook it is even better,
and I wanna give credit to both Bruce and Diane
for both that corn, but also this delicious recipe
that you're gonna enjoy.
You only need a couple things.
One, corn.
Number two, you need a little bit of water,
and you're only gonna use a couple tablespoons
of that water.
You need some kind of bag.
It can be a bread bag.
It can be these kind of bags, a Ziploc bag,
anything that is a food-safe bag
that you're gonna put the corn in
with a little bit of water,
and then you need a place to clean up with.
So what we're gonna do is go ahead
and let's get this shucked the rest of the way.
You can spend as much time as you want on this,
getting it here.
One of the tips that you can use is a small brush,
even a toothbrush, to brush in between to get all this out.
I just don't tend to be that finicky about it
because it kind of cooks out.
It's easy to lift out,
but you spend as much time as you want
getting it to where you want.
For purposes of this video and for speed,
we're gonna go ahead and just clean them down
to about that level there on both of them,
and when you get them to this level here,
you're now ready to put them in the bag.
Just put them in side-by-side like this,
and I kind of put them head-to-toe a little bit,
put the, like that,
and then what you're gonna do
is pour in a couple teaspoons
to a couple tablespoons of water,
just enough to keep it moist and trap all the moisture.
Gonna zip it in, keep some air in it like that.
That water is gonna work in there,
and let's go ahead and take it over to the microwave.
All right, let's go ahead
and just put it in the microwave here.
I'm just gonna set it on the turntable here.
Let's set it for five minutes.
Okay, now we have our corn here.
As you can see, it steamed really nicely in the bag here.
We're gonna go ahead and be careful letting out that steam.
I'm gonna put it right here and let it come on out,
and as you can see, there's a little bit of water there,
and these aren't overly hot.
There's a little bit of the silks left on it.
Another thing you can do to remove silk
is simply take a dry washcloth
and rub them before you put them on there,
but I think there's enough off on this.
We could break that off, but we're not gonna.
I'm just gonna go ahead and stick this in here.
Let's see what we've got.
Yep, that looks like it's plenty cooked.
All right, let's just put a little butter here.
You can see it's still nice and hot,
and of course, a little bit of salt.
Now, another thing you might try on your corn on the cob
if you haven't done it before
is you can also put butter on there
with some lime juice and chopped cilantro,
and that's another way to appreciate it.
My understanding is that's more from our Latino friends,
but it is a wonderful way to enjoy the corn on the cob.
Well, let's see what we got.
Mm, perfectly done.
Wow, very sweet, some good eating.
This is so good.
Alternatively, if you don't like to use a plastic bag,
you can also use paper towel,
and to do that, you simply go ahead
and roll up the corn in the paper towel,
tuck it under like that,
and then simply saturate the paper towel with just water.
Doesn't take a whole lot,
but just get that paper towel nice and wet.
That's gonna even out the heat inside
and also moisturize the corn,
and then just use a cooking dome like this,
and then we're gonna do the same thing.
We're gonna bake these two heads for five minutes.
Okay, we've gotten this out of the microwave
after five minutes.
Let's see what we've got.
Had a little bit of steam coming right off that.
Plenty of moisture was still retained inside.
Let's see, whoo, that's pretty hot,
so be careful taking that off.
There we go, and we'll go ahead
and just do that with one of them.
Let's turn that around so you can see it easier,
and let's put in some handles,
see if they're soft enough.
Yep, cooked nicely,
at least from the internal temperature here.
There we go, very nice,
and let's just go ahead and see how those kernels look
if they're cooked nicely.
Oh yeah, nicely cooked,
and so that's ready to butter and salt up,
or as I said, you can put some alternative favorite things.
Some people even put mayonnaise and Miracle Whip
and celery salt and all sorts of things,
but there you go, it works this way as well.
Hey, let me tell you about another recipe
I think you're really gonna like.
It's a heritage dish called pasties.
Check out the video right over here
where Maggie walks you through step-by-step
how to make this great meat pie
you and your family will love.
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going to enjoy a great side dish of fresh corn on the cob.
