Bacon-Wrapped Corn on the Cob
As long as you’ve got the grill fired up, you may as well use it. Corn on the cob comes with a natural handle that makes it easy to turn the cobs on the grill.
Author: Thespruceeats/Photo credit to thespruceeats.com
Ingredients
- 3 pounds/1.36 kilograms bacon slices
- 1 bunch basil (leaves only)
- 2 jalapeño peppers (thinly sliced)
- 8 ears corn (shucked)
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Lay a 13-by-18-inch piece of parchment paper on your countertop and lay 6 or 7 slices of bacon alongside each other, slightly overlapping one another, fat-side against meat-side, to form a rough rectangle that is as wide as an ear of corn is long.
- Cover with another sheet of parchment paper and pound lightly with a meat mallet or small sauté pan to flatten the bacon and press it together.
- Remove the top parchment sheet and decorate the bacon with 10 to 12 small pieces of basil (you can tear up the larger leaves) and a few slices of jalapeño pepper.
- Lay 1 ear of corn across the bottom of the rectangle and roll the corn up in the bacon.
- Transfer the bacon-wrapped corn to the prepared baking sheet, laying it seam side down on the parchment paper.
- Repeat the process with the remaining 7 ears of corn (you can use the same 2 pieces of parchment paper) until all are wrapped in bacon. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.
- Preheat a grill to medium heat. If you have a larger grill with an upper rack, use that to cook the bacon.
- Grill the corn, starting with the bacon seam side down.
- Give them a quarter turn every 5 minutes until all of the bacon is crisp and caramelized and the corn is tender, 25 to 30 minutes total.
- This bacon-wrapped corn on the cob is delicious served with a charred lime crema.
