I think one of the things that makes Thanksgiving special – besides the obvious coming together with your loved ones – is the vast selection of comfort foods. The weather just starts to get cold, and then you get together with those you love most for an entire table full of comfort food. Doesn’t it just warm your heart thinking about it? One comfort food that really needs to grace your Thanksgiving table is this amazing and easy Creamed Corn recipe. It comes together on the stovetop in about 15 minutes, making it the perfect addition to the table. Not only that, but with how easy and delicious this recipe is, you could pop it on your dinner table on a busy weeknight. Your family will love it.
How to Make Creamed Corn
Making a Roux
A roux is made whenever you combine a fat and flour. In my Bacon Jalapeño Creamed Corn (also amazing!) we use the rendered fat from the bacon to make the roux. In this recipe we use butter. When you fully combine butter and flour the fat molecules coat the starch molecules, allowing them to disperse evenly in your sauce and thicken it. The key to a roux is two fold. First, you need to cook the butter and flour together to cook out the raw taste of the flour. Second, you need to slowly add your liquid (in this case whole milk) to the roux. Doing so will let the roux do its job properly and thicken up your sauce. Unlike a traditional roux, we are adding butter, then corn, then flour. While it makes it a little trickier to combine everything, it will totally work and you will have a great creamy sauce.
Frozen Corn or Fresh Corn
For the sake of convenience, I’m calling for frozen corn in this recipe. But, just like my Corn Chowder, the corn taste is significantly better when you are able to use fresh corn. The sauce and the corn combine better and that great sweet corn taste is perfectly distributed throughout the dish. If you use fresh corn, you will need 3 cups or about 4 medium corn cobs. You will want to use the bundt pan trick to cut the kernels off the cobb. Put the stalk of the corn through the hole in a bundt pan, and then using a sharp knife, cut down the length of the cob. The corn kernels will fall right into the bundt pan.
Other Great Side Dishes
Instant Pot Baby PotatoesSweet Potato CasseroleRoasted Brussels Sprouts
If you make this amazing Creamed Corn recipe or any of my other recipes, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!
