Green Chile Cornbread

• A recipe from Simply - her recipes are always good!

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• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 35 minutes
• Yield: Makes about 12 serving pieces

If you use canned chiles and want the heat, make sure you look for the cans that say "hot", not "mild" on them.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/4 cups (190 g) fine cornmeal
• 1 1/4 cups (175 g) all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup (50 g) sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) softened unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup (115 g) sour cream
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 2 cups of chopped, roasted green chiles (Anaheim or Hatch) (3 7-ounce cans of chopped green chiles, drained)
• 1 cup (130 g) corn kernels (if frozen, defrost)
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (4 ounces, 113 g)

METHOD

1 Preheat oven and prep baking dish: Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a 3-quart baking dish. (9"x13")

2 Make the batter: In a large bowl whisk together the cornmeal, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

In a separate bowl, beat the softened butter and sugar. Beat the sour cream and eggs into the butter sugar mixture.

Add the milk and the dry ingredients, a third at a time and alternating wet/dry.

Mix in the green chiles, corn, and shredded cheese. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish.

3 Bake: Bake at 400°F for 35 minutes, or until top is browned, the center springs back when pressed down, and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.

Let cool almost completely before serving.

White Chili

 I took the recipe from Pioneer Woman, and made it a little easier. Still, she gets the credit. Her recipes never fail!

Buy a pre-roasted chicken and tear all the meat off.

Pour a bit of olive oil in a many quart pot. Add:

• Diced yellow (I like sweet) onion
• 4 cloves minced garlic
• 2 cans chopped green chilis (strained)

After 2 minutes, add:

• 2 cans Northern beans (strained)
• 8 cups chicken broth
• diced up jalapeño - use as much as you like!
• 1 1/2 T cumin
• 1/2 t paprika
• 1/2 t cayenne pepper
• white pepper and salt to taste

Get it simmering and add:

• the torn off chicken (which is torn to bite size pieces)
• 1 cup milk that is thickened with 2 T corn meal

I cooked it for about 90 minutes to thicken it on low to medium heat. Right before serving, add:

• 1 cup shredded monterey jack

 I served this with the cornbread from Simply that is mixed with chilis, cheese, and corn.

Amazing!