Fresh corn sauté, with red peppers, butter and onions is a quick, delicious and low calorie side dish, sure to be a big hit at your Summer BBQ!
I love summertime… and I LOVE fresh corn on the cob! A giant piece of fresh corn is one of my favorite foods of summer. This recipe for Fresh Corn Sauté with Red Pepper and Onions is absolutely, lip-smackin’ delicious. Did I also mention how SIMPLE this is to make? And how LOW IN CALORIES and DELICIOUS it is, also? (ding, ding… we have a WINNER!)
This fresh corn sauté is a fantastic summer side dish! It only took me about ten minutes to prepare, from start to finish! I found the recipe in this month’s issue of Cooking Light Magazine, and knew I wanted to try it! Sure glad I did. This Fresh Corn Sauté only takes a few (fresh) ingredients, serves 4, and takes about 10 minutes to prepare. How awesome is that?
It’s kind of ironic that I am sharing so many photos of such a quick, easy dish, but hey… it’s a colorful dish, and I didn’t want to be selfish and NOT share… so here goes!
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Prepare The Corn
Cut the kernels off of 2 large ears of fresh corn, then chop green onions, and dice red peppers. Only takes a couple minutes. (see how easy so far?)
How To Make The Fresh Corn Sauté
Melt a bit of butter in a large skillet. That’s a no brainer, right?
Add the fresh corn kernels to the skillet. Sauté the corn for 2 minutes, on medium-high heat.
Add the chopped green onions and the diced red peppers. Whew… so hard. Are you sweating yet?
Season The Corn
Now it’s time to add simple seasonings to this dish. Add salt and pepper to the corn and veggies in the skillet. You can add more or less to suit your own taste, if desired. Stir together, to combine all ingredients.
Sauté for 2 more minutes, or until the fresh corn is crisp-tender. Hope you’re not too tired at this point (insert sarcastic grin).
Serve The Fresh Corn Sauté
Remove the corn from skillet onto a serving plate. Look at how gorgeous those colors are!!!
Serve this dish hot, and enjoy the work of your hands. The recipe makes 4 servings (1/2 cup per serving). This summer side dish is delicious, crispy, and full of summer goodness! YUM!
Hope you enjoy this fresh corn sauté! We sure did! Have a GREAT day, and please come back again soon!
If you are a veggie lover, be sure and check out my recipes for Garlic Infused Roasted Asparagus, Summer Vegetable Tian, Summer Squash Bacon Saute, P.F. Chang’s Spicy Green Beans, or any of my recipes listed in the Recipe Index at the top of the page.
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Recipe source: Cooking Light Magazine, August 2015 issue, page 42.
Fresh corn sauté, with red peppers, butter and onions is a quick, delicious and low calorie side dish, sure to be a big hit at your Summer BBQ!
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 2 cups fresh corn kernels (I used 2 large ears of corn)
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions (approx. 1 stalk-green and white parts)
- 1/4 cup diced red bell pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- With a sharp knife, cut the kernels off of ears of corn (shucked and de-silked)
- Melt butter in large skillet over medium to high heat.
- Add fresh corn kernels to the skillet. Cook them for 2 minutes on medium-high.
- Add the chopped green onions, diced red bell pepper, salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
- Cook for 2-3 more minutes, or until the corn is crisp, but tender.
- Serve while hot, and enjoy!
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Have you ever used frozen corn to make this. It is a long way from corn season and this looks great!
Hi, Barbara! Thanks for writing. You know… I have never used frozen corn to make this dish, but I can see no reason why it wouldn’t be perfectly fine. You may have to slightly change up the cooking time just a bit, but no problem! Hope you have great success with that (now I want to try it, too!). Take care.