The way I made this one was very awkward but also came out too delicious not to mention. I scored some corn from my local supermarket real cheap and wanted to try something new. I wondered if anyone smokes corn. Turns out lots of people smoke corn. Most people say to soak the corn for an hour before smoking……So I did that……but my corn wasn’t cooked yet…so I wanted to cook it. Other people just oil or butter up the corn and eat it a few people add grill marks just for looks.

So I threw the corn covered into a 350 degree oven for an hour with a stick (4oz.) butter sliced up and water that almost covered the corn.

Something FORKING Amazing happened……..The corn is delicious and juicy and a just right good tasting smoke. BUT I GOT ANOTHER gift…The water is incredible with flavors. It actually is smelling the whole house up with deliciousness.

I was thinking that I need to make some sort of sauce out of the water…maybe I should reduce it……….?

Anyways-

I was thinking that an onion and a bell pepper would go well with the corn.

Since a stick of butter is in the water maybe I can flavor it up. cook the onion and pepper and maybe reduce the rest????

I drain the corn and add to the corn/butter water

2 Tablespoons of date syrup

2 Tablespoons paprika

2 Tablespoons chili powder

2 Tablespoons sea salt

I let it cook on medium simmering for around 30 minutes.

1 onion diced

1 red bell diced

After the 1/2 hour the vegetables have absorbed lots of flavors and are soft like soup vegetables. I remove them with a slotted spoon and add them to the corn that I sliced off of the cob. I taste the corn liquid and decide to take it off the heat. I add some to the corn side dish and the rest I am saving to use on the next vegetable I make.

Added some scallions to the corn side dish.

It came out FORKING Amazing anyway.