Easiest Corn on the Cob Ever – Chef John's Favorite Method for Corn on the Cob

[Music] hello this is chef john from food wishes.com with how i like to do my corn on the cob that's right i should have shown you this a couple months ago well actually forget that i should have shown it about six years ago because this is such a great technique and by far the easiest easiest way to do corn on the cob and if you're thinking chef john i already know how to cook corn on the cob even i can do that well i know any fool can cook an ear corn no offense but that's not really what this tip's about this technique has to do with dealing with this corn silk the bane of our corn on the cob eating existence so whether we're talking about removing this before we cook the corn or after we cook the corn it's generally kind of an annoying messy task but if you use this method that's not going to be the case so step one we're gonna cook this air corn in the microwave so i'm gonna head over to my microwave cabinet and pop in that ear corn and for my microwave about three and a half minutes is perfect oh by the way microwave makers stop putting so many buns on these i mean inverter turbo defrost what is that we don't need that okay but anyway we're gonna set that for three and a half minutes or in my case 333 so i save time not having to move my finger to the zero but basically three and a half minutes and of course you could just space out and watch that turn but i always like to be productive so i decided to work on my only dance move for a couple minutes hey if you're only going to have one move it's got to be perfect and by the way this method will work even if you're not microwaving so even if you decide to grill that corn in the husk this is still going to work and then when the time's up we're going to remove that ear of corn use a towel of course it's very hot and i'm going to bring that over to the cutting board so you can watch the magic so i'm going to turn the ear this way i want to grip it on the tapered end and we're going to take a sharp possibly serrated knife and cut off the bottom inch of the cob and the reason we're doing that is because that corn silk runs from the top all the way to that end and by cutting there we've now released every one of those little threads and then all we need to do is grab that towel and kind of squeeze that tapered end kind of push that hot cob out of the husk and because we're gripping that tapered end where all that corn silk comes together that air corn is going to come out of that husk with virtually no corn silk attached and i say virtually because you might get one or two rogue pieces but for all intensive purposes it really does come out perfect although technically this is not perfect until we get some butter and salt on it so that will be our final and predictable scene a little bit of butter a little bit of salt and i'm ready to enjoy this cob silk free and above and beyond that it makes this de-silking technique super easy the other nice thing about microwaving the near corn in the husk is it stays hot forever this was like way too hot to eat this was one of the more painful videos i've done lately mostly because i couldn't find those little things you stick in the ends of the corn i don't even remember what those are called corn holders that doesn't sound right but anyway that's it just a nice little short techniques video i cobbed together i was in a little bit of a rush this morning i have to go see a colonel about a problem he's having with his ears so there's just no time for any corny jokes or puns but i really do hope you give this a try so head over to foodwishes.com for there's no ingredients but there's always more info as usual and as always enjoy [Music]

Channel: Food Wishes

Views: 1,930,345

Keywords: Corn On The Cob (Dish), method, hack, easiest, fastest, corn, tips, tricks, chef, john, foodwishes, side, side dish, Cooking (Interest)

Id: e8vWhX1zXKM

Length: 3min 17sec (197 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 20 2014