Stove Top Creamy Corn with Parmesan and Bacon
Delicious sweet corn in a creamy Parmesan base and served topped with crispy bacon is a quick and easy side dish perfect for chicken, steak or fish.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 93kcal
Ingredients
- 24 oz Frozen Corn typically 2 bags
- 6-8 slices crispy bacon chopped up
- 1/2 cup white onion diced
- 1 cup whole whipping cream
- 1/2 cup shaved Parmesan Cheese
- Salt
- Ground Pepper
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
Instructions
- First cook up 6-8 slices of delicious thick bacon in your cast iron pan, leaving the bacon grease in your pan.
- If you happened to already have bacon made, you can instead substitute the bacon grease for 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in place.
- Once bacon is cooked, remove bacon from pan and set aside.
- Add 24 oz of frozen corn (they usually come in 12 oz bag, so 2 bags), along with your chopped white onion, and cook for 10-12 minutes on medium heat until onion begins to saute and corn is beginning to warm. (lid on pan)
- Add in flour, stir all corn, and cook an additional 2 minutes.
- Dump in whipping cream, sugar, and rest of seasonings and stir well.
- Cook for 10 minutes on medium heat.
- The creamy base should thicken and corn continue to heat up.
- Add 1/2 cup of shaved Parmesan and stir into corn until melted.
- Remove corn from heat, top with cooked, crispy bacon, and serve immediately.
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Notes
Each bag of 12 oz corn serves 4, so this side dish serves approx 8 total.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 93kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 266mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg