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I realize that it has been a while since I shared any recipes! I know that all two of you reading my blog have sorely missed this! I apologize for my oversight and will engage in self-flagellation posthaste.
One thing I have worked on recently is this spicy corn casserole. It’s sort of like a very flavorful cornbread, and it’s way less “wet” than the standard old-fashioned corn casserole recipes you see on the internet. I’m pretty happy with it now and have made it several times. Also, this has been heartily approved by my 16 year old.
It’s easiest to make this with a box of Jiffy or other cornbread mix, but if you don’t have that, it’s also real easy to make that mix from scratch, so I included those ingredients below.
Spicy Corn Casserole
Ingredients
Cornbread Mix (you can use a 6- to 8.5-ounce package of cornbread mix, such as Jiffy, or make your own as described here):
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Casserole:
- 1 15- ounce can creamed corn or kernel corn, undrained
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 medium green bell pepper, minced
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup pickled jalapeños, minced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×9-inch baking dish or a cast iron skillet.
- Combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and whisk the mixture until it’s thoroughly combined. Or you can just use one 6- to 8.5-ounce package dry cornbread mix (like Jiffy) instead.
- Stir in the undrained corn, sour cream, melted butter, and eggs and whisk until everything’s combined. Add the bell peppers and jalapeño peppers and mix thoroughly. The 1/2 cup measurement of jalapeño peppers makes for a really spicy cornbread, which is the way I like it, but feel free to use less, or leave them out altogether if you don’t want it to be spicy at all.
- Spoon mixture into the prepared dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40-55 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!