Korean · Appetizers

Korean Corn Cheese

Sweetcorn bound with mayonnaise under a lid of grilled mozzarella. A side dish that arrives bubbling and never comes back to the kitchen.

22 min total Serves 4 servings Easy
Jump to Recipe Method
Korean Corn Cheese

Photograph credit: Corn cheese 2 by lazy fri13th · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

How to Make Korean Corn Cheese

Tap a step to highlight it, or turn on Cook Mode for large type and step-by-step focus.

  1. Heat the grill to its highest setting.

  2. Melt the butter in an ovenproof frying pan over a medium heat.

  3. Add the drained sweetcorn and cook 2 minutes, stirring, to drive off the water.

  4. Add the red pepper and cook 2 minutes.

  5. Take off the heat and stir in the mayonnaise, sugar, salt, pepper and two thirds of the spring onions.

  6. Level the surface and scatter the mozzarella evenly over the top.

  7. Grill 5 minutes, until the cheese is melted, blistered and brown in patches.

  8. Scatter the remaining spring onions over.

  9. Serve straight from the pan while the cheese still pulls.

Something wrong or unclear in this recipe? Report a problem with this recipe.

Notes for Getting It Right

  • Dry the corn in the pan first or the mayonnaise splits.
  • Low-moisture mozzarella, not the kind in water.
  • Straight from the pan — it sets fast.

Changing the Recipe

  • Out of spring onions? A small regular onion, finely sliced, or a few chives stirred in at the end both cover the job.

Serving Suggestions

  • Korean fried chicken
  • Cold beer
  • Kimchi

Leftovers and Storage

Best immediately. Keeps 2 days refrigerated; re-grill to bring the cheese back.

Korean Corn Cheese Nutrition

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.

446Calories
18gProtein
35gCarbs
26gFat
5gFibre
10gSugar
720mgSodium

Your notes on this recipe

Cooked this? Keep a note for next time

Your own rating out of 5

Private to you: notes and ratings are saved in this browser only, are never sent anywhere, and other readers cannot see them.

Compiled by Turab

Checked by script for timings, diet labels and nutrition arithmetic. How the recipes are checked. Found a mistake? Tell us.

First published ; last changed .