simple corn on the cob grilled.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 35 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 ½ tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 8 ears corn on the cob, unhusked
- 3 quarts cold water, or as needed to cover
Instructions
- Cream butter in a bowl until smooth; mix in cilantro, lime juice, and cayenne pepper until thoroughly combined. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour to blend flavors.
- Peel husks back from ears of corn starting at the top, leaving the husks attached at the bottom of the ears. Remove all the corn silk and close husks over the ears again. Cover corn ears with cold water in a large bowl until husks are thoroughly soaked, about 20 minutes.
- Preheat grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
- Place the corn in husks onto the hot grate and grill covered until husks are charred and the corn kernels are tender, 20 to 25 minutes, turning often. Strip off husks and serve corn with cilantro lime butter.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 282 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 17 g |
| Cholesterol | 61 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 15 g |
| Sodium | 188 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 24 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Sooooo delicious!
This is the only way I like to eat corn on the cob now! It adds so much flavor!
The changes that I made was I totally removed it from the husk. I cooked it on a gas grill five minutes per side. Made for turns out is it in cooking time. Then forward the last two minutes. I basted it with the cilantro lime butter. And would rotate it every minute, for the remainder two minutes. That way some of the corn would be totally chard in some of the corn will just be nicely melted in the butter mixture. Please make sure to save that remainder butter mixture of the above recipe it is very good for other uses.
I thought 1 cup of butter for 8 ears of corn would be too much so I cut the recipe in half. But I added more than a pinch of cayenne also. Still there was very little taste to the butter mixture. Every guest said next time double the cilantro, cayenne and lime juice plus add the zest from the lime. The corn was delicious in the husks on the grill and saves a bunch of boiling water in the kitchen when cooking for a crowd. Hopefully the butter mixture will be more flavorful after I make the adjustments next time.
The best corn! I wish I bot more;)
The husks catch on fire and create a mess no matter how long they were soaked in water. The butter was excellent.
I would change anchor powder and smoked paprika to either chipotle powder or using a canned (!) chipotle put through a blender. I keep the cans on hand and will blend up a can at a time, distributing the puree into an ice cube tray, and freezing it to keep 2tblsp at a time ready for my use. Mexican street corn flavors are wonderful!! Thank you for sharing your process!!
We loved these so much, such a great blend of spices
Delicious! We had extra butter leftover so I froze it to use later.
I made this for July 4th using fresh cilantro from my garden. I left out the spicy ingredient. It turned out well.
We really liked this! A nice twist to corn on the cob. We made a big batch of corn for the 4th of July party we had and this was a hit….minus the few non-cilantro lovers in the group. I do think it needs just a pinch of salt (not much because that’s the beauty of the lime/citrus) and i was extra cautious on the cayenne but I shouldn’t have been. A little more heat would have been nice. It makes a lot! I plan to use up by trying on other foods; possibly with potatoes or on a French Bread toasted in the oven. Would make this again!
I made this butter corn combo for 4th of july 2021. it was very good. a cup of butter was alot. I used the leftover butter the next day for a roasted chicken I put in the oven. very very good. the corn was a hit. the chicken was out of this work good. I may post my secret recipe…
Wouldn’t change a thing. A new family favorite.
I only give it a four because I only used the butter part of. I took the husk off, wrapped in foil and threw it on the grill.
I used fresh coriander leaves instead, and it was fantastic.
I also use the zest from the lime…that’s where all the flavor is!!!
Delicious and surprisingly light!
First time making grilled corn. This recipe is truly amazing, will not have corn on the corn any other way now!! Super??
Just eyeballed next will follow exactly. Family really it
No changes needed, I’ve heard but never did the sweet, hot combination, it was delish! Didn’t realize but I did use zest thought it was in this recipe, do add!!
I made this using bottled lime juice instead of fresh and thought it was amazing. Perfect amount for the corn too.