It is CORN SEASON, so let’s make Nightmarket Style Taiwanese Street Corn in an Air Fryer!
Savory and delicious Taiwanese Street Corn takes only 20 minutes to make at home.
Taiwanese Street Corn is the perfect summer appetizer and snack.
You can also use the marinade and grill, bbq, or bake the corn!
If you never tried Taiwanese Street Corn before, you are missing out.
Whenever you go to nightmarkets in Taiwan during the summer, you can smell the savory aroma of the corn from blocks away. There is something so satisfying about eating corn off the cob.
If you are looking for Taiwanese Nightmarket recipes, I have a series sharing many popular traditional Taiwanese Street Food easy to make at home.
Some of my favorite recipes are my Taiwanese XXL Fried Chicken, Taiwanese Black Pepper Steak Sauce, Popcorn Tofu, and Taro and Sweet Potato Balls (4 Ingredients Only!).
Traditionally Taiwanese Street Corn is made on the grill; however, I don’t have a grill and wanted to make an easy, not messy version, so I came up with an Air Fryer recipe instead.
Air Fryer is easy to clean and allows you to work on other recipes while the corn is frying in the air fryer.
I also like using an air fryer as the corn cooks evenly, and the “frying” aspect resembles the grill marks you find at Taiwanese night markets.
If you don’t have an air fryer, you can use the grill or oven. For the oven, preheat the oven to 380F, bake for 25, and flip halfway through.
THIS IS THE AIR FRYER I USE
There are many different variations of Taiwanese Street Corn.
There are Sacha, savory, and even sweet options. The Street Corn I am sharing today is savory and super addicting.
All you need is Japanese Mayo, Vegetarian Oyster Sauce, garlic powder, red chili flakes, five-spice powder, and black pepper.
When air frying, the sauce gets coated all over the corn, which helps crisp up the outer layer of the corn. This creamy mixture is just the base, and you can also add other ingredients such as Sacha, hot sauce, or butter!
Do you want more AIR FRYER recipes? Here are some of my go-to recipes that you will LOVE!
- Air Fryer Chinese Eggplant (20 Minutes)
- Creamy Air-Fried Mushrooms (10 Minutes!)
- The BEST Air Fryer Soy Sauce Chicken
- Orange Chicken Wings (Air-Fryer Recipe)
Ingredients
- 3 Corn
- 3-4 tbsp of Japanese Mayo
- 1.5 tbsp of Vegetarian Oyster Sauce
- 1 tbsp of Garlic Powder
- 0.5 tbsp of Five-Spice Powder
- 0.25 tbsp of Red Chili Flakes
- A pinch of black pepper
- Mix Japanese mayo, vegetarian oyster sauce, garlic powder, five-spice powder, a pinch of black pepper, and red chili flakes in a bowl.
- Coat the corn with a generous and even amount of the mayo mixture.
- Air-fry at 380F for 18 minutes, flipping halfway through.
Taiwanese Street Corn
Equipment
Materials
- 3 Corn
- 3-4 tbsp of Japanese Mayo
- 1.5 tbsp of Vegetarian Oyster Sauce
- 1 tbsp of Garlic Powder
- 0.5 tbsp of Five-Spice Powder
- 0.25 tbsp of Red Chili Flakes
- A pinch of black pepper
Instructions
- Mix Japanese mayo, vegetarian oyster sauce, garlic powder, five-spice powder, a pinch of black pepper, and red chili flakes in a bowl.
- Coat the corn with a generous and even amount of the mayo mixture.
- Air-fry at 380F for 18 minutes, flipping halfway through.
