Corn ribs are a top-notch consuming expertise!! Seasoned juicy corn kernels and garlic butter bursting in your mouth with each chew in a method you’ll by no means get with complete corn cobs. Epic app or facet dish, ultimate for the BBQ or make these in your oven!
Corn ribs
Named as such due to the rib-like form and the style by which it’s eaten (like ribs!), corn ribs are apparently a meals development that went nuts a few years in the past. I’m so retro relating to something – meals, style, or in any other case – I didn’t even realise this was a development till I began scripting this publish as we speak and did my common compulsory Google analysis!
Additionally, I discover most meals traits disappoint. This one, nevertheless, didn’t!
Why corn ribs are so good – It’s a lot extra than simply the novelty issue of the curled corn. The great thing about cooking corn this fashion is that the kernels open up in a method they by no means do while you cook dinner complete corn on the cob. So you may get your flavour of selection (seasoned garlic butter, in my case) to seep all the way in which into the cob. Which implies each time you’re taking a chew of corn kernels you get a squirt of the flavourful garlic butter in your mouth as properly. It’s simply insanely scrumptious!!
About these explicit corn ribs
Plenty of recipes appear to sparingly brush or sprinkle the corn ribs with oil and seasoning. I attempted…however personally discovered it missing and seemingly unworthy for a dish with such nice consuming potential.
Additionally, I’m not going to lie – reducing the corn takes extra effort than slicing bread. (Learn my steps, be taught from my errors!). So if I’m reducing corn ribs, then the tip consequence must be price it!
So within the spirit of additional amazing-ness, these corn ribs are tossed in a beneficiant quantity of spicing (it should appear to be an excessive amount of – till the primary chew), cooked (BBQ or oven) then doused in garlic butter which seeps into the kernels that open up like flowers because the corn ribs curl up.
Flavour earlier than and after cooking makes it exponentially good. I promise you, that is price making. I’m completely addicted!
What you want for corn ribs
Right here’s what it is advisable to make corn ribs. Firstly, corn. Sure, corn! 😂
Entire corn on the cob. At its prime in summer time, albeit the gentle local weather right here in Australia means we get good corn yr spherical, and customarily for excellent worth too.
And for all of the flavour…
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Seasoning – smoked paprika (or plain), garlic powder, salt and pepper. For tossing the corn. There’s a beneficiant quantity for the quantity of corn as a result of a lot of it will get caught on the minimize facet of the corn! Belief me on this. You need a LOT of seasoning!
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Garlic and butter – for dousing on the finish. Dream of all that butter seeping in between the kernels….
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Parsley, coriander/cilantro, chives or one thing else inexperienced finely chopped, for non-compulsory garnish.
How one can make corn ribs
After struggling by means of extra corn rib reducing grievances than I care to admit (how did that tiny woman minimize these corn ribs on TikTok??🤯), I feel I’ve discovered the best and most secure methodology that doesn’t name for brute energy.
(PS That tiny woman didn’t present reducing her personal corn ribs on TikTok… #cynic!)
Slicing corn ribs
Heads up – In the event you’re a primary timer, you’ll most likely find yourself with some crooked and damaged items. I’ve had appreciable observe and I nonetheless find yourself with damaged ribs every so often. So what? Nonetheless scrumptious! 🙂
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Knife – Use a big sharp knife. Don’t try this recipe in case your knife is blunt! The danger of the knife slipping as you narrow the corn is simply too nice. Not even corn ribs are price dropping a finger for!
Non-slip reducing board – Put a moist fabric or related underneath your reducing board to make sure it doesn’t transfer. I at all times have a moist chux underneath my reducing board earlier than reducing something. Very first thing I do after I stroll into the kitchen!
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Trim ends – Minimize the bottom and finish off the corn. This may create a steady flat base to face the corn upright. And it’s simpler to chop straight down when you create a flat high to start out the knife on, relatively than a sharp finish. Trial and error discovery. 🙂
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Bang knife to chop down – Stand the corn upright. ⚠️ DO NOT HOLD THE CORN together with your hand underneath the knife. That is harmful because the knife jerks down by means of the corn because it cuts down. Once more – a corn rib is just not price your finger!!
Maintain the knife with one hand then use your different hand to hit the knife so it catches on the highest of the corn. Then preserve banging the knife to make it transfer down the center of the corn, guiding it and making little changes if wanted to maintain it on observe to chop straight down the center.
TIP: The sharper your knife and more energizing the corn, the simpler it’s to chop straight and with out the corn breaking.
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Minimize into quarters – Take one half of the corn. Stand it upright, then minimize it in half.
PS I do know you’re considering “gee, certainly it’s simpler when you lie the corn minimize face down then minimize in half!”. It’s not. Go forward and provides it a strive. I actually did!
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Congratulations! You’ve simply minimize your first corn rib! 🎉
Too exhausting? Damaged / wonky corn? So what? 🙂 It’s nonetheless going to be scrumptious! But when it’s proving too exhausting for you, strive the simpler methodology in step 6 under.
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Simpler methodology – It’s simpler to chop corn into ribs if they’re shorter. So minimize the corn in half, stand it upright, then minimize into quarters utilizing the tactic above.
Seasoning & cooking corn ribs
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Season corn – Utilizing a big bowl, toss the corn ribs with oil first. Then sprinkle over the seasoning progressively as you toss. This helps coat the corn extra evenly.
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Garlic butter – Soften the butter in a small skillet or saucepan then add the garlic and stir for simply 20 seconds. Hold the butter heat/pourable when you cook dinner the corn – often I simply pop it on the facet of the BBQ.
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Prepare dinner corn – Preheat the BBQ on excessive. Then cook dinner the corn kernels facet down for six to eight minutes or till it has black spots. Watch the corn curl into “ribs”!
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Flip and cook dinner every minimize facet for simply 1 minute. There’s a great deal of flavour on the minimize face so don’t skip cooking it as a result of everybody goes to be sucking out the buttery goodness from the cobs!
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Butter it! Place the cooked corn again within the bowl, pour over the garlic butter and toss utilizing a rubber spatula.
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Serving – Pile the corn onto a platter, sprinkle with parsley or coriander/cilantro and additional paprika if desired. Then serve!
Sauce for corn ribs
As I ranted on initially, this methodology of cooking corn means the cobs take in all of the seasoned garlic butter, so there’s stacks of juicy flavour in each chew. So when you’re serving these scorching and recent, there may be completely no want for sauce.
Nevertheless! If you’re a sauce particular person (I get it), or if you’re making an enormous pile of those forward to function apps and need to pep them up a bit by offering a sauce, listed here are some sauce choices:
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Creamy Sriracha Dipping sauce – (mayo + yogurt + sriracha or ketchup). The freshness of the yogurt pairs properly with the buttery goodness and sweetness of the corn. Recipe is within the notes of the recipe card.
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Avocado Sauce – useless set excellent match with the seasoning on this corn! Additionally, corn plus avocado = 💯
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Plain ketchup or Aussie tomato sauce.
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Chipotle mayo – Blitz chipotle in adobo with bitter cream + mayo. Add lime and salt to style.
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Thousand Island / Marie Rose – recipes right here.
In the event you’re a corn rib first timer and also you make this, you will need to inform me what you assume!! I have to realize it’s not simply me who misplaced her thoughts over corn ribs!! – Nagi x
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Corn ribs
Aspect Dish
Western
Servings16 ribs
Faucet or hover to scale
Directions
Corn reducing (Be aware 1 suggestions!):
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Minimize corn – Utilizing a pointy knife and a non-slip reducing board, minimize off the bottom and the sharp finish of the corn. Stand the corn upright then minimize the corn into half then half once more to make quarters. My method: Bang the knife together with your hand to lock it into the highest of the corn, then preserve hitting the knife to maneuver it down the corn. Midway, you may be capable of cease banging and simply rock the knife down.
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Simplest way – Minimize half size ribs. Shorter ribs = simpler to chop. See be aware 2.
Cooking:
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BBQ (finest!) or oven – Warmth BBQ on excessive or oven 200°C/375°F (180°C fan).
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Garlic butter – Soften the butter in a small saucepan over medium warmth. Then add the garlic and cook dinner for 20 seconds till it smells wonderful! Take away from the range and preserve heat/liquid (I often put it on the facet of the BBQ).
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Seasoning – combine in a small bowl.
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Season corn – Place corn in a big bowl. Toss with olive oil. Then sprinkle the seasoning over steadily, tossing in between, to coat as evenly as attainable. Most will get caught within the cob – tasty “bone” sucking!
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BBQ – Place corn on the BBQ kernel facet down. Prepare dinner for 8 minutes or till you get charred spots – watch it curl into “ribs”! Then cook dinner every minimize facet for 1 minute.
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Oven – Bake for 25 to half-hour, kernel facet up. (Be aware: the corn does not curl as a lot, additionally, no charred spots).
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Butter it – Switch corn again into the bowl. Pour over garlic butter and toss.
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Serve – Pile onto plate, sprinkle with parsley then seize and eat like ribs! Optionally available pink sauce pictured in notes. Remember to suck all of the seasoned garlic butter from the cob “bone” – it could be the very best half. 🙂
Recipe Notes:
Corn breakage? Doesn’t matter! Nonetheless scrumptious 🙂
2. Simpler methodology – Minimize shorter ribs. Lie the corn on its facet and minimize it in half to create 2 shorter items. Then stand upright and minimize into quarters. A lot simpler than reducing full size corns!
3. Pictured creamy Sriracha Sauce – 2 tsp sriracha + 1/4 cup every mayo + yogurt (or simply yogurt) + pinch of salt.
4. Leftovers will preserve for 3 to 4 days within the fridge. Don’t assume freezing is right, really feel like there shall be an excessive amount of lack of high quality.
Diet per rib (recipe makes 16 ribs).
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(Autumn leaves is a brand new factor to him – we didn’t actually have deciduous timber within the Northern Seashores. However they’re plentiful within the new space we name residence!)
