Simple and original recipes for cooking corn in a slow cooker

Favorite delicacy of adults and children - boiled corn - is popular every year.

Today in this article we will talk about how you can cook corn in a slow cooker for a couple so that all your family members are satisfied.

Features of the vegetable

Beneficial features:

• The composition of corn contains many vitamins: E, D, PP, group B, ascorbic acid. It is not deprived of mineral substances: salts of phosphorus, potassium, calcium, copper. Corn protein contains essential amino acids. If you want to cleanse the body of toxins, slags or radionuclides, slow down the aging of the body, you need to include corn in the diet.
• People prone to allergies; people suffering from pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract, diabetes mellitus can also use this delicacy - it will facilitate the course of the disease.
• Many are afraid of high cholesterol as a fire. But do not worry about this, if you regularly eat this grass.
• Diseases of the central nervous system will bypass the lovers of corn, as it contains many vitamins of group B, which provide nutrition to the nerve cells.
• Arthritis, arthritis - you can forget about them by eating corn. The pain will not return.
• Young people include corn in diets, as it triggers metabolic processes in the body, helps to burn fat. And as a result, the tone rises, the protective system works better.
• Obesity can disappear if you periodically use this product. Appetite goes on decrease, and the organism is quickly sated.
• Young cobs are especially useful for older people: they are well absorbed by the body, contribute to improved vision.
  IMPORTANT! If you add butter to the recipe, you can help the liver to cope with diseases, ease the work of the heart, forget about the attacks of jade and gout.
• Simple boiling of cobs deprives the product of useful substances, and steaming them saves them, so preference should be given to the latter method.
• The female body will fully experience the influence of this cereal, especially during pregnancy, menopause.

In addition to the internal effects on the body, the product can act externally: experienced housewives use corn flour as a cosmetic. Not everyone can eat corn. With caution with poor appetite, increased blood clotting, low body weight.

How to choose cobs?

Which corn to choose is important:

• Juicy and soft, it will be in the event that you buy it in August, in the season. Otherwise the corn will be tough.
• The color of the cob should vary from milky white to light yellow. Old corn more saturated color.
• The cob should be firm and soft. To check this, you need to slightly crush it in your hands: if a white liquid flows on your fingers, the corn is young.
• Dry and yellow leaves around the cob indicate that the corn has ripened - juicy taste and aroma will not be able to enjoy. Lack of leaves - either the consequences of chemical processing, or a sign of stale goods.

Cooking preparation

The preparatory process has its own subtleties, however, it is not at all difficult to comprehend and apply them.

1. Grains soften after a few hours lie in cool water. Next you need to rinse the cob and clean the leaves.
2. For quick cooking, boil cobs of about the same size. If the corn is too large, you can break it in half.
3. A tasteless and hard product can be obtained by overriding. This can be prevented if the corn is cleared of leaves, cut in half and filled with water and milk (1: 1). Leave for 4 hours, cook like normal corn.
4. The younger the cob, the less you need to cook it - follow this rule.

   As a rule, young corn loses its taste if it is digested. Do not deprive yourself of pleasure!

5. Cookware plays a big role in cooking. Need thick walls, tightly closed lid.
6. Salt should be added just before eating. In no case during cooking - it affects the softness of the corn. Ears should be eaten immediately after cooking - after a while they lose their juiciness and softness.

There are no special tricks in cooking corn in a slow cooker. The main thing - to find a recipe for the soul. Cobs can be cooked in foil, with sauces.

So, let's begin.

How to cook?

There are all sorts of recipes for cooking corn dishes in a slow cooker, we will give one very simple and several original ones. All of them are suitable for steamers. How much to cook - depends on the recipe, but on average it is half an hour.

Simple recipe

Ingredients:

• A pair of cobs.
• Salt.
• 25 g butter.
• 0.5 liters of water from under the filter.

There is nothing tricky and secret in preparing the most delicious and juicy corn - everything is quite simple. If the corn is grown personally, then it does not need to be washed.. Some housewives do not wash the cob, even if they are bought on the market or in the supermarket. Dimensions should be chosen medium to fit as much as possible, enough for everyone and you could still take supplements. A very long cob needs to break them in half.

1. Clean the cob from the leaves, remove the stigma, rinse under running water. Pour the prepared water into the bowl, put in a slow cooker.
2. Install a special mesh double boiler on the bowl (it comes as standard to the device), lay out the cobs.
3. Enable the cooking program, set the time to 30 minutes.
4. In no case do not salt the water - this is the most common mistake when cooking this dish.
5. Take a break from home chores - the slow cooker will let you know when to visit her. Carefully open the lid, because there is a chance of scalding.

Do not forget to enjoy the scent of cobs - it is superb! Carefully take the cooked product with a fork and put it on a plate. Serve the cobs on a flat dish, sprinkle with salt, grease with oil.

You can also watch a video on how to cook corn in a slow cooker using a simple recipe:

Mexican way

Ingredients:

• 4 cob.
• 1 hour spoon of paprika.
• Red pepper - 1/8 h spoon.
• 4 tablespoons sour cream.
• 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese.
• One lime.

Cooking:

1. Mix the paprika, lime zest, sour cream and refrigerate.
2. Peel the corn.
3. Prepare a special insert on the bowl, pour 2 cups of water into the bowl itself.
4. Put the product on the insert, cook for 20 minutes in the "Steam" or "Cooking" mode.
5. Serve with sour cream sauce, sprinkle with cheese.

In foil with lime juice

Ingredients:

• 3 ears of corn.
• Salt.
• Half a lime.
• 40 ml of olive oil.
• Red ground pepper.
• Caraway.

Cooking method:

1. Clean the corn from the leaves, wipe with a napkin. Brush the ear with olive oil, rub with salt and pepper.
2. Make a "boat" of foil, put the cob, pour with lime juice, sprinkle with cumin.
3. Put in a special insert for steaming, pour a liter of filtered water, install the program "Steam", time 30 minutes.
4. Serve in foil on a flat dish.

In the grains

This recipe is good in the winter season. It is necessary to take care of the most important ingredient in advance: choose a good cob, separate the grains, freeze.

Ingredients:

• 400 g of frozen corn.
• Butter, salt to taste.
• 2 tablespoons low-fat cream.

Cooking method:

1. Pull the grain (no need to thaw them).
2. Pour into the bowl, put the butter, add a pinch of salt, pour the cream.
3. Cook the first fifteen minutes on the "Steam" mode, then change to "Stewing".
4. Ready or no grain, you need to periodically check, as the cooking time depends on the quality of the grains and the capacity of the multicooker.
5. Stir the product a couple of times during cooking.

Serve in a deep dish.

You can add seasonings, herbs, cheese - everything your heart desires!

Fragrant

Ingredients:

• A pair of corn cobs.
• 3 cloves of garlic.
• 25 grams of dried paprika.
• 30 ml of olive oil.
• A sprig of thyme.

Cooking method:

1. Peel the garlic, finely chop, mix with thyme.
2. Put the butter, add a mixture of thyme and garlic, pepper and dried paprika, salt, grind everything.
3. Prepare the foil, lubricate its center with olive oil.
4. Put an ear, grease.
5. Wrap all the cobs separately.
6. Put in a special container, close the lid and put the mode "Baking".

With spices

Ingredients:

• 10 cobs.
• Dried greens.
• Olive oil.
• Ground pepper, salt.

Cooking method:

1. The upper leaves should be cut, rinse under a tap, rub with pepper and salt, brush with oil.
2. Wrap in foil one by one. Pour water into the multicooker container and install a special grid.
3. Post wrapped cobs seam up.
4. Enable steam mode, set time to 60 minutes.
5. Pull out the finished product, deploy and lay out on a flat dish.

Thus, in the preparation of the cob is nothing complicated. You just need to follow the above tips. It is especially important to choose the right product, then a fragrant and tasty dish will not take long. You can add your own ingredients to recipes, experiment and search for new taste sensations. Share our recipes with your loved ones, tell us about all the subtleties - and you will be grateful with all my heart!

Watch the video: How to Make Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage. St. Patrick's Day Recipes. (May 2024).