10820 Spicy, Cheesy Skillet Cornbread 30 mins 5 mins 8 servings Mon Jul 13 09:34:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:59:58 -0700 2009 Easy American CHOW http://www.chow.com/recipes/10820 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:59:58 GMT With hominy and jalapeño to spice it up Not too sweet, with some hominy and jalapeño to spice it up. Good cornbread is a great accent—neutral enough to avoid overwhelming the main dish, yet tasty enough to make you ask for seconds. Our version is prepared Southern style: in a cast iron skillet and not too sweet.

What to buy: Hominy is dried corn from which the hull and germ have been removed. It can be found in most grocery stores and is usually sold canned, which is what we used in this recipe.

Game plan: If you want to be even more traditional, use lard or bacon drippings in place of the butter and go for white cornmeal instead of yellow. We combine hominy and jalapeño in our version, but feel free to change it up with any number of ingredients like onions, cheese, or bell peppers.

This recipe was featured in our Cast Iron Cooking story.

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  • Heat the oven to 425°F and arrange a rack in the middle.
  • Heat a cast iron skillet over medium-low heat and melt butter until foaming; remove the skillet from heat and reserve butter.
  • Combine eggs, milk, salt, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl and mix until smooth. Add hominy, minced jalapeño, flour, 1 cup of the cornmeal, and all but 1 tablespoon of the melted butter, and mix until liquid (it should resemble pancake batter).
  • Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons cornmeal over the bottom of the heated skillet, pour in the batter, and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, about 25 to 35 minutes.
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    ]]>     2 cups whole milk

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    ]]>     298 1 teaspoon granulated sugar

    ]]>     1 tablespoon baking powder

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    ]]>     2 cups drained golden hominy

    ]]>     58 1 small jalapeño, seeds removed and minced

    ]]>     1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

    ]]>     1 cup stone-ground yellow cornmeal

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