If you're looking for an interesting lean and low-calorie recipe, then I suggest making popcorn with onions and tomatoes. A step-by-step recipe with a photo of a very easy, simple and, of course, delicious dish. Video recipe.
Here's a simple summer recipe with a seasonal vegetable - corn. Corn is not just food, but also medicine. The queen of the fields in her grains stores a whole storehouse of useful elements: vitamins (group B, K, PP, D, C), minerals and trace elements (iron, starch, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, copper, nickel). Corn cobs are recommended for the treatment of the central nervous system (epilepsy, psychosis, depression), for the prevention of cancer and aging processes. Cooking popcorn with onions and tomatoes today. These are wonderful vegetables, cooked in an unusual way. This is an original hot appetizer or an independent second dish, which can be either a warm salad or an excellent side dish for meat, fish, mushrooms and other products.
You can use bell peppers instead of tomatoes. It is better to take young boiled corn, because canned food has a rich sweetish taste. You can also bake corn cobs in the oven in foil. And to make the dish more satisfying, you can add boiled rice to the recipe. Rice with tomatoes and corn is a tasty, interesting and quite satisfying side dish that satisfies hunger well. But you can separately add boiled crumbly rice to the vegetable side dish.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 175 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 30 minutes, plus time for pre-cooking corn
Ingredients:
- Corn (boiled) - 2 ears
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Tomatoes - 1 pc.
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Greens (any) - a small bunch
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
- Hot pepper - 0.25 pods
- Garlic - 2 cloves
Step by step cooking of fried corn with onions and tomatoes, recipe with photo:
1. Peel the onions, wash under running water, dry with a paper towel and chop into thin half rings. Peel the garlic and chop finely. Peel the hot pepper from the inner seeds, which give a special bitterness, and chop finely.
2. Pre-boil the corn in water on the stove or in the microwave (in water, in a bag or in leaves). How to cook corn in different ways, you can find step by step recipes on the pages of the site using the search bar.
Cool the boiled ears so as not to burn themselves and cut off the grains. To do this, press the knife to the head of cabbage, as close as possible and cut the grains with downward movements.
3. Wash the tomatoes and cut into cubes. Wash greens and chop finely.
4. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet and add onions. Pass it until transparent over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
5. Separate the cut corn kernels from each other and place in the pan. Stir and continue to fry food for another 5-7 minutes.
6. Then add garlic, hot peppers, herbs and tomatoes to the pan. Season with salt and pepper. If you wish, you can season the dish with any spices and herbs to taste.
7. Stir vegetables, bring to a boil, cover skillet and simmer for 10 minutes. Serve hot fried corn with onions and tomatoes, like a warm salad. Or serve it chilled, which is just as tasty. You can use the dish with any additions: porridge, potatoes, spaghetti, meat, fish, etc.
See also a video recipe on how to cook canned corn in a tomato.
