The cobs can be prepared in different ways: in a pan, microwave, slow cooker, double boiler and even oven.
How to choose good corn
In order for boiled corn to meet the expectations of your taste receptors, you need to choose the right cobs in the store or on the market. The most delicious are sold until the end of August. Later can turn out to be overgrowth and harsh. You can check corn for age by crushing one grain. White liquid resembling milk will flow from young seeds.
Young corn with grains of milk -white or light yellow color is ideal for cooking. To the touch the cob should be soft, but at the same time elastic. Grasses should fit tightly to each other and be approximately the same size.
The perfect cherry. Photo: Kenishirotie/Shutterstock
Pay special attention to the leaves. In good corn, they are green, dense, fresh. Do not buy corn without leaves. Perhaps the seller deliberately removed them to hide the low quality of the goods from you.
How to cook corn on a stove
Prepare a large pan. Clean corn, while throwing the hairs of the roller, and leave the leaves – they will still come in handy.
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Put the leaves in the pan so that they completely cover the bottom. They will provide a special aroma for the finished dish.
Shot: delicious secrets. Cozy tips / YouTube
Put corn on a pillow of leaves. The cobs should be the same in size so that they are cooked at the same time. Too large can be cut in half.
Shot: delicious secrets. Cozy tips / YouTube
Cover the corn with a layer of leaves. Pour boiling water into a pan so that it completely covers the cobs.
Shot: delicious secrets. Cozy tips / YouTube
If you are not sure of the age of corn and are afraid that it can be overripe, add baking soda to the pan – literally on the tip of a teaspoon. This will even make old cobs softer and juicy.
Shot: delicious secrets. Cozy tips / YouTube
Cover the pan with a lid and put on the stove. After the water boils, reduce the fire and start the counting of time: young corn is prepared for 20-25 minutes, mature – at least 2 hours.
Closer to the end of cooking, remove the sample: with a fork Podge one granny and get out. If it is soft and juicy, corn is ready. Drain the water, close the pan tightly with a lid and wrap it with a towel. Wait 10-15 minutes. This evaporation makes the granny more tender in taste.
Release hot corn release from the leaves and serve to the table. Add salt and butter to taste.
How to cook corn in a microwave
Peel the cobs and soak in cold water for 1 hour. Then put corn in a plastic bag, add 2 tablespoons of clean water at room temperature there. Large cobs can first be cut in half. Tie the bag tightly, make a few small holes in it toothpick so that the excess steam comes out, and put in the microwave oven. Cook for 5 minutes at maximum power.
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You can cook corn in the microwave in another way. Wash the cobs, remove the leaves and fibers. Wrap the corn in a paper towel or napkins soaked in water and put on a plate tightly. Select maximum power and send cereal to the oven for 5 minutes. All! Corn is ready.
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Get corpc into the microwave corn with culinary forceps: the dish is very hot.
How to cook corn in a slow cooker
Clean corn from fibers and leaves, wash thoroughly. Break or cut cobs in half and put them vertically in a multicooker bowl. Pour water to the maximum mark.
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Select the “steam -steam” mode, set the timer for 20 minutes. When the time is over, leave the corn inside for another 10 minutes, turning on the “heating” mode. After removing the cobs, let them dry a little, shake with salt, butter and greens to taste.
How to cook corn in a double boiler
Clean the corn from all superfluous and wash. Pour water to the lower steam room to the maximum mark.
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Cover the compartment with a lid, put the bowl on it and put on the bottom of the cob in one layer. If there are a lot of corn, you can add another level over the first.
Shot: Tanya Nikonova / YouTube
Cover the device with a lid, turn it on and put the timer for 15 minutes. When the preparation is over, open the lid and wait until the steam comes out. After that, take out the corn and eat it hot. Grasses lose their juiciness and harden when they cool.
How to cook corn in the oven
Lubricate a deep baking dish with butter. Put there washed and cleansed from leaves and stigmas corn. Pour warm boiled water so that the cobs are half in it. Cover the shape of the foil with a sheet.
Send corn to the oven, warmed up to 180 ° C for 40 minutes, if the cereal is young, or for 120 minutes, if the ears are mature. Add salt already to the finished dish.
How to choose good corn
In order for boiled corn to meet the expectations of your taste receptors, you need to choose the right cobs in the store or on the market. The most delicious are sold until the end of August. Later can turn out to be overgrowth and harsh. You can check corn for age by crushing one grain. White liquid resembling milk will flow from young seeds.
Young corn with grains of milk -white or light yellow color is ideal for cooking. To the touch the cob should be soft, but at the same time elastic. Grasses should fit tightly to each other and be approximately the same size.
The perfect cherry. Photo: Kenishirotie/Shutterstock
Pay special attention to the leaves. In good corn, they are green, dense, fresh. Do not buy corn without leaves. Perhaps the seller deliberately removed them to hide the low quality of the goods from you.
How to cook corn on a stove
Prepare a large pan. Clean corn, while throwing the hairs of the roller, and leave the leaves – they will still come in handy.
Shot: delicious secrets. Cozy tips / YouTube
Put the leaves in the pan so that they completely cover the bottom. They will provide a special aroma for the finished dish.
Shot: delicious secrets. Cozy tips / YouTube
Put corn on a pillow of leaves. The cobs should be the same in size so that they are cooked at the same time. Too large can be cut in half.
Shot: delicious secrets. Cozy tips / YouTube
Cover the corn with a layer of leaves. Pour boiling water into a pan so that it completely covers the cobs.
Shot: delicious secrets. Cozy tips / YouTube
If you are not sure of the age of corn and are afraid that it can be overripe, add baking soda to the pan – literally on the tip of a teaspoon. This will even make old cobs softer and juicy.
Shot: delicious secrets. Cozy tips / YouTube
Cover the pan with a lid and put on the stove. After the water boils, reduce the fire and start the counting of time: young corn is prepared for 20-25 minutes, mature – at least 2 hours.
Closer to the end of cooking, remove the sample: with a fork Podge one granny and get out. If it is soft and juicy, corn is ready. Drain the water, close the pan tightly with a lid and wrap it with a towel. Wait 10-15 minutes. This evaporation makes the granny more tender in taste.
Release hot corn release from the leaves and serve to the table. Add salt and butter to taste.
How to cook corn in a microwave
Peel the cobs and soak in cold water for 1 hour. Then put corn in a plastic bag, add 2 tablespoons of clean water at room temperature there. Large cobs can first be cut in half. Tie the bag tightly, make a few small holes in it toothpick so that the excess steam comes out, and put in the microwave oven. Cook for 5 minutes at maximum power.
Hard: Good Time / YouTube
You can cook corn in the microwave in another way. Wash the cobs, remove the leaves and fibers. Wrap the corn in a paper towel or napkins soaked in water and put on a plate tightly. Select maximum power and send cereal to the oven for 5 minutes. All! Corn is ready.
Shot: Lifehacker / YouTube
Get corpc into the microwave corn with culinary forceps: the dish is very hot.
How to cook corn in a slow cooker
Clean corn from fibers and leaves, wash thoroughly. Break or cut cobs in half and put them vertically in a multicooker bowl. Pour water to the maximum mark.
Shot: your cook / youtube
Select the “steam -steam” mode, set the timer for 20 minutes. When the time is over, leave the corn inside for another 10 minutes, turning on the “heating” mode. After removing the cobs, let them dry a little, shake with salt, butter and greens to taste.
How to cook corn in a double boiler
Clean the corn from all superfluous and wash. Pour water to the lower steam room to the maximum mark.
Shot: Tanya Nikonova / YouTube
Cover the compartment with a lid, put the bowl on it and put on the bottom of the cob in one layer. If there are a lot of corn, you can add another level over the first.
Shot: Tanya Nikonova / YouTube
Cover the device with a lid, turn it on and put the timer for 15 minutes. When the preparation is over, open the lid and wait until the steam comes out. After that, take out the corn and eat it hot. Grasses lose their juiciness and harden when they cool.
How to cook corn in the oven
Lubricate a deep baking dish with butter. Put there washed and cleansed from leaves and stigmas corn. Pour warm boiled water so that the cobs are half in it. Cover the shape of the foil with a sheet.
Send corn to the oven, warmed up to 180 ° C for 40 minutes, if the cereal is young, or for 120 minutes, if the ears are mature. Add salt already to the finished dish.