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How to freeze sweet corn without blanching the corn and requiring to cut corn off of hot cobs and instead making a simple sugar and salt brine to freeze the corn in is the way I grew up freezing sweet corn.

How to freeze sweet corn

Leah @ Beyer Beware
How to freeze sweet corn without blanching the corn and requiring to cut corn off of hot cobs and instead making a simple sugar and salt brine to freeze the corn in is the way I grew up freezing sweet corn.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Preservation
Cuisine American
Servings 5 bags
Calories 314 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 10 cups sweet corn cut off the cob
  • 3 cups water
  • 6 teaspoons sugar
  • 3 teaspoons salt

Instructions
 

  • Place two cups of corn in quart-sized freezer bags.
    bags of sweet corn for the freezer
  • Heat water and add salt and sugar. When salt and sugar are dissolved, remove from the heat.
    heating sweet corn brine
  • Pour 1/2 cup of brine in each bag of corn.
    How to freeze sweet corn without blanching the corn and requiring to cut corn off of hot cobs and instead making a simple sugar and salt brine to freeze the corn in is the way I grew up freezing sweet corn.
  • Place in freezer immediately.

Notes

To alter amounts, the solution is 1 cup water to 2 tsp sugar to 1 tsp salt. The corn to brine ratio is 4 parts corn to 1 part brine.

Nutrition

Calories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 69gProtein: 11gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1406mgPotassium: 671mgFiber: 7gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 810IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 1mg
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