Spicy seasoning for sweet corn disks sauteed with onions and a dash of lemon juice! The perfect snack or accompaniment for a main entree. A 10 minute dish!
So corn really is one of my favorite foods in the entire world. I could eat corn in any form, from bread to creamed to steamed and anything inbetween. These spicy sweet corn disks are super easy to make and full of flavor. There is no added sweetness, just the sweet corn!
Aside from the spices, there are four main ingredients: corn, onion, lemon, and cilantro.
Take a medium pan and sautee the onion until translucent and add the spices. Stir well.
Then toss the corn in and add water to cook and steam the corn.
Add the cilantro and lemon just before serving and enjoy!
Check out some of my other side dishes if you liked this spicy sweet corn disks recipe!
Some tips: This recipe is super simple and will only take about ten minutes to cook but it’s best to ensure that your corn disks are no more than 3 but no less that 2 kernels thick.
You might need to use a mallet to help you cut the corn if the cob core is too thick. If you want you can also make this a corn salad and use off the cob sweet corn with the same seasonings! It’ll be a great burrito bowl or salad topping!
Spicy seasoning for sweet corn disks sauteed with onions and a dash of lemon juice! The perfect snack or accompaniment for a main entree. A 10 minute dish!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time5 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Calories: 110kcal
Ingredients
2Whole Sweet Corn Cobs, sliced every two to three kernels
½Yellow Onion, diced
2-3sprigsCilantro, chopped
1TbspOlive Oil
½tspKosher Salt
½tspChili Powder
¼tspCumin
Juice of quarter lemon
¼CupWater
Instructions
Prep your onions, cilantro, lemon, and corn. The corn may need a mallet to help with the cutting of them.
Saute onions in the olive oil until lightly translucent.
Add the chili powder, salt, and cumin and stir properly.
Add the corn, stir well, sprinkle in the water, and cover immediately. Let the corn cook and steam for about five minutes.
Stir the corn again and toss in the cilantro and lemon juice just before serving.
Enjoy! You can even lightly drizzle some sour cream on there if you want!
Spicy Salty Snack Mix utilizes unique flavors to create a wonderful homemade alternative to the store bought stuff! It’s super easy to make, which is great because it’s a super addicting snack!
You might be wondering, “what even is Spicy Salty Snack Mix?” Well, perhaps it’s kind of a vague name but you’re gonna have to take my word for it. It’s such a good, simple, TASTY snack.
You hardly have to do any cooking. It’s mostly just heating up the cereal so that it’s warm and extra crunchy.
Make sure to use plain, unflavored cereal for this recipe.
This is a savory snack so any sweet cereal wouldn’t work.
Be sure to get corn flakes but rice chex cereal. Chex cereal also comes in the corn variety (among other types of sweet and flavored cereal). This recipe is formulated to work with the rice version, however you can use the corn chex cereal one if you prefer.
Rice cereal is a airier and crispier than corn cereal. Corn flakes aren’t as heavy as corn cereal so those are fine.
When my mom used to make this snack mix in the past, she would roast her own peanuts and cashews. She would also roast whole garlic cloves. I loved it as it was but it took longer to make and the garlic flavor wasn’t as uniform.
Using garlic powder ensures that the garlic flavor is evenly distributed and using preroasted nuts is really the better option. You can choose to use unsalted roasted cashews and peanuts but you might want to add more salt to the final recipe if that’s the case.
Make sure the cereal is toasted (but not browned) so that it makes it easier for the oil to coat it. Mixing the oil first will help the spices coat the cereal thoroughly.
Kosher salt is the best salt to cook with but the grains are a bit too large for this snack mix so you’ll want to grind it.
To make ½ teaspoon of ground kosher salt, you need 1½ teaspoon of regular kosher salt. In a spice grinder or mortar and pestle, grind the salt to a fine powder.
You can even do this with a blender or a food processor, but you’ll need a bigger batch of salt.
Once the salt is ground, measure out 1/2 teaspoon and you’re good to go!
Add the nuts at the very end and toss thoroughly one last time.
Make sure the cereal mix is fully cooled before you transfer it to an airtight container. It’ll get soggy if it’s not brought back down to room temperature.
Spicy Salty Snack Mix utilizes unique flavors to create a wonderful homemade alternative to the store bought stuff! It's super easy to make, which is great because it's a super addicting snack!
