Basic Creamed Corn
Creamy, sweet and delicious. It's worth making your own creamed corn instead of getting it from a can.
Yield
6 servingsPrep
10 minCook
20 minReady
30 minTrans-fat Free, Low Sodium
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
3 | tablespoons |
butter
or margarine |
|
3 | tablespoons |
all-purpose flour
|
|
1 ½ | cups |
milk, whole
warmed or light cream |
|
3 | cups |
corn
cut from about 5 ears of corn |
|
salt
to taste |
* | ||
white pepper
to taste |
* | ||
Add for variety | |||
chives
chopped |
* | ||
sweet red bell peppers
julienne strips |
* | ||
green bell peppers
julienne strips |
* | ||
carrots
shredded |
* | ||
mushrooms
sauteed button |
* | ||
1 | pinch |
curry powder
|
* |
bacon
crumbled |
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
45 | ml |
butter
or margarine |
|
45 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
355 | ml |
milk, whole
warmed or light cream |
|
7.1E+2 | ml |
corn
cut from about 5 ears of corn |
|
1 | x |
salt
to taste |
* |
1 | x |
white pepper
to taste |
* |
Add for variety | |||
1 | x |
chives
chopped |
* |
1 | x |
sweet red bell peppers
julienne strips |
* |
1 | x |
green bell peppers
julienne strips |
* |
1 | x |
carrots
shredded |
* |
1 | x |
mushrooms
sauteed button |
* |
1 | pinch |
curry powder
|
* |
1 | x |
bacon
crumbled |
* |
Directions
Melt butter, stir in flour. Add milk slowly, stirring with whisk until completely blended, thickened and gently bubbling. Add kernels and simmer about 3 minutes. Season with salt and white pepper.
Leftover Creamed Corn; puréed in blender or food processor, makes a quick sauce for shrimp, scallops or crab. Mix cooked seafood into corn sauce, simmer gently and spoon over a toasted English muffin.
Although any variety of fresh corn will do, white, thin-skinned kernels make a superb creamed vegetable dish.