Basic Creamed Corn

Name: Basic Creamed Corn
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: butter; flour; milk, whole; corn; salt; white pepper; chives; sweet red bell peppers; green bell peppers; carrots; mushrooms; curry powder; bacon

Submitted by ladygirl

Creamy, sweet and delicious. It’s worth making your own creamed corn instead of getting it from a can.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

TABLESPOONS BUTTER
or margarine

TABLESPOONS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

1 ½

CUPS MILK, WHOLE
warmed or light cream

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 *

PINCH CURRY POWDER *

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.