If you ask us, grilled corn is likely one of the single biggest joys of late summer time, proper there subsequent to recent tomato salads and an limitless parade of frozen treats. Served up elote-style or just slathered in honey butter, grilled corn on the cob is pure, unadulterated corn pleasure. Charred corn kernels convey tiny bits of smoky corn magic to every kind of dishes, from unbelievable salads to seasonal tartines and flatbread. This assortment of grilled corn recipes is right here that can assist you put as many ears on the grates as doable earlier than summer time ends, so seize your corn cob holders and get grilling.
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Coconut-Peanut Corn Salad
Make positive you grill corn for this salad earlier than summer time ends. Bursting with taste and texture, it combines flippantly charred recent corn with a make-ahead chaat that includes roasted peanuts laced with garlic and ginger. It’s salty, nutty, crunchy, juicy, candy, savory, and crisp .
New Mexican Street Corn
Food & Wine / Photo by Brie Goldman / Food Styling by Lauren McAnelly / Prop Styling by Breanna Ghazali
2000 F&W Best New Chef Joseph Wrede, who’s based mostly in Santa Fe, places a Southwestern spin on elotes, the scrumptious Mexican road corn, with the smoky addition of chipotles in adobo. If you need corn on the cob with one thing greater than basic butter and salt, this one’s for you.
Grilled Corn on the Cob with Calamansi Mayo
Chef Sheldon Simeon reimagines Mexican elote by way of the lens of Hawai’i, layering creamy calamansi mayo, seaweed flakes, and Japanese chile onto grilled corn. The island-style facet is prepared in 25 minutes.
Charred Corn and Tomato Tartines with Tofu Aïoli
Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Christine Keely
Enhanced by smoked paprika, our eggless, tofu-based aïoli — impressed by the plant-based improvements of 2022 F&W Best New Chef Rob Rubba — has all of the assertive garlic taste and creamy texture you count on from the condiment. Here, it’s generously slathered on rustic sourdough slices piled excessive with grilled corn, peppers, and tomatoes.
Corn Husk–Grilled Goat Cheese with Corn Relish and Honey
Grill corn alongside corn husks stuffed with goat cheese, in the end spooning corn relish on high of the new molten cheese infused with smokiness. Drizzle honey on high for a singular and flavorful summer time starter from Andrea Slonecker.
Grilled Corn Ribs with Honey Butter
Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Julian Hensarling / Prop Styling by Christina Daley
Amp up the sweetness of juicy grilled corn with a dry spice rub for a smoky-sweet vegetable facet that tastes like a cross between buttery corn on the cob and barbecue ribs. Finish the corn ribs with a silky honey-butter drizzle.
Soy-Lime Grilled Chicken Thighs with Corn and Cucumber Salad
Food & Wine / Photo by Fred Hardy / Food Styling by Julian Hensarling / Prop Styling by Hannah Greenwood
In this knockout summer time meal, grilled corn and scallions staff up with crisp cucumber slices in a sesame-lime dressing for a refreshing salad that completely enhances juicy grilled hen thighs.
Grilled Okra, Corn, and Tomato Salad
Vishwesh Bhatt’s summer-centric grilled vegetable salad showcases a melange of okra, corn, cucumbers, tomato, and onions in a punchy dressing constituted of lime juice, basil, cilantro, and charred jalapeños.
Masala Grilled Vegetables with Spicy Mint Chutney
This vibrant grilled veggie dish with a chile-spiked herb dressing makes for a shocking facet or gentle important course. It will be served both heat or at room temperature, so it is an important choice if you would like to prepare dinner the greens upfront.
Grilled Scallops with Miso-Corn Salad
Top chef decide Gail Simmons grills corn, scallions, and sea scallops for this 30-minute, summery salad with seafood skewers.
Grilled Gulf Shrimp with Sweet Corn Coulis
Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen
Make a creamy coulis from grilled corn to pair with skewers of tender Gulf shrimp and a crunchy salad of candy peas and extra grilled corn. It’s summery, gentle, and refreshing.
Zucchini, Corn, and Shrimp Flatbread
Antonis Achilleos / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Thom Driver
Grill store-bought naan and heap summer time’s bounty on high: candy corn, tender shrimp, recent mascarpone cheese, and delicate ribbons of zucchini. Don’t overlook the smoked paprika, which helps improve this dish’s smoky taste.
Grilled Corn Salad with Blistered Tomato Vinaigrette
William Hereford
Grilled corn and tomatoes are virtually synonymous with summer time. Here, chef Devin Finigan will get his char on, first grilling ears of corn till they start to blacken, then utilizing a grill basket for the cherry tomatoes to make his smoky French dressing. He throws garlic scapes on the oiled grates too, then provides recent chopped cucumber and purple bell pepper into the salad combine. Salty feta and a bathe of recent herbs spherical all of it out.
Grilled Squash, Corn, and Kale Salad with Sunflower Seed Vinaigrette
Grilled squash and corn mingle with kale and sprouts for a splendidly hearty salad tossed in a creamy, za’atar-spiked dressing that is wealthy with sunflower seeds and blitzes up rapidly in a blender.
Grilled Sweet Corn with Coconut Glaze
Los Angeles chef Kris Yenbamroong infuses a touch of candy coconut taste into his grilled corn by basting it with a fast, easy sauce product of coconut milk, coconut sugar, salt, and turmeric. He calls this a “excessive pleasure, low trouble” technique to prepare dinner corn.
Honey-Buttered Grilled Corn
© Marcus Nilsson
Blend butter with honey and a contact of cayenne, then unfold it on ears of corn earlier than grilling till tender for simply the correct quantity of candy warmth.
Grilled Corn on the Cob with Roasted Garlic and Herbs
Chef Michel Nischan roasts two complete heads of garlic, then combines the gentle cloves with lemon zest, butter, cilantro, tarragon, and olive oil to make a wealthy, creamy unfold that will get slathered onto the corn earlier than it is grilled within the husk.
Kalbi Ribs and Grilled Corn with Kalbi Butter
Charred corn is the perfect accompaniment to Stephanie Izard’s Korean beef kalbi ribs, rounding out the plate for an ideal summer time dish.
Corn and Zucchini Orzo Salad with Goat Cheese
Sweet grilled corn, zucchini, and a chile-spiked lime dressing convey massive summer time taste to this punchy pasta salad. A beneficiant quantity of chopped cilantro ties all of it collectively, whereas a topping of shaved recent goat cheese echoes the creamy, tangy notes inside.
Grilled Skirt Steak with Poblano-Corn Sauce and Salsa
© With Poulos
Made from simply six components together with salt and pepper, this ingenious recipe options grilled recent corn and poblano served two methods: Half is mixed right into a sauce to cradle the steak, whereas the remaining serves as a easy, smoky salsa to spoon on high.
