I love cornbread and I love spicy food. So jalepeno cornbread is my favorite as I especially love jalepeno peppers. When I make this cornbread, I add in lots of chopped pickled jalepenos. My recipe makes 12 muffins or a 10-12″ cast iron skillet of cornbread.
Gran Jan’s Jalapeño Cornbread
Ingredients:
- 2 beaten eggs
- ¼ Cup corn oil
- 1 Cup buttermilk
- 1 medium to large onion, diced
- 1 14.5 ounce can of creamed corn
- 2 Cups self-rising cornmeal – White Lily preferred
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese (freshly grated)
- 4-5 Tablespoons of diced pickled or fresh jalapeños (or less or more)
Prepare:
1. Mix eggs and oil together, whisking until well blended.
2. Pour in buttermilk, add diced onion, and then fold in creamed corn.
3. Next add cornmeal and stir well.
4. Lastly, add shredded cheese and diced jalapeños.
5. Bake in a 450 degree pre-heated oven for about 25-30 minutes. Batter will be thick. You won’t be able to “pour” it out into the skillet, but it should not be too thick. You can add a splash of buttermilk if it seems too thick. You will learn the right consistency in time.
BAKING OPTIONS: Use a muffin tin or a cast-iron skillet.
You may pour about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of the batter into each tin of a greased muffin tin (makes 12), or use a good old Southern cast-iron skillet two ways:
First and “easier/safer” is to grease your skillet with solid Crisco shortening and then sprinkle it with cormeal and scrape the batter from your mixing bowl into the cold skillet to bake, OR:
you can pre-heat your skillet with oil or shortening in the oven or on the stovetop until the oil is hot and “glistening.” When you scrape the cornbread batter into the skllet, it will sizzle and be so crunchy. Be so careful handling that hot skillet. I like to pre-heat my skillet on the stovetop so I only have to move it in and out of the oven one time! Skillets are heavy – be careful!
Jalepeno cornbread is so good with chili, soup, stew, or my favorite…a bowl of either pinto beans, great northern beans, or black-eyed peas!
I hope you make some soon!
GRAN JAN
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