Grilled summer corn gets a kick in the tastebuds with a slathering of yummy buffalo sauce and blue cheese-spiked compound butter in this easy recipe that makes for a great summer side.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Grilled Corn
Prep Time 1 hourhour
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour20 minutesminutes
Servings 8servings
Ingredients
For the Spicy Buffalo Butter
½cupbutter, (1 stick), at room temperature
2ouncesblue cheese, crumbled
1tablespoonFrank's Red Hot Sauce or other vinegar based hot sauce
1tablespoonchives, chopped
For the Grilled Corn
8ears corn, husks and silk removed
Instructions
To Make the Spicy Buffalo Butter
Mix the ingredients in a small bowl until well combined. Lay out a large piece of plastic wrap on a clean counter. Spoon the butter mixture onto the bottom third of plastic wrap, then roll into a log. Refrigerate for one hour, or until firm.
To Make the Grilled Corn
To grill corn, simply place it on a hot grill. You can keep the corn in its husks to steam it or place the cobs directly on the grill for more char. Close the grill, checking and turning with tongs, every five minutes or so, for around 15-20 minutes.