Creamed Corn

Creamed corn made with frozen corn in a rich, buttery cream sauce with garlic, savory seasoning, and Parmesan.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Side Dish

Servings:

Calories: 167kcal

Author: Davinah

16 oz Sweet Yellow Corn Kernels frozen, do not thaw
2 tbsp Butter unsalted
1 tbsp All-Purpose Flour or ½ tsp cornstarch if you want to skip making a roux. Just use the recipe note for when to add cornstarch
4 cloves Garlic minced
1 cup half and half
2 tsp Steak Seasoning click for my recipe, or use my cajun seasoning
¼ cup Parmesan Cheese grated, from the refrigerated section of the market
1 ½ tsp Granular Sweetener
¼ tsp Black Pepper optional or to taste
¼ tsp Natural Ancient Sea Salt optional or to taste, use DRDAVINAHS to save

Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat.
Whisk in the flour and cook for about 1 minute. Skip this step is you are using cornstarch.
Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds, or until fragrant.
Slowly whisk in the half-and-half until smooth. If using cornstarch, you can make a slurry with some of the half-and-half before adding it in to prevent clumping.
Add the steak seasoning and parmesan cheese.
Simmer until the sauce lightly coats a spoon.
Stir in the frozen corn & turn the heat to simmer. The frozen corn and sauce will get very thick at first. But, the sauce will loosen again once the corn melts.
Cook until the corn is hot: Cook for 5–6 minutes, until the corn is hot and the sauce coats the kernels. Finish with sugar and salt, black pepper to taste.

Add the corn straight from frozen: No thawing needed.
Expect the sauce to thicken at first: It will loosen again as the frozen corn heats.
Using cornstarch: Skip the flour roux. Whisk the cornstarch into the half-and-half until smooth, then add it to the pan and cook until the sauce lightly thickens.
Keep the heat low: This helps the half-and-half and Parmesan stay smooth.
If the sauce is too thick: Stir in a splash of half-and-half.
Taste before adding salt: Parmesan and seasoning blends may already add enough.
For simpler seasoning: Skip the seasoning blend and use salt and black pepper to taste.