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Three ears of cooked corn on the cob with melting butter are placed in a white dish on a bright blue wooden surface, perfect for serving after learning how to cook corn on the cob in the microwave.

How to Microwave Corn on the Cob

This corn microwave hack gives you juicy corn on the cob in just minutes—no boiling!

Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Corn Microwave Hack, how to microwave corn on the cob
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 4 minutes
Servings 1 corn on the cob
Author Momma Lew

Ingredients

  • Corn on the cob still in the husk. 

  • Salt pepper 

  • Butter

Instructions

  1. Trim the edges off of the husk of the corn.
  2. Put the corn on the cob in the microwave.
  3. Microwave for 4 minutes.
  4. Take the corn on the cob out. Let it sit for a few minutes so you can handle it.
  5. Shuck the corn out of the husk.
  6. Butter the corn on the cob, sprinkle with salt and pepper and any of your favorite corn on the cob toppings!
  7. Continue for all of the corn on the cob!

Recipe Video