easy recipes

With 4th of July coming up, I wanted to share this Southwest Grilled Corn Recipe – it’s so easy and delicious! It would go great alongside Tiffany’s Perfect Pesto Grilled Flank Steak and a big sliced baked potato….

Southwest Grilled Corn Recipe

What you need:

For this recipe, you’ll need a grill (I love my Traeger, but really you could be using one of these and still turn out some awesome corn).
Corn on the cob that you’ve shucked already (good job for the kids to do while you’re getting the charcoal hot)
Butter
Tajin or Lawry’s Seasoned Salt (not both) and Parmesan cheese
Optional: Lime slices and chopped cilantro for garnish

If you’re not sure what Tajin seasoning is – it’s a mix of ground chile peppers, salt and dehydrated lime juice that gives a great kick to corn. You can find it here or in the International Aisle at most groceries.

Between the Tajin and the Parmesan cheese – your regular grilled corn gets a little Southwestern kick. If you want to take it a step further, serve it with some lime slices and chopped cilantro!

Directions for Southwest Grilled Corn:

Shuck the corn and throw it on the grill for about 5 minutes so it gets a little toasted.
Pull it off and cover it in butter, seasoned salt (or Tajin) and Parmesan Cheese. Go with your best judgement on how much to use.
Wrap tightly in foil and place on the grill in a spot away from the hottest part (where the meat would go). Try to find a medium hot spot – or use that handy vegetable tray if your grill has one.
Let it roast for 15-20 minutes until done, don’t leave it on too long or it will dry out.

Paul’s Grilled Corn Recipe

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Total time: 25 mins

Serves: varies

Ingredients

Corn on the cob that you’ve shucked already (good job for the kids to do while you’re getting the charcoal hot)
Butter
Tajin OR Lawry’s Seasoned Salt (not both)
Parmesan cheese
Optional: Lime slices and chopped cilantro for garnish

Instructions

Shuck the corn and throw it on the grill for about 5 minutes so it gets a little toasted.
Pull it off and cover it in butter, seasoned salt (or Tajin) and Parmesan Cheese. Go with your best judgement on how much to use.
Wrap tightly in foil and place on the grill in a spot away from the hottest part (where the meat would go). Try to find a medium hot spot – or use that handy vegetable tray if your grill has one.
Let it roast for 15-20 minutes until done, don’t leave it on too long or it will dry out.

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Take a bunch of potatoes, slice them real thin, I like to use a mandolin. I have even used left over baked potatoes from the night before.

While you are slicing, melt an entire stick of butter in a very large pan, cast iron is the best. Then add an entire sliced onion. If you cook the onions down until they are clear the kids will eat them.

Then, add the potatoes and any protein you like, we use breakfast sausage, bacon, steak, really you can use anything. Or leave out the protein and just eat it like this for a side dish. I have added eggs at the end, cooked them in and eaten this in a tortilla. AWESOME!

Keep the heat rather high and add more oil or butter if you need to so that the potatoes brown really nice.

Oh my gosh! They get amazing and really crispy! The potatoes break down a little and get all crispy and wonderful! Make sure to use a lot more potatoes then you think you need, the seem to disappear as they cook. Season it a bit with seasoning salt and pepper. Keep it simple, sometimes I add a little garlic salt, but just a little.

Like I said you can eat it just like this as a side dish with some ketchup, or add some meat to it and make it a meal or even eat it in a tortilla as you are running out the door to baseball practice.

Do you make something similar? What do you call it?