Microwave corn on the cob makes easy, quick, soft corn on the cob which makes the perfect side dish for your brunch, lunch, dinner or any summer bbq party or holiday meals like Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners!
In fact, easy corn dishes make great side dishes for any lunch or dinner!
Cornbread, roasted frozen corn, mini corn on the cob, instant pot corn on the cob, buttered corn, easy vegan corn on the cob, cream cheese corn casserole etc are all great corn recipes!
This microwave method to make corn on the cob works well with fresh corn with husks or frozen corn ears with no husks!
You can enjoy the microwave corn on the cob as it is for a quick snack or side or you can season it with salt, pepper, butter etc or use your favorite seasonings for corn on the cobs.
Depending on whether the corn is fresh or frozen and also depening on the size of the corn ear, you can cook an additional minute or less to cook it to your preference.
If you like easy microwave recipes to make side dishes, do try this easy microwave baked yellow potato!
Corn On The Cob Using Fresh Corn With Husks Or Frozen Corn Without Husks
As I mentioned, this microwave method works well for both fresh corn ears with husks and frozen corn ears without husks.
I often use frozen mini corn on the cobs, since that is what I almost always have in the freezer.
It is super easy to make corn on the cobs with fresh or frozen corn without husks, because you just need to place one corn ear in a microwave safe plate, cook for 3 minutes, carefully flip and cook for another couple of minutes and it’s done!
If you use large sized fresh corn ear or frozen mini corn ear, this method works well.
If you use fresh corn ear with husks, you don’t even need to remove the husks before cooking it in the microwave.
In fact, the husks helps as a covering which helps with the distribution of steam and so you can just cook the corn on the cob in microwave with the husks itself.
Once the cooking is done, allow the corn on the cob to cool down for a few minutes, then easily remove the husks or any silky fibres and then season the prepared corn on the cob with salt, pepper, oil ect and enjoy!
How Long To Microwave Corn On The Cob?
To make corn on the cob in microwave oven, you can place the single corn ear in a microwave safe plate and cook for 3 minutes on one side, then carefully flip the corn and cook for another 2 minutes.
So you can cook the corn on the cob for about 5 minutes in total whether you use a medium fresh corn on the cob in husks or a mini frozen corn on the cob without husks.
If the corn on the cob is relatively larger in size, you may cook for an additional one minute (or one minute less for smaller sized corn ear) until the corn kernels are well cooked, soft and plump.
So here is how you can quickly and easily make microwave corn on the cob using fresh or frozen corn.
How To Make Microwave Corn On The Cob?
We make the corn on the cob easily using the microwave oven, by following the below given directions.
ingredients to use
corn ears 1
for seasoning (optional)
salt adjust to taste
butter 1 tablespoon (or use olive oil)
black pepper powder ¼ teaspoon (adjust to your preference)
Step by step instructions
Place the corn ear (make one at a time for best results even if you have more than one corn ears to microwave) in a microwave safe good quality plate.
Microwave in high heat for 3 minutes.
Open the microwave, carefully flip the corn ear (it will be hot, so you may use a tong).
Once the corn ear is flipped, microwave in high heat for another 2 minutes so the corn on the cob is well cooked, evenly on both sides!
Once the corn on the cob is done, the corn kernels will look plump and will be soft!
Allow the microwave corn on the cob to cool down for a few minutes, add the seasonings (if using), enjoy!
I often use mini frozen corn ear to make this microwave corn on the cob which works well with this method. I only cook one frozen mini corn ear in the microwave, at a time, to make sure the corn ear is cooked even.
If you use fresh corn with husks too, this method will work!
Depending on the size of the corn ear and also depending on if it’s fresh or frozen corn, you may need to adjust the cooking time one minute more or less.
As I mentioned earlier, once completed cooked, the corn kernels will look plump and soft when touched so you can know for sure if it’s done!
If it’s not done to your preference, you may microwave the corn ear for an additonal minute and see if it’s done.
Below you can get the recipe in detail.
Microwave Corn On The Cob
Ingredients
- 1 corn ears
for seasoning (optional)
- salt adjust to taste
- 1 tablespoon butter or use olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder adjust to your preference
Instructions
- Place the corn ear (make one at a time for best results even if you have more than one corn ears to microwave) in a microwave safe good quality plate.
- Microwave in high heat for 3 minutes.
- Open the microwave, carefully flip the corn ear (it will be hot, so you may use a tong).
- Once the corn ear is flipped, microwave in high heat for another 2 minutes so the corn on the cob is well cooked, evenly on both sides!
- Once the corn on the cob is done, the corn kernels will look plump and will be soft!
- Allow the microwave corn on the cob to cool down for a few minutes, add the seasonings (if using), enjoy!
- I often use mini frozen corn ear to make this microwave corn on the cob which works well with this method. I only cook one frozen mini corn ear in the microwave, at a time, to make sure the corn ear is cooked even.
- If you use fresh corn with husks too, this method will work!
- Depending on the size of the corn ear and also depending on if it’s fresh or frozen corn, you may need to adjust the cooking time one minute more or less.
- As I mentioned earlier, once completed cooked, the corn kernels will look plump and soft when touched so you can know for sure if it’s done!
- If it’s not done to your preference, you may microwave the corn ear for an additonal minute and see if it’s done.
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