Slow Cooker Corn on the Cob with Cilantro Lime Butter
Tender slow cooker corn on the cob is a simple recipe for tasty fresh corn for all your summer cookouts! This delicious Slow Cooker Corn on the Cob is topped with cilanto-lime butter! Keep your kitchen cool and enjoy this side dish for your next cookout.
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Slow Cooker Corn On The Cob Recipe
As you start to plan you summer cookouts you need to be first to say that you’ll bring corn on the cob to your next gathering!
Then break out the slow cooker for the easiest way to prepare fresh corn!
No waiting for boiling water to hit a bubbling peak or a steamy kitchen to contend with, and no wrapping each ear in foil! These beauties cooked right in their husks!
How To Pick Fresh Corn
Wondering how to pick the sweetest fresh corn? Try to get your corn at the produce market or Farmer’s market for the freshest local corn.
Treehugger has some great tips! Go ahead and pick up the corn. You want corn with dark green husks that are closely wrapped around the cob. With your hands feel the cob to ensure the corn is uniform.
You can pull the husk away (just to peek) to make sure there isn’t any decay. Pinch a kernel. You should see a white milky center.
How To Prepare Slow Cooker Corn On the Cob
To cook slow cooker corn on the cob you will need to pull off any unruly husks, and trim the ends of the corn to fit in the crockpot. That is all the preparation needed!
Put the lid on your crock pot and let it cook on high for about 2 1/2 hours.
The slow warm heat softens the kernels perfectly, and the husk and silk peels away easily once the ears are cooked.
Now all you need to do is decide if you’re going to tackle that ear by nibbling it in sections, by rows or in a circular pattern!
Cilantro Lime Butter
Lather you corn with plain butter or try this tasty cilantro-lime butter!
How do you make cilantro lime butter for slow cooker corn on the cob?
It’s easy!
In a small food processor or blender blend unsalted butter, cilantro leaves, lime juice with salt and pepper.
Blend until smooth and creamy.
Top slices of french bread with this butter too! It’s soooo good! With the extra bread be sure to make this bread pudding!
More corn recipes to try
Be sure to check out these delicious recipes too!
- Mexican Style Corn on the Cob – topped with cojita cheese and chili powder. Simple and delicious
- Southwestern Black Bean and Corn Salad – this salad can also be served as a dip. The tasty creamy dressing adds just the right about of flavor without over powering the natural flavors of the corn and beans.
- Corn Dip – this hot cheesy dip is a crowd pleaser. Gather around and dig in!
Slow Cooker Corn on the Cob
Ingredients
- 5-6 corn in husks
- CILANTRO BUTTER
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup cilantro leaves
- 1/2 lime juiced
- kosher salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Trim ends of corn and place in slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 2 1/2 hours or low for 5 hours. Remove husk and enjoy with cilantro butter.
- CILANTRO BUTTER
- In a food processor or blender place diced butter with cilantro and lime juice. Pulse until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition
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The flavor is so amazing! Love cilantro and this just put our corn over the top!
I’ve never made corn in the crock pot but after doing this I am not doing it any other way! So easy!
It’s really helpful to pull out the slow cooker when entertaining. Once you get it going it’s easy to move on to something else.
We so loved this! It was awesome using the crockpot, made thing super easy when we had a ton of people around!
Glad you found this method helpful. Thank you for stopping by!
I really do love cilantro! And this corn looks amazing. I just love summer corn. Thanks for this delicious looking recipe.
Fresno State Corn was available on Friday and we’ve already been down there twice! I look forward to trying your recipe this week!!
Awesome – enjoy one of the summer’s finest veggies!
I wish we could have summer corn all year long especially slathered in this delicious butter!
That butter sounds phenomenal! I love the idea of putting it on corn!
Its super tasty! I even add it to French bread for an extra boost of flavor.
I’ve never thought of doing anything but the usual butter and salt, this looks great!
Thank you! I like to switch the flavors up every so often 🙂
I’m more of a salt-and-butter person for my corn, but might try this once to see if I like it.
If you like cilantro as much as I do, then you’ll love this twist of flavor from the ordinary.
Oh cool! I would have never thought to make corn on the cob in my slow cooker! Genius. 🙂
Thanks! I’m all for easy recipes during the summer months.
That looks so tasty! My kids are not cilantro fans, but I still want to try this.
You can cut the recipe in have and enjoy the butter all for yourself!
I’ve never tried this,I feel hungry now urgh. I want to grab it from my screen lol. Looks yummy.
So glad it’s tempting! Now you have to give this easy corn on the cob recipe a try!
Always eaten in rows. 🙂 What a fantastic idea for the cilantro lime butter and cooking in a slow cooker. Winner of an idea.
I have the same corn eating method 😉 Using the slow cooker keeps the house cool too!
This looks AMAZING!! I can’t wait to try it!
You’ll like the easy of this Rachael! Leaves you time to cook up other foods 🙂