Best Skillet Corn Recipe - Build Your Bite (2024)

This easy skillet corn is the best Thanksgiving corn recipe. Crispy, chewy, buttery corn cooked to perfection! This corn side dish recipe is simple to make and so delicious.

Today I’m sharing my very favorite way to make corn for Thanksgiving. I’m pretty confident when I say that this skillet corn will change the way that you make corn forever!

This recipe is one of the best corn recipes along with Slow Cooker Creamed Corn, Honey Butter Skillet Corn, Creamed Corn, and Frozen Roasted Corn.

I’m also sharing it just in time for your Thanksgiving recipe planning. This will be one of your new favorite Thanksgiving side dishes! I have been making this recipe for years and years and it always gets rave reviews.

The texture is key here, so it’s all in the method! Trust me when I say, those crispy delicious edges are worth every minute of cook time.

Step 2: Once the butter is melted in the skillet, add in the frozen corn, salt, and pepper.

Step 3: Cook the corn over medium high heat, stirring often, for 30 – 40 minutes.

Yes, this does take time, but most likely you are already cooking other parts of dinner, and will hardly notice the time going by.

If you are making it for Thanksgiving, just give it a stir in between working on your other dishes. Just stir every few minutes and it’s a low maintenance delicious side dish!

tips for making the best skillet corn

The key to big flavor is that we want to cook the corn until it starts to get chewy/crispy. Chewy really isn’t the best word to describe it, but basically we want the corn to get crispier edges without burning.

You can tell the skillet corn is finished when it has shrunken in size and has caramelized edges. Taste as you go and stop once the corn is to your desired liking.

For me, it’s usually at least 35 minutes or more, as I love my corn to get nice and cooked down.