How to tell if corn is cooked

Boiled corn is a food that people often eat. Especially in summer, you can make it yourself after harvesting corn. Boiling corn is a relatively simple preparation method. Cooked corn not only tastes good, but also can prevent constipation. Therefore, eating corn regularly is good for the skin and also has great benefits for the body. When making corn yourself, a question often arises: how do you tell if the corn is cooked?

The corn turns darker in color when cooked.

The general cooking time for original flavor corn is 15 minutes to half an hour in a regular large pot. If you use a pressure cooker, you can turn off the heat after half an hour.

Boiled corn

1. Peel off the outermost thick skin of the corn, leaving the innermost 2 layers of thin skin, retain the corn silk, and wash it; put the corn in a pot, add clean water to cover the surface of the corn, bring to a boil over high heat, cover with a lid and cook for 8 minutes.

2. Sweet corn and sticky corn have different maturity times. If you cook them in the same pot, take out the sweet corn after 8 minutes, and continue to cook the sticky corn for 2 minutes. It is best to take out the cooked corn and drain the water immediately. Do not soak it in the water for a long time, otherwise the flavor of the corn will not be strong.

How to store cooked corn

1. Direct freezing and storage

If you want to store the cooked corn for a longer time, you can freeze it directly. The specific method is to remove the moisture from the cooked corn, put it in a plastic bag, and put it in the freezer of the refrigerator for freezing. When you want to eat it, take it out and heat it directly in the microwave.

2. Cooked corn can be refrigerated in summer

Cooked corn can be stored in the refrigerator, but the shelf life of cooked corn in this environment is relatively short, usually around two to three days. If it is stored for too long, it will become sour and cannot be eaten. In addition, when taking out the cooked corn after refrigeration and eating it again, it must be heated again. It is best to boil it in water once, so that all the bacteria produced during the storage period can be killed.

3. Summer corn can be stored before cooking

Friends who like to eat boiled corn do not have to cook all the corn and then preserve it. You can preserve it directly fresh. The preservation method is to remove the outer layer of the old skin of the fresh corn you bought, leaving the inner three to four layers, and then put them directly into the refrigerator to freeze. When you want to eat it, take it out and cook it with the skin. After cooking, it tastes especially fresh.

How long does cooked corn last?

If refrigerated, it can be stored for three to four days, and if frozen, it can be stored for more than half a year. In summer, cooked corn is very easy to spoil, so it cannot be stored at room temperature for too long. Generally, it can only be stored for about twelve hours. In autumn and winter, the temperature drops significantly. At a room temperature of 20 degrees Celsius, cooked corn can be stored for about a day.

Therefore, you should try to eat the cooked corn. If you leave it overnight, the taste will not be so good!