Grilled Corn on the Cob with Chile-Lime and Garlic Butter
Grilled corn is a perfect picnic food when summers starts and BBQ Grills are out. But this spicy variation is refreshing with flavors of lime, garlic and chili heat on the sweetness of corn.

Author: Birjis Adeni Rashed
Cuisine: Indian, American, Global
Recipe type: Snacks
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 4 ears of fresh sweet corn
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
- 1 tsp chili pepper
- ½ tsp Salt or to taste
- Dash of garlic powder
Instructions
- Peel the husks and the silk strings from the corn cob.
- Warm the grill to moderately hot to grill the cobs. The cobs can also be cooked inside on a gas stove top by turning the cobs around on the fire as an alternative.
- In a bowl combine the butter with red chilli pepper (paprika is another option), salt, garlic powder and set aside. Also slice the lime into quarters and set aside.
- When the corn cobs are evenly roasted with kernels charred to a light brown and black remove from grill.
- Take the lime wedges and dip in the chili garlic salt butter mix and apply on the kernels of each corn. This gives a nice delicious tangy hot, sweet and spicy flavor to the corn. Enjoy.