These corn recipes for dinner make easy side dish recipes for family dinner, corn dish potluck recipes, or holiday recipes for Thanksgiving sides or Christmas recipes.
Whether you’re looking for dinner recipes with corn on the cob, crockpot corn recipes, corn off the cob sides, or corn soup starters, you’ll find what you need in this easy dinner recipe list!
Be sure to save it to your meal planning list!
7 Favorite Corn Recipes for Dinner Side Dishes

Corn Chowder Soup with Bacon Recipe
This corn chowder soup recipe works all year and makes an easy bacon corn soup for summer, hearty fall soup for dinner or full winter meal with rolls, crusty bread, or cornbread, too.
Or, use it as a dinner appetizer starter to begin your meal!
Elotes Mexican Corn on the Cob Recipe
Elotes is the Mexican recipe for corn on the cob with a special corn slather sauce.
If you’ve never had Mexican corn on the cob, definitely add this to your corn sides recipes!
Equites Mexican Corn Off Cob Recipe
If you’re looking for a flavorful corn off the cob recipe, try the Mexican recipe for elotes off cob (or equites, also called street corn in a cup).
This skillet corn recipe is a family favorite dinner side dish and goes with any protein.
It’s also a huge hit for potluck recipes whenever we take it to a party or put it on a party buffet.
This is one corn recipe that should go into your regular meal planning rotation!
Air Fried Corn on the Cob
Air frying corn amplifies the taste and gives the corn a perfect sweet, crispy, and grilled corn taste and is an easy dinner side dish that is ready in just a few minutes, right in time to go with your dinner protein!
Be sure to preheat the air fryer oven before cooking corn and then turn the corn on the cob half way through to get the fried corn char on both sides.
Corn and Black Bean Salad
If you’re looking for a simple no-cook recipe side dish that you can throw together last minute for quick dinner sides, this corn salad with black beans is the easy recipe you’re looking for!
I keep these grocery ingredients on hand for quick pantry recipes when I need an easy side dish or I’m too tired to cook.
RECIPE TIP: This is also an easy snack recipe! Add tortilla chips for a party snack or after school snack!
Jiffy Crock Pot Corn Casserole Recipe
Some people call this corn pudding, but this traditional corn casserole in the slow cooker is my go-to corn side dish recipe for Thanksgiving sides, Christmas party food, or potluck recipes for a party buffet.
Cook the corn casserole in the crockpot and then serve it right from the crock for an easy dinner recipe!
Classic Grilled Corn on the Cob
I’ve been using this traditional grilled corn on cob recipe for years.
I make this corn recipe without grilling corn with the husks on or aluminum foil!
This is another easy corn recipe and it’s ready by the time your burgers, hot dogs, or grilled chicken is coming off the grill!
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I hope you enjoy these corn recipes for dinner!










