Smoky Beer-Poached Grilled Corn

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Grilling

Ingredients

  • 1 sweet onion slice
  • Cooking spray
  • 5 (12 oz.) bottles lager beer
  • 8 ears fresh sweet corn, husks pulled back
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 tsp grainy mustard
  • 1 1/8 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 cup malt vinegar

Directions

  1. Preheat grill to medium-high. Coat onion slice with cooking spray; grill, uncovered, until charred and tender, 3-4 minutes per side. Transfer to a small bowl, and cover with plastic wrap. Let stand until fully tender, about 10 minutes. Keep grill hot.

  2. Meanwhile, bring beer to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high; add corn, and return to a boil. Remove from heat; cover and stand stand until corn is mostly tender, 5-8 minutes. Drain.

  3. Finely chop onion slice. Stir together onion, butter, mustard, salt and pepper. Shape into a 4-inch log; wrap in plastic wrap and chill until ready to use.

  4. Grill corn, uncovered, turning once, until charred and fully tender, 5-6 minutes. Drizzle hot corn with vinegar, and serve with butter mixture.

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