Nothing in Iowa represents summer as much as corn on the cob. Every 1/2 mile in town there seems to be a stand selling corn and eventually you must stop. Yes, the grocery stores sale corn on the cob, but it is not even close to what you can pick up from the road side stands. Preparing the corn is of debate in my house, I love putting the corn on the grill, my wife swears by boiling the corn. This is a BBQ and Grilling blog, so I will only talk about grilling it (plus its better). I served the corn (yes, the corn is the main dish in my house) with bacon wrapped turkey tenderloins.
To prepare the corn start off by soaking the corn in the husks in water for about 30 minutes to soften the husk and to help prevent the corn from drying out as you grill it.
Remove from the water and remove 2 or 3 layers of the husk, leaving the remaining layers to protect the corn while grilling. Save a few layers that you remove.
Pull down the remainder of the husk as close to the bottom as you can get, without completely removing the husk and remove of the silk as possible.
With a butter knife, spread on some softened butter to the corn. Alternatively you can even melt the butter mix in some fresh herbs for an extra kick to the corn.
Close up the remaining husk, making sure the corn is completely covered. Tie the husks closed with the husks you save when removing a few layers.
Grill with direct medium heat for about 20 to 30 minutes. I like to get a parts of the corn a little charred, not sure why, but it seems to have more flavor when I do.
For the bacon wrapped turkey tenderloins, apply a little freshly cracked peppercorns and kosher salt to both sides of the turkey. Place on the grill over direct medium heat for about 7 minutes per side. Remove and serve with the corn.
This was a wonderful family meal. We go through spurts in the summer where we eat corn for 2 to 3 days straight for every meal. Seems like we can never get enough corn.
So many people say that grilling corn in the husks does not add flavor, yet it does! A delicious, earthy, hint of deliciousness that only the husk can provide. I also love the fact that you wrapped your burgers in bacon
, the fun thing about summertime is that it is so beautiful outside we can exercise all these calories off every morning! Cheers!
I agree with Savory TV Heidi, grilling corn in their husks takes the corn to a new level flavor wise. I’m loving the turkey tenderloin wrapped in the yummy bacon too
when I think of Iowa I always think of corn and pork! I lived out there for a short while!
Looks great! The corn reminds me of corn roast parties we used to have!
Love grilled corn on the cob! And that bacon wrapped turkey really looks good too!
Oh, yum! Love grilled corn. Looks fabulous!
+Jessie