Sweet corn is such an easy and delicious summer staple side dish. But what goes with it? Here’s 35+ delicious dishes that go perfectly with corn on the cob, so that you can complete your tasty feast!
Corn on the cob is perfect for the grilling season. It’s versatile, easy to prepare, and pairs well with a variety of side dishes.
And when it’s not grilling season, I love to make my corn on the cob sous vide or in the instant pot.
But what goes with it? So many delicious dishes.
Here’s 35+ tasty options!
The BEST Dishes to Serve with Corn on the Cob
Traeger Smoked Chicken Breasts
This easy Traeger Chicken Breasts recipe features Greek marinated chicken breasts cooked low and slow on a pellet grill. It’s the perfect summer meal with layers of herbaceous, tart, and smoky flavors in every bite!
Traeger Chicken Breasts
White BBQ Sauce for Grilled Pork Chops
Grilled Pork Chops with White BBQ Sauce are rich, smokey and tangy. They make a delicious, quick and easy dinner that’s sure to please.
Grilled Pork Chops with White BBQ
Grilled Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce
Easy Grilled Salmon with Lemon Caper Sauce. Salmon filets are grilled until tender and flaky and served with the most amazing, lemon caper sauce that comes together in just 5-minutes! It’s a delicious, foolproof and healthy weeknight dinner!
Grilled Salmon
Air Fryer Shrimp
This tasty Air Fryer Shrimp takes less than 10 minutes to make with a handful of flexible ingredients. Cooking perfectly plump and juicy shrimp has never been easier!
Air Fryer Shrimp
Pesto Steak
Pesto Steak is the perfect summer meal. Marinated in a soy and honey mix and topped with creamy burrata and peppery arugula pesto, every bite of this grilled flank steak explodes with flavor!
Pesto Steak
Peruvian Chicken Recipe
Peruvian Chicken with Creamy Green Sauce is packed with flavor and the perfect way to add some international flair to your next barbecue.
Peruvian Chicken
Sous Vide Brisket
Sous Vide Brisket comes out fall apart tender, juicy and delicious every time. Get the perfect “bark” by finishing it on your grill, smoker or even the oven!
Sous Vide Brisket
Lamb Burgers with Goat Cheese Recipe
Lamb Burgers with Goat Cheese & Caramelized Onions are perfect for the summer grilling season. The lamb burgers are seasoned with a red wine reduction, as are the caramelized onions, then they're topped with creamy goat cheese and peppery arugula. Yum!
Lamb Burgers
Traeger Smoked Tri-Tip
Take barbecue season over the top with this Traeger Smoked Tri-Tip recipe. Well-seasoned, cooked in the smoker, then seared to juicy perfection.
Tri Tip
Easy Roasted Chicken Recipe
This is the perfect easy roasted chicken recipe. The skin is perfectly crisp and crackly, there’s no basting, and it results in a lovely pan gravy at the finish. Easy enough for a weeknight dinner!
Easy Roasted Chicken
Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
Air Fryer Chicken Tenders cook up golden & crispy on the outside, but juicy inside. The best part is they can be made in under 20 minutes with just 6-ingredients.
Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
Smoked Beef Short Ribs
Learn how to make Smoked Beef Short Ribs! Smoking them low and slow with a tangy spritz and red wine braising liquid results in delicate and perfectly seasoned meat every time.
Smoked Short Ribs
Easy Lamb Kebabs
This Lamb Kebab Recipe is delicious! Served with a creamy sesame sauce, every bite is enhanced with its rich, nutty, and pleasantly tangy flavors.
Lamb Kebabs
Red Cabbage Coleslaw (No Mayo)
Red Cabbage Slaw is a super simple side dish recipe made without mayo. It’s tangy, delicious and crunchy.
Red Cabbage Slaw
Smoked Bottom Round Roast
This Smoked Bottom Round Roast recipe transforms this lean, humble cut into an impressive slab of juicy, tender beef. Coated in mustard and a flavorful spice rub, enjoy it as a flavor-packed and crowd-pleasing centerpiece at your backyard barbecues or for laid-back Sunday dinners!
Smoked Bottom Round
How to Cook the BEST Lamb Chops
Learn how to cook lamb chops with perfect results every time! Make a quick marinade with olive oil, garlic, lemon and rosemary. Then, cook your chops on the grill, in the oven, or on the stove.
Lamb Chops
Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Chimichurri
This Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Chimichurri is the perfect quick dinner for hot summer nights! You can grill this beautiful dinner and prepare the amazing sauce in just 30 minutes. Or, cook it in the oven.
Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Chimichurri
Pickle Brine Chicken
Put leftover pickle juice to use in this Pickle Juice Brined Chicken recipe! Chicken breasts are brined in pickle juice, then cooked to perfection!
Pickle Brine Chicken
Everything Bagel Salmon
This Everything Bagel Salmon coats salmon filets in a seasoning combined of all the ingredients you would find on an "everything" bagel.
Everything Bagel Salmon
Smoked Pork Belly Strips
Smoked Pork Belly Strips are the only thing better than bacon! Seasoned with an easy dry rub, the pork is cooked low and slow until it’s tender, juicy, and melts in your mouth. It’s a smoky and deeply flavored cut of meat that must make an appearance at your next barbecue.
Smoked Pork Belly
Smoked Burgers
Step up your burger game with this comprehensive Smoked Burgers guide. It includes tips for forming the patties, seasoning secrets, and easy-to-follow instructions for cooking irresistibly juicy burgers low and slow on a Traeger, pellet grill or standard smoker.
Smoked Burgers
Apple Celery Root Slaw
Apple Celery Root Slaw is an exciting twist on your basic coleslaw. Crisp apples and celery root combine with jalapeno, cilantro & pickled onions. It's sure to be a stand out side dish!
Celery Root Slaw
Traeger Pork Chops
Master the art of smoking melt-in-your-mouth pork with this Traeger Pork Chops recipe. With this simple hands-off cooking method, you’ll be indulging in tender and smoky pork throughout the grilling season!
Traeger Pork Chops
Shaved Fennel Salad
This Fennel Celery Salad comes together quickly and has such a delicious light lemon-parmesan vinaigrette and wonderful crunch. It's the perfect side salad for rich and hearty dishes like pasta or braised short ribs.
Shaved Fennel Salad
Traeger Chicken Thighs
Learn how to make smoky and succulent BBQ chicken thighs with this easy Traeger Chicken Thighs recipe. It works with bone-in or boneless thighs, can be adapted for any pellet grill, and leaves you with wood-smoked chicken every time.
Traeger Chicken Thighs
Instant Pot Beef Stew
Instant Pot Beef Stew is the perfect cozy meal for chilly days. With this easy recipe, tender chunks of beef, potatoes and carrots cook together in a flavorful sauce with red wine. This hearty and savory dish will be on your menu over and over all season!
Instant Pot Beef Stew
Mediterranean Tomato Cucumber Salad
This Tomato Cucumber Salad features fresh cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, and crisp red onion. Dressed in a tangy homemade red wine vinaigrette, every bite is bursting with refreshing Mediterranean flavors!
Tomato Cucumber Salad
Traeger Steak
Learn how to cook ribeye, filet, sirloin, and other cuts of mouthwatering steak on a Traeger or pellet grill. Whether you’re a grill master or a novice, this Traeger steak recipe always yields steakhouse-quality results!
Traeger Steak
Air Fryer Burgers
These Air Fryer Hamburgers are quick and low-maintenance compared to traditional grilled burgers. They’re lightly seasoned, easy to cook, and never dry out!
Air Fryer Burgers
Traeger Grilled Asparagus
Learn how to smoke asparagus on a Traeger or pellet grill/smoker! This Traeger Asparagus recipe is foolproof and yields tender-crisp, delightfully smoky asparagus every time.
Traeger Asparagus
Air Fryer Filet Mignon
Learn how to cook filet mignon in the air fryer in less than 20 minutes! The foolproof cooking method and temperature guide yield an effortless yet impressive steak dinner every time. Top your filets with homemade compound butter and enjoy!
Air Fryer Filet Mignon
Baked Bone In Chicken Breast (or Boneless)
This guide will teach you How To Bake Chicken Breasts that are perfectly seasoned, tender, and juicy every time. It includes everything you need to know about making oven-baked chicken breasts, including seasoning options, expert tips, and even sides.
Baked Chicken Breasts
Creamy Cajun Chicken Orzo
This creamy Cajun Chicken Orzo recipe only takes 30 minutes to make in one skillet! It’s completely irresistible, with seared chicken breasts, tender orzo, and a boldly flavored cream sauce in every bite.
Cajun Chicken Orzo
Grilled Mango Lime Chicken
This Mango Grilled Chicken features a sweet and spicy mango lime marinade that caramelizes perfectly on a hot grill. Serve these chicken thighs at your next barbecue for an unexpected and tropical twist on your typical BBQ fare.
Mango Chicken
Smoked Corned Beef Brisket
This Smoked Corned Beef is seasoned with a simple BBQ dry rub and slow smoked until each slice is tender and melt-in-your-mouth. Pile it into sandwiches for St. Patrick’s Day and don’t forget the homemade honey mustard sauce for dipping!
Smoked Corned Beef
Easy Air Fryer Brats
Step up your sausage game with Air Fried Brats! Cooking brats in the air fryer is a hands-off method that delivers crispy on the outside and succulent on the inside brats in under 20 minutes. Perfect for busy weeknights and effortless summer entertaining!
Air Fryer Bratwurst
Cauliflower Potato Salad
This Cauliflower Potato Salad is just like potato salad, but without the potatoes! Steamed cauliflower and crisp veggies are tossed in a creamy, tangy dressing, leaving you with a low-carb and keto-friendly side dish for cookouts, potlucks, or any quick dinner.
Cauliflower Potato Salad
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Corn on the Cob
Sweet corn is such an easy and delicious summer staple side dish. But what goes with it? Here's 35+ delicious dishes that go perfectly with corn on the cob, so that you can complete your tasty feast! Try this Sous Vide Corn on the Cob! Slowly cooking corn and butter in a vacuum-sealed bag in a water bath results in tender, extra-juicy, and super-sweet kernels. It’s the best side dish for weeknights, barbecues, and Southern seafood boils!
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Serves 4 people
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 ears corn (shucked)
- 4 Tablespoons salted butter
Instructions
- Preheat your sous vide machine to 182-degrees.
- Add the corn, butter and a couple heavy butter knives or spoons to a FoodSaver bag and seal using a vacuum sealer. Alternatively, you can use a ziploc bag and the water displacement method.
- Sous vide for 30 minutes. When done, remove the corn from the bag and enjoy.
Notes
- No vacuum sealer at home? Use the water displacement method instead! Place the corn and butter inside a ziplock bag, then slowly lower it into the preheated water bath. Let the water pressure push out as much air from the bag as possible before sealing it shut.
- It’s important to weigh the bag down with heavy utensils (like butter knives or spoons) so the sous vide machine can work its magic. Without them, the bag will be floating at the top.
- Consider searing the corn for extra flavor. When it’s done cooking, finish the corn on a hot grill or in a hot skillet to create gorgeous charred grill marks.
Nutrition
Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.2g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 90mg | Potassium: 6mg | Fiber: 0.03g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 352IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.01mg
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