If you are looking for the best Instant Pot Corn on the Cob, this one is it. It’s creamy, sweet, and delicious. You will find it super easy with simple ingredients.
Instant Pot Corn on the Cob
Since purchasing an Instant Pot, I have been experimenting with so many new recipes. If you are unfamiliar with what an Instant Pot is, be sure to see my What’s an Instant Pot post I shared with you here. I love how quickly I can make our dinners with it. So much quicker than our slow cooker.
I crave corn on the cob so often during the summer months. My whole entire family loves it too! It’s the perfect side dish for just about any meal. We enjoy it with burgers, dogs, chicken, and especially when we are making ribs.
To be totally honest, corn on the cob has always been a treat for my family. I seriously despised having to get out my large stock pot, boil water, and allow the corn on the cob to cook for what seemed like forever. Not with the Instant Pot. I can now make the corn on the cob so much quicker with no large pans and water to boil. Plus.. the flavor is so much better.
Many recipe creators state that Instant Pot corn on the cob can be ready in 2-3 minutes. I found that to not be the case. The Instant Pot needs to have to come to pressure, then cook for 6 minutes, and then finally, I think the pressure needs to be naturally released to finish cooking. So in all actual reality, it is closer to a half hour from start to finish.
So it really does take just about as long as cooking the Corn on the Cob in the Instant Pot as it does boiling traditionally on the stove. But… the flavor when the corn is cooked in the Instant Pot is off the charts AMAZING! The butter, milk, and bit of sweetness from the sugar really get absorbed into the corn. Plus… no large stockpot to dig out and cleanup afterwards.
I lather on some extra butter because there is something about rolling that ear around in some deliciousness. Extra butter is not needed unless you are a crazy butter fan like I am, lol.
INGREDIENTS
5+ ears of Corn, shucked
1/2 cup Milk
1 cup Water
4 tbsp Butter
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Sugar
DIRECTIONS
Place all ingredients in Instant Pot.
Set to “Pressure Cook”.
Set time to 6 minutes, pressure to high, delay to off and keep warm to off.
Press start.
It will take several minutes to reach pressure and then will cook for 6 minutes.
After cooking is complete, allow pressure to release naturally (10-15 minutes).
Have you made a Corn on The cob recipe in your Instant Pot?
Instant Pot Corn on the Cob
Ingredients
- 5 + ears of Corn shucked
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1 cup Water
- 4 tbsp Butter
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Sugar
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in Instant Pot.
- Set to "Pressure Cook".
- Set time to 6 minutes, pressure to high, delay to off and keep warm to off.
- Press start.
- It will take several minutes to reach pressure and then will cook for 6 minutes.
- After cooking is complete, allow pressure to release naturally (10-15 minutes).
Love this recipe! I am thinking of making a larger batch of corn and keeping it all on warm in my crockpot (I need my Instant Pot freed up to make ribs). Does anyone see any problem keeping the corn, in the liquid, in the crockpot for a few hours? I don’t want it to toughen up or go soggy. Thanks!
I haven’t tried this yet, but my grandmother always cooked her corn with milk and a little sugar. So I am going to try this and see how close to grandma’s corn does it comes!
We made this corn by the recipe you gave and it was DELISH!
Thank you so much. Can’t wait to do it again. It was cooked perfectly.
I’m not sure where you are from and do appreciate you blogging, but just looking at your corn, the kernels should be plump, full of juice. When they are saggy, you have lost the tenderness of the sweet corn. Good Sweetcorn never should be boiled longer than 8 min on the stove and taken out of boiling water, so thinking 6 min plus preheating would really over cook your corn. I believe I will try, minus the salt, but at a shorter duration. I really love my sweetcorn and hate to see everyone over cook theirs all the time and say it taste so good. Get some Pearl and White from IL and you will taste the good stuff!
I just cooked 4 ears of sweet corn in mu 3 qt IP. I cooked it for 4 min and released pressure after 12 min. It was not soft enough to eat. So I cooked it for 4 more min, QR, still not done. So, I cooked it for another 3 min. Still pretty hard but soft enough to eat, but not soft as I like it. So later I cooked it for another 3 min and went to bed. 4 or 6 min wouldn’t be anywhere near done enough for me. When I boil it on the stovetop I usually boil it for ten minutes or so, turn the burner off, and leave the extra ears in the hot water to stay hot for extra servings. Everybody’s taster is different, but that is how I like my corn
Can you do this with frozen corn on the cob
I made this recipe a few nights ago, followed the directions exactly and they turned out amazing! My husband and I loved them.
If I wanted to double the amount of corn, do I need to double the rest of the ingredients or is 1 cup of water still plenty? Thank you!
Have any of you ever tried cooking corn on the cob in the microwave? It is sooo easy and only take a few minutes. And you don’t even husk the corn first. Just take an ear of corn, put it in the mic for 3 minutes and when you take it out, pull off the husks and silks in one piece almost. It is the best corn I have ever tasted. To make 4 or 5 ears at a time, adjust the time to 6 minutes approx. and that’s it. I have never tasted better, tho’ I will give this a try. However, it takes longer and since I live alone, 3 min. in the mic is great for me! A very small mic under 1000 Watts may take 4 min & probably 8 minutes for 5 or 6 ears.
Corn on the cob cooked in the microwave is superb! We cook each 4 minutes. Instant pot recipe sounds good too and will try it 😁
This was fantastic!! Easiest corn ever. I will not boil corn on the cob again.
I also used almond milk and non dairy butter with great success!
Thank you
I’ll never make sweet corn any other way. Both my husband and I loved the flavor and the texture of the corn. It was nice to put all the ingredients together and then forget about it for 30 minutes. Thank you!
We use real milk. The result is fantastic. If you don’t have access to raw milk, maybe try whole milk. My family loves this recipe. My other thought is crappy corn is crappy corn….
I made this corn on the cob for dinner tonight and it was delicious! Good flavor and very tender. However, I did leave out the milk due to a couple of previous reviews. for sure will be making it again :)
It was good and very tender. I’m still not understanding, why milk? My milk also turned stringy. Why? Thank you
High heat separates milk proteins, so I’m guessing that’s what happened.
Personally, I wouldn’t ruin the flavor of fresh corn by cooking in scalded milk. Yuck! Also cooking corn with salt causes the kernels to get tough. Plain water and unsalted butter is the way to go. Salt after cooking.
This is the best corn! This was only the second time I used the instant pot, but this turned out perfect! I will never boil my corn on the stove again!
have tried this and, while very tasty, the milk became stringy when done. How do I avoid that?
I’m curious….I’d love to try this. Did you use the trivet or not? I am assuming no, because it’s not mentioned in the directions, but just wanted to confirm. Thanks!
Hi jill! Sorry for the delay in responding. We were on a family vacation. You will not need to use the trivet in this Instant Pot recipe. Have a great weekend- Jen
Thanks for the great recipe! I made this tonight to go with chipotle burgers! It was the best corn we’ve had in a long time. I’ve been boiling my corn with the milk, butter, and sugar mixture for awhile but the Instant Pot was so much better. I was nervous because I didn’t NPR, the burgers were done so I wanted to serve the corn but it was perfect even with a rapid release!
This is the only way I’ll be making corn on the cob from now on!
I’ve ready in other IP recipes that dairy products, especially milk will curdle in the pressure cook mode. Is this true for the corne on the cob recipe?