Perfectly simple and delicious way to cook fresh corn in the summer and all year long. Once you start to grill corn in husk, you’ll never cook fresh corn a different way again!
I’m getting ready to share with you, a recipe that is quite possibly the easiest recipe you’ve ever read. So easy, in fact, that you’ll never cook your fresh, sweet corn in any other way.
So delicious that you’ll definitely proclaim that it’s the best way to cook corn on the cob and you’ll no longer reserve grilling for the summer only… it’ll be a side dish you will want to grill all year around!
How do you cook corn on the cob?
Do you boil it? Oh, no no no. If you do, please don’t anymore! All of that sweet deliciousness is being left right in your boiling water!
Do you microwave it? Oh, Paula and Martha should be pounding on your door! I don’t care how many promises Pinterest makes about the silks sliding right off when you microwave it, don’t do that either!
Do you grill it after ‘shucking’? STOP! Yes those grill marks are so pretty, but you’re making more work for yourself. You’ll never have to use one of these again, although, it is pretty cool.
How to Grill Corn in Husk
My great aunt shared this way to prepare corn with me when I was younger. I’ve been doing it for a few years now and we’ll never fix corn on the cob a different way. It’s delicious, easy, and easy. Oh, I already said that? Well, I do like easy recipes!
To keep your husks from burning and/or catching fire on your grill, be sure to soak them. You can do this in a bowl, but I just stick them straight in the sink.
Be sure they’re good and wet so your corn doesn’t dry out on the grill. You’ll want to soak corn for grilling for 15 minutes before you put it on a hot grill.
Transfer your soaking wet corn cobs to the grill. I usually grill everything on Med-High. I put them right on the grill beside whatever else I’m grilling.
You’ll want to cook your corn on the grill slowly. I like to leave them about 15-20 minutes, turning every 5 minutes or so. This grills all sides evenly and your husks will get nicely burn marks like this.
Don’t worry that your husks look a bit burned, your corn is safely protected inside! To serve, I hold the end of the corn with a towel because it’s very, very hot and pull the husks off. Believe it or not, those silks come off very easily. See, I told you to forget that microwave trick!
One of the reasons that I love to prepare corn this way is because I get to soak up the sunshine while I’m outside grilling and the girls get to play in the yard too!
My family looks forward to the Spring so we can be outside as much as possible, eat fresh vegetables and fruits, and grill! We tried to plow a little space in our backyard garden a few years ago to plant our own corn, but didn’t have any luck so we stick with buying it at our local farmer’s market.
Rub a bit of butter on your corn and you’re good to go! Honestly, it doesn’t need butter because grilling the corn in husk keeps the super sweet flavor, but it’s hard to break habits.
I love the flavor of this corn because even though we grill over propane instead of charcoal, you still get a delicious grilled taste!
We have even prepared grilled corn on cob in husk over a campfire while we were camping! We just throw a few sheets of aluminum foil right over the campfire ring grill and eat it picnic style.
Better yet, you can get a portable grill like this Weber Smokey Joe Portable Grill and some charcoal or wood chips and you’ll be set anywhere you want to grill.
Grill Corn in Husk
Perfectly simple and delicious way to cook fresh corn in the summer and all year long. Once you start to grill corn in husk, you’ll never cook fresh corn a different way again!
Ingredients
- Corn Ears [in husk!]
- Butter
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- Keep your corn ears in husk - don't do a thing! Fill your sink with water and soak your corn for about 15 minutes before you're ready to grill. While soaking, cut off the top silks and pull off the outer most layers of the husk. These are the parts of the corn that can sometimes get a little more burnt or catch fire, so it's easier to just remove them.
- Grill your corn for about 20 minutes, turning every 5. When it's good and "grilled", take your corn off the grill and watch the silks and husk slide right off!
- Adorn with butter and salt & pepper for the most delicious corn you've ever tried!
Julie Wood says
I am going to have to make this corn and the cob like this on the grill in the summer. It looks delicious and fun to make!
Barrie says
I love how easy this is to do! We grill frequently in the summer time and I’m trying this during the upcoming week!
Barrie says
I LOVE corn on the cob but have never grilled it before. I can’t believe how easy this is! Can’t wait to try it next spring!
David says
Why wait until spring. I used to grill year around when I lived in Chicago! Still do now in PA.
Lindsey G. says
True true! We grill all year around here in Tennessee too! Thanks for your comment, David!
Jo-Ann Brightman says
This corn looks so,good and juicy. I want to make it right now.
brenda disimone says
this is the best way ive tried it !
kandy miller says
I add salt to the soaking water and the results is the sweetest corn you will ever eat.
Paula says
LOVE LOVE LOVE grilled corn on the cob!! Did you know that you can do the same thing in the oven? Yep- soak, then cut tassels off before putting them in the oven @ 350. Bake 15 minutes then turn over and bake another 15 minutes. Yuuuum!
Lindsey says
I did NOT know you could do it in the oven! So, do you “shuck” the corn – take everything off????
Paula says
Sorry, I should have explained better. Don’t “shuck” the corn. Just soak them in a sink full of water for 10 or 20 minutes, take them out & cut off the tassels – about a 1/2 inch above the corn (I then tip them tassel end down over the sink to allow any extra water to run out), throw them in the oven still dressed in their everyday clothes 🙂 I like mine cooked a little longer so I will cook them nearly 20 minutes each side. They steam themselves & the flavor is intensified. YUM. Plz let me know if you try it!
PS- thanks for the freezing green pepper tip. Did about 3 dozen yesterday, very happy I wont have to make stuffed green peppers for the next three weeks for breakfast, lunch & dinner!!! 🙂