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.
