Name: Instant Pot Corn on the Cob
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4-8 ears of corn, husks removed; 1 cup water

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Yes! You can cook corn on the cob in the instant pot! In fact, instant pot corn on the cob is one of the easiest ways to do it. It gives you juicy, plump kernels that turn out perfectly every time, and it’s done in under 15 minutes. This is an easy, healthy vegetable side dish that you can enjoy on the cob, or cut off of the cob for a variety of other recipes and sides. Cooking corn on the cob in an instant pot is a great family-friendly side that will make a tasty addition to any summer BBQ or weeknight dinner!

Benefits of Corn on the Cob in the Instant Pot:

There are many ways to cook corn on the cob, but doing it in the instant pot is mess free, easy, and results in crisp-tender kernels on your summer sweet corn.
There’s no waiting over the stove for them to boil, or potential for overcooking them on a hot grill.
This recipe works whether you’re making only 4 ears of corn or 8, so you can easily feed more people without taking up real estate on your grill.
You can use this instant pot corn on the cob recipe to make big batches of fresh, summer corn and freeze them for later so you can have sweet corn long after the last summer harvest!

How to Cook Instant Pot Corn on the Cob:

Cooking Tools Needed:

Step 1

The first step is to make sure the husks have all been removed from your corn on the cob. Once that is done, simply add 1 cup of water into your instant pot insert.

Next, you’ll place your ears of corn into the instant pot. Here you can opt to use a trivet if you have one and lay the ears of corn horizontally over the trivet. Place 2 to 4 ears laying on the bottom, and then the remaining 2 to 4 ears laying over top of the bottom layer.

If you don’t have a trivet, no problem! Simply stand the ears of corn up vertically in the instant pot and lean them around the side to keep them upright.

Step 2

The final steps are to place the lid onto your instant pot and set the valve to “sealing”. Then, you will set the instant pot time to manual high pressure for 3 minutes. Once the timer goes off, do a quick release and open the lid. You can use a tongs to remove the instant pot corn on the cob from the insert.

Add any butter and salt prior to eating, season with a blend such as peri peri seasoning, or cut the kernels off of the cob to use in one of the wide variety of ways that sweet corn can be used!

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Freezing Instructions

How to Freeze the Whole Cob of Corn:

To freeze the entire ear of corn after it’s been cooked in the instant pot you will first allow it to cool completely. Once it’s no longer warm to the touch, wrap up each ear of corn with tin foil. Wrap it tightly and so that the tin foil overlaps where it meets so that there’s no exposed area. Then add each wrapped corn cob to a freezer-safe container or bag. Before reheating, place the corn in the refrigerator to thaw.

How to Freeze Kernels:

To freeze the kernels from your corn on the cob, you will want to allow the ears of corn to cool completely. Then, hold each ear vertically with one hand at the top and the bottom of the ear resting on a cutting board. Use a sharp knife to slice the kernels off of the cob from the top to the bottom.

Work your way around the cob repeating this until all that’s left is the core. Add the kernels to a freezer-safe bag and squeeze all of the air out before sealing it. Before reheating, place the corn kernels in the refrigerator to thaw.

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