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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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In order to list all possible recipes from corn, not even a few hours is enough! They are many-sided, their number is constantly growing. Sometimes it may even seem that you can cook anything from it, from the first dishes to the dessert.
The most common dish is cooked corn, which even a child can prepare for himself. However, this is just a small fraction of what this wonderful product has given us. Cricket popular today is the cream - soup, which can also be based on the queen of the fields. This soup performs the role of both the first and second dishes, but its preparation does not take much time.
In addition, corn cream soup implies the presence of both meat and fish broth, which will significantly diversify the diet. Recipes from corn allow you to prepare a traditional dish - hominy, serving as a side dish.
However, on the basis of cereals from this fine vegetable, you can prepare and delicious biscuit, probably become a joy, both for adults and for children!
Crab salad with corn
Traditional festive dish - crab salad with corn for today is undergoing quite serious changes. First of all, it concerns the composition itself, which was supplemented by some worthy ingredients - cheese and garlic.
Typically, this salad is prepared immediately before serving, but some ingredients should be prepared in advance. It is about pre-cooking rice and eggs, which can be harvested in a few hours. Rice, at the same time, should be washed with cold running water, in order to rid of the remains of starch, and cut the eggs finely. After that, both ingredients can be placed in a salad bowl, adding crab sticks. Now it's time to add maize, grated cheese and garlic.
The resulting mixture is thoroughly mixed and abundantly flavored with mayonnaise. If necessary, you can add salt and pepper. In some cases, the salad is also presented as a puff cake, laying each ingredient one on top of the other and intercalating with mayonnaise.
Canned corn salad
Everyday salad with canned corn has many variations for every day. It is a tinned product perfectly combined with meat and vegetables and, most importantly, does not get bored even with constant use.
The most popular variant is a combination with sweet pepper, corn, vegetable oil and beans. In equal proportions, you can mix beans and maize, leaving in a small amount of liquid contained in the jar. It will become a kind of sauce, brilliantly shading the taste of the future dish. If necessary, you can add oil, sunflower or olive oil to this vegetable mixture.
In addition, in addition to pepper, as an auxiliary ingredient, you can add ham or chicken, egg and grated cheese. In addition, the salad is ideally combined with mushrooms, added in any form: fried or canned. With variants of such a vegetable mixture, you can experiment at least every day! After all, his cooking takes no more than 15 minutes, and in its composition is the queen of the fields!
Fresh corn salad
A dish like a fresh corn salad is not known to every hostess. However, it certainly should be adopted, because this is truly a universal option, suitable for both working days and for a holiday. In order to prepare such a vegetable mix will need red onions, fresh maize and some basil.
First, carefully clean the onion and rinse it under cold water to avoid excessive bitterness. In finely chopped onions, cherry tomatoes and basil are cut in the same way. After the procedure, you can proceed directly to the treatment of the queen of fields. First, the grains must be separated from the ears, and placed in a pan with boiling water. Boil the grain should be for 10 minutes, and then drain in a colander and cool. Now they can be added to the preliminary procurement and proceed to the implementation of the filling.
For this purpose, vinegar, pepper, olive or sunflower oil and salt are mixed. Before serving, the salad itself is laid out in a serving plate, and then it is abundantly savored with sauce. If necessary, it can be slightly supplemented with a small amount of lemon juice or soy sauce. Thus, the vegetable mixture, which is based on fresh maize will acquire a slightly eastern shade.
Chicken with corn
A simple, however, extremely delicious culinary masterpiece can safely be called a dish based on a chicken with corn. In particular, we are talking about chicken legs, previously promarinovannyh in fragrant herbs and chopped portionwise slices. In order for the meat to acquire the desired softness and pleasant spicy flavor, it is recommended to keep it in the marinade for at least 12 hours!
Then you can proceed directly to cooking. On a small baking tray, pre-oiled with vegetable or olive oil, the chicken is laid out. Now put canned maize, which is topically smeared with mayonnaise. "Pyramid" is closed with thinly cut slices of potatoes.
If desired, the dish can also be supplemented with grated cheese and sent to the oven for 30 minutes. Its specific, sweet taste, which gives maize, is perfect for even a festive celebration. And, most importantly, such a culinary masterpiece will surely be enjoyed by everyone!
Rice with corn
One of the simplest and, at the same time, popular dishes is considered to be rice with corn. For these purposes, it will be more expedient to take a long-grained rice, which must first be boiled. This type of rice is cooked fairly quickly and, most importantly, it does not boil to mashed potatoes.
Immediately after this, you can begin to prepare the sauce, which is the culmination of the whole dish. For these purposes, finely chopped and slightly stewed in olive oil onions, then added carrots and greens. After the vegetables are warmed up properly, you can add canned maize to them.
Maize, unlike all other vegetables, should not be roasted, but only lightly browned and warmed up. Once the vegetables have reached the desired condition, they can be mixed with rice. This dish can be served as a garnish or an aperitif, hot or cold.
In addition, this dish can be diluted with fragrant herbs. They will give the dish a special piquant taste, peculiar only in the eastern cuisine.
Salad from corn and cucumber
A hearty and light salad made from corn and cucumber for several years confidently holds the position of the leader among domestic gourmets. And, it should be noted that its implementation takes only up to half an hour!
The first thing you need to boil a few eggs. Their number depends on how many servings the ready dish will be divided. While they are cooking, you can start processing the remaining ingredients. Canned maize, previously strained from the water, should be dried and put in a deep salad bowl.
Small squares are then cut into cucumbers. Chilled and finely chopped eggs are sent to the same vessel. In fact, the salad can be considered ready. However, in order for it to have a more interesting taste, it can be slightly ennobled. In particular, the vegetable mix is ideally combined with grated cheese, which can be sprinkled on top or mixed with the rest of the ingredients.
Not the least role should be given to the refueling, insofar as traditional mayonnaise or the popular béchamel sauce can perform.
Salad with beans and corn
The now popular salad with beans and corn can be cooked literally in a few minutes and, thus, please not only yourself, but also your loved ones. When preparing for cooking, you need to discard the red beans and maize - these are the ingredients and become the key in the dish.
After the vegetables have drained, they can be mixed together, as well as adding finely chopped cucumber and greens. For these purposes, it will be preferable to choose dill, as it does not interrupt, but only complements the taste. Now the vegetable mixture should be thoroughly mixed and flavored with mayonnaise. However, this preparation does not end there!
The culmination will be small bread crumbs, which will be added to the vegetable mix just before serving. Lovers of exotics can serve this dish on salad sheets, previously sprinkled with lemon juice. Thus, the salad will acquire a sour taste, which will certainly make a lasting impression on the tasters.
Corn with mushrooms
An excellent option, both for a snack, and for the main course can be corn with mushrooms, cooked in the form of salad. To begin with, the chicken fillets should be thoroughly washed and cooked until ready. After the meat has cooled, it should be finely chopped. Now you can start blanching onions, mushrooms and carrots, previously cut into small pieces. Bringing the vegetables until ready, they need to cool, and then mix with the chicken.
In the next step, you can start adding canned maize, which has been evaluated from the liquid in which it is often stored. What is noteworthy, when buying this product, you should definitely pay attention to the date of its production! The most juicy and sweet is maize produced in the summer, and, therefore, it is necessary to choose it.
As a rule, the vegetable mix, which includes maize with mushrooms, is served as a cold snack, but in some cases the dish is tolerated and small metamorphosis.
In particular, such a salad can be made layered by layering each layer with mayonnaise. Also it can be turned into a cake, laid out on a pillow of puff pastry. Especially popular is the vegetable mix served hot, based on the queen of the fields. After all, hot salads are at the peak of popularity today!
Soup with corn
Mexican soup with corn is now popular far beyond its home country. In order to cook it, it takes a little less than an hour! However, the result will exceed all expectations!
Canned maize, previously strained from the liquid, must be blended, mixed with two glasses of water and boiled over low heat. Milk should be brought to a boil, and then prepare the sauce. For these purposes, melted butter, which gradually poured flour. At this stage it is important to prevent the formation of lumps, which can easily spoil the quality of soup.
After the sauce is ready, it can be mixed with milk and mashed potatoes from maize. In order for soup to acquire its classic taste, prawns and salt are added to the dish, and afterwards the whole mixture is brought to a boil.
In order for the dish to acquire a consistency of soup - puree, on a slow fire it must languish for at least 10 minutes! Before serving, the soup is decorated with herbs, as well as crackers or croutons. Such a recipe, in which the queen of the fields lies, is pleasant to all.
Squids with corn
Combining squid with corn is considered to be very successful for daily ration. You can serve them as a salad, which can be cooked for several minutes. For these purposes squid rings must be boiled in boiling, slightly salted will for 3 minutes.
The boiled product is finely chopped and, at the moment, is laid aside. At the next stage, the onion is prepared, which is finely chopped and poured with boiling water for several minutes. This procedure is allowed to remove the unnecessary bitterness and extremely sharp odor. Onion can be mixed in a salad bowl with squid, adding boiled eggs, canned maize and, if desired, grated cheese. This dish is characterized by high energy value, and, therefore, the feeling of saturation after eating it comes very quickly.
This salad can be used both for an adult and for a child! However, this taste is most fully revealed only in the cooled version.
Tomatoes with corn
Light and exquisite combination of tomatoes with corn has become widely used in cooking. In particular, we are talking about a salad, to determine the origins of which is no longer possible.
Canned maize must be drained from water and poured into a bowl, in which a vegetable mixture will be prepared. Next, diced feta cheese is also diced, also pre-strained from the liquid. The next step is the addition of cherry tomatoes, which will give the salad a special taste.
Of course, for such a vegetable mixture you can take and ordinary tomatoes, but in this case the salad will lose its sophistication. It is cherry that gives a sweetish-sugary taste, almost perfectly combined with maize.
Now the taste is added to greens, olives or olives, as well as cucumbers. Thoroughly mixing all the ingredients together, it only remains to add olive oil, and let the dish brew for several minutes.
Grilled corn
A dish like corn on a grill is a great option for an easy summer picnic. This is a kind of alternative to traditional vegetables, which have already become classics at such events.
In order that the maize does not dry up during preparation, it must be soaked in cold water beforehand. The maximum of this procedure is three hours. Further, it is taken out of the water and thoroughly cleaned of silk fibers. It is recommended to leave green cobs, having slightly opened. During the time that he prepares to cook, it is also recommended to heat the grill. In the event that it has a temperature sensor, it must be set 180 degrees.
Initially, the maize on the grill should be located in such a way that directly below it there is a direct source of heat. Thus, it is prepared for no more than 60 seconds, and then moves to a place where there is exceptionally indirect fire. Here she will stay about 15 minutes, until full readiness. If necessary, the prepared dish should be salted and served in a warm form.
Preservation of corn
For the summer period, the conservation of corn is the most important process! After all, it will help to pick up a piece of summer in the cold winter cold. The simplest and, at the same time, useful process is the preservation of small ears, which allow preserving the valuable substances of the product.
For these purposes, you should first boil a liter of water with the preliminary addition of salt. This will be a kind of marinade, acting as a preservative. Mais, however, thoroughly washed and peeled from the husks, must also be cooked on low heat beforehand so that it gains softness.
After this procedure, the vegetable should be pulled out of the water and completely cooled. After a while, the ears can be placed in cans, filled with water and closed tightly. However, conservation is not over! Ready cans are placed in a bowl of water and sterilized for an hour. Only after this, conservation can be considered complete, and banks must be placed in specially prepared places for this purpose.
Such a recipe is considered to be one of the simplest, but not the only one! Canned corn can also be in the form of grains, but this process will take much more time!