Sriracha Beer Butter Grilled Corn
I was once invited to leave The Viper Room when the guy I’d been chatting with escalated past douche bag right up into unignorably obnoxious territory and I was swept up in his wake.
I not so subtly parted ways with him to cross the street towards The Roxy when he escalated further,"You’re leaving?! I pulled out my best stuff for you!" I had no idea that he’d been trying to get somewhere with his meaningless rambling.
Oh, you mean the uber-impressive story about having lunch with Alan Thicke last week? Or telling me that your ex-girlfriend was a sexsomniac?
Or bragging about stealing wifi from your neighbor? Because it was all gold, so clearly I have no reason to leave with this depth of conversational wealth that’s being offered to me.
Sometimes, people just try too hard when what they really want is to impress. We can do the equivalent of Over-Sharing-Drunk-Viper-Room-Guy with food. We can try too hard, do too many things, and make a mess of it all.
Keep it simple this summer, some grilled produce, good ingredients, real butter and great beer.
And save the stories of your ex-girlfriend for your guy friends and only after they’re too drunk to object.
Sriracha Beer Butter Grilled Corn
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter chopped into cubes
- 3 tbs IPA beer
- 1 tsp sriracha
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- 6 ears fresh corn shucked
- 2 tbs olive oil
- salt and pepper
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
Instructions
- In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter until light and fluffy.
- Add the beer, sriracha, garlic and salt. Beat until well combined.
- Add the butter to a piece of plastic wrap, roll tightly into a log. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
- Preheat the grill.
- Brush the corn with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Grill on all sides until lightly charred and tender, 8-10 minutes.
- Add the corn to pieces of aluminum foil, top with several slices of butter, sprinkle with cilantro.
Comments
Averie @ Averie Cooks June 11, 2014 um 1:23 am
Now THIS is some corn! Any other corn after this isn’t even worth eating! pinned
P~ The Saucy Southerner June 11, 2014 um 4:03 am
That looks out of this world good! P~
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen June 11, 2014 um 6:44 am
This looks awesome Jackie! I’m a huge fan of all the ingredients, so I know I’d love these!
Sophia @ NY Foodgasm June 11, 2014 um 7:13 am
Absolutely LOVE how you segued from a man’s drunken ramblings to a drunk recipe! This looks SUPER amazing and I love that you used IPA. IPA’s are just the perfect summer choice and grilled corn has stolen my heart!!
Samantha June 11, 2014 um 1:02 pm
I want to slather this butter on everything!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar June 11, 2014 um 4:39 pm
Pffff bahahaha that guy sounds like such a douche…although, I would enjoy eating a meal with him just to hear his ridiculousness. This corn!? Simple, but outrageously unique! BEER BUTTER ALWAYS! Love!
Luke June 11, 2014 um 7:48 pm
Did this tonight – just on a regular oven grill pan – was insanely
Good. Can’t even imagine how good it would be on a BBQ grill.
Tieghan June 11, 2014 um 8:48 pm
I am all over this!! Yes please!
Heidi @foodiecrush June 12, 2014 um 2:43 pm
It seemed like The Viper Room always pulled out the douchers, just like New Years Eve pulls out the amateurs. Super funny story. + Love your corn!
Ami@NaiveCookCooks June 12, 2014 um 5:12 pm
Gosh this butter..never before heard of this combo!!
Rick June 13, 2014 um 8:32 am
Did you grill the corn in the husks?
Jackie June 13, 2014 um 8:58 am
No, remove the husks. But if some of the stalk remains, I leave that, makes it easier to grab onto when you eat it
addie | culicurious June 18, 2014 um 10:15 am
This grilled corn looks wonderful, Jackie! 🙂 Grilled corn is my favorite part about summer.
Lyndsey July 13, 2014 um 3:53 pm
This has been well received from mu family and friends. Thanks for the recipe!
Kim Porter August 3, 2014 um 7:09 pm
Made this tonight…doubled the Sriracha and used an IPA from Full Sails Brewery, Hood River. So, so good! Thankful I have some leftover butter…trying it on roasted cauliflower tomorrow!
Jen September 1, 2015 um 11:58 am
This looks amazing!!!! Anything with beer and the grill really floats my boat and I can’t wait to try it out this weekend! Cheers!
D November 3, 2019 um 2:12 pm
Sounds yummy!
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