Easy Homemade Creamed Corn is a fresh, new twist on a classic, comforting way to serve corn. Forget creamed corn in a can. This cozy, corn side dish simmers in a buttery cream sauce. It's perfect for a busy weeknight dinner or a holiday feast and is ready in 30 minutes.
My family loves this side dish served with Zucchini Stuffing Casserole and Mixed Bean Salad.
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Why You'll Love Homemade Creamed Corn
You can make Homemade Creamed Corn any time of year, not just when fresh corn is in season. If you enjoy a corn side dish like Sweet Corn Pasta Salad, you are going to be thrilled with the subtle sweetness of this side dish.
There are many options for corn, which is the star of this side dish of course.
Pro Tip: Use fresh corn from the garden, canned corn, frozen, or store-bought fresh corn.
The corn simmers in a silky, buttery sauce that is lightly seasoned with cardamon, a spice that brings out the sweetness in corn.
Ingredients to Have on Hand
Corn: Of course Homemade Creamed Corn is brimming with it but you don't have to use fresh corn on the cob. You can and it's especially delicious that way, but you can also drain canned corn, defrost frozen corn or buy fresh corn from the grocery store any time of year.
Butter and Cream Cheese: The butter adds such amazing flavor to creamed corn, it's the ingredients that puts this recipe into a whole new league when it comes to corn side dishes and the cream cheese, though optinoal, gives the creamy sauce a silky texture.
Cardamon Spice (affiliate link): You only use a very small dusting of cardamon spice in this recipe, but cardamon brings out the sweetness in the corn and creates incredible, but very subtle flavor. It's what sets this Homemade Creamed Corn recipe apart from all the others.
Scroll to the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
How to Make Homemade Creamed Corn
If you are using fresh corn on the cob to make this recipe, carefully remove the corn from each cob.
Remove the husks from each corn cob, hold the cob vertically on a large plate, steady it with one hand while your other hand slices the fresh corn kernels from the cob.
Remember, an important step to ensure you get every drop of flavor from a fresh corn cob is to run the back side of your knife over the cobs after you've removed the kernels.
There's a lot of sweet, creamy "corn juice" that is absolutly delicious so you won't want to toss that out with the corn cobs.
A nice shortcut for fresh corn from the garden is to buy it packaged from the produce section of the grocery store. It's usually available in packaging similar to this (photo below) almost year around.
Pro Tip: You can also go with the super fast and super easy shortcut for making Homemade Creamed Corn by buying 3-4 cans of whole kernel, canned corn.
Ready in 30 Minutes
No one will guess how quickly this classic corn side dish came together. But the end result is a creamy, buttery way to enjoy corn.
Added bonus. This is a one-skillet side dish, that's ready in 30 minutes. Here's how to make it:
Step 1: Place a skillet on the stove over medium high heat. Add the olive oil. Once the oil starts to shimmer add the corn and liquid from the corn cobs if you are using fresh corn.
Step 2: Season the corn with salt and sprinkle it with a dash of cardamon.
Step 3: After the corn softens (about 5 minutes), add the remaining ingredients which include butter and cream cheese and simmer until nearly all the liquid is evaporated.
Recipe FAQs
Absolutely. To reheat, just be careful to keep the saucepan or skillet at a low temperature to warm the creamed corn gently and without scorching it.
Yes, and the result will still be delicious. But ground cardamon just might surprise you. I highly recommend trying it in this recipe. I keep cardamon on hand in my kitchen solely for this recipe.
For sure. Cool the creamed corn then place in a freezer-safe container and place in the freezer. To defrost, place the container in the refrigerator for a day before you plan to serve. Then reheat in a skillet, covered on low heat until the creamed corn is piping hot and ready to serve.
More Side Dishes
Every main meal, holiday or potluck gathering is made even better with a bounty of delicious sides to choose from. Here are more of my favorite sides. All of these are wonderful served with Homemade Creamed Corn.
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