As soon as corn comes on the market, many people will buy some to eat. For friends who lose weight, low-calorie corn has no psychological burden to eat.
However, some people are afraid that the boiled corn sold on the street is unsanitary, so they will buy fresh corn and cook it at home. However, this cooking found a problem. The corn sold outside tastes tender and sweet, and it's too delicious to stop. However, the corn cooked by myself always lacks some flavor, either old and hard, or it is better to sell it sweetly.
At this time, many people will whisper in their hearts: Is it because the corn we bought is too old and not cooked well enough? ?
Many people made a mistake when cooking corn. In fact, this is not because the corn is not selected, but because everyone did not do a key step when cooking the corn, resulting in the cooked corn being old, hard and not delicious.
Many people's wrong step is to wait for the water to boil before cooking corn, so that the corn cooked with boiling water will be hard and not delicious. The correct way is to cook with cold water.
Thirdly, in the process of cooking corn, you should constantly turn the corn with chopsticks, which will help each side of the corn to be heated evenly, so that the taste can be the best.
If you can't tell whether the corn is ripe or not, you can gently poke the corn with chopsticks. If you feel soft after poking, add clean water, take it out after boiling and cool it to eat delicious.
Next, I will tell you the specific operation from purchasing corn to cooking corn. As long as you do it, you can ensure that the boiled corn can be sold directly.
How to make your own cooked corn sweet and soft, as delicious as those sold outside? Step 1: Buy fresh corn from the market and corn cob with corn leaves. If the corncob is stripped of leaves, it looks convenient to make, but this kind of corn loses a lot of water and tastes old and hard.
Step 2: Peel off the skin of fresh corn, but don't peel it off completely, leaving one or two layers, so as to prevent the loss of nutrition in the cooking process of corn.
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Step 3: Don't cook corn in a hurry. Soak the corn in salt water before cooking. First, take a basin of clean water, add a spoonful of salt, stir until the salt melts, and then soak the washed corn in water 10 minute. Don't underestimate this step, the corn processed in this way will be particularly soft and sweet after cooking.
Step 4: Cook the corn officially. First, add a proper amount of water and a spoonful of salt to the pot. Don't put too much salt. A little salty taste can highlight the sweetness of corn itself.
Then add a spoonful of baking soda. The purpose of baking soda is to release nicotinic acid from corn, the so-called vitamin B3, so as to be better absorbed by the human body.
Next, after mixing the salt and baking soda evenly, you can now add the corn. After adding corn, boil it with high fire, and then turn to medium heat 15 minutes.
Step 5: Take the corn out immediately after it is cooked, and don't continue to soak it in the pot, which will make the nutrition of the corn lose and the taste will be affected.
Tip: If you cook sweet corn, that is, bright yellow corn or old corn, it will take about 8 minutes after boiling water, while white sticky corn will take a while, and it will take at least 10 minute after boiling water.
Corn should not be cooked for a long time, which will harden the taste.
As long as the corn is cooked according to the above method, the cooked corn can be guaranteed to be comparable to that sold outside, sweet and delicious.