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Corn w/ Honey Lime Compound Butter

1 white plate with corn on the cob with butter and dusted with chile powder. 3 pieces of plain corn on the cob in the background.

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This easy corn on the cob recipe is elevated with slathering on this chili, fresh lime, and honey compound butter.

Ingredients

  • 6 ears corn, husks & silk removed
  • 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
  • juice from 1 lime
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp honey
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

  • Make compound butter by thoroughly mixing the room temperature butter with salt, honey, chili powder and lime juice.  Optional: Form into a tight log and roll up in wax paper and refrigerate for 1 1/2 hours.  There  will be some free lime juice that won't integrate all the way - don't worry about it.
  • Bring a large pot of salted water  filled 2/3 way full (leave enough room for the corn to go in) to a boil.
  • Place corn in boiling water and cook (the water will stop boiling when you put the corn in, but start the timer now) ~ 3-5 minutes.  
  • Serve hot corn on the cob with compound butter and sprinkle with some chili powder.  Add salt to taste.

Notes

  • Hungry?  Just slather the butter on the corn as it is - no need to form into a log or refrigerate.
  • For the Grill: Pull the husks down, remove the silk, pull the husks back up, soak in water and grill on medium high heat (oil grill grates first) for ~ 15 minutes, turning occasionally.
  • Use unsalted butter in your cooking to control the amount of salt intake in your diet.