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Green Chile Cornbread

Green Chile Cornbread

Finally. A green chile cornbread that is moist, flavorful, and filled with corn and chiles. I've been experimenting for a couple of years now and believe we now have a winner. Do you like green chiles? I grew up eating Anaheims. They are best when roasted fresh over flame, but you can easily used the canned chiles.

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Green Chile Cornbread Recipe

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 cup plus 2 Tbsp cornmeal
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) softened unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 3/4 cups milk
  • 2 cups of chopped, roasted green chiles (Anaheim or Hatch) (2 7-ounce cans of whole green chiles, drained, chopped)
  • 1 cup corn (frozen is fine)
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese (4 ounces)

Method

1 Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a 8x12 inch baking dish.

2 In a large bowl mix 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 to 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 for 35 minutes, 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.

Makes about 12 serving pieces.

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13 Comments

I have been looking for a good cornbread recipe and this one looks great! Only problem - I am not a fan of chiles. Can I just leave them out and add in a little more corn kernels?

You can try it, let us know how it turns out. ~Elise

Posted by: Ophelia on October 5, 2008 9:22 AM

I use my a modified version of my grandfather's recipe from what they served on the trains back in the 30s and 40s. I add corn, cheese & chilis but I never thought about sour cream! I like to use half cheddar and half parmesan (or other sharp cheese) because it makes the flavor pop more. But I wonder if the sour cream does the same thing ...

Posted by: karen on October 5, 2008 3:04 PM

This recipe looks great. How about canned corn?

Sure, just drain it well first. ~Elise

Posted by: milan on October 5, 2008 5:53 PM

I just made this about a half hour ago. Baked it for 30 minutes. It was brown on top, clean toothpick and sprang back when pressed. Its really gooey. Is it supposed to be? The flavor is good. Does it just need to cool longer?

You should let the cornbread cool almost completely. I'll add that point to the recipe. It should be moist, not gooey. ~Elise

Posted by: katie on October 5, 2008 6:46 PM

We often add a little green onion to green chile corn bread.

I like the addition of sour cream. Going to make this today to accompany a big pot of soup.

Mmmm, the scent of baking--- and it warms the kitchen too!
Thanks Elise

Posted by: CJ on October 6, 2008 3:39 AM

I make a very similar green chile cornbread recipe that includes sauteed onions and garlic and bit of cinnamon and nutmeg, to make things a bit more savory - YUM!

Posted by: Carly on October 6, 2008 7:46 AM

This looks really delicious. Have you ever tried making cornbread in a castiron skillet? It adds so much to the flavor and texture of cornbread.

Posted by: libby on October 6, 2008 9:32 AM

And it's good, good, good. DPaul was thrilled. You hit a home run with him! (And me.)

Posted by: Sean on October 6, 2008 5:26 PM

I could become completely addicted to this. I love cornbread, which here in New England is generally a bit sweet and bland -- but the green chiles will perk it up nicely! Would be great for brunch, with some spicy scrambled eggs.

Posted by: Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) on October 6, 2008 5:59 PM

I made this cornbread last night with a slow cooker roast and homemade gravy and the bread stole the show!! I mixed the dry ingredients in a bowl first. I used 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese and creamed the butter/sugar first and then added eggs/sour cream and alternated milk/dry ingredients. IT WAS PERFECT! Thanks, Elise!

Posted by: Kelly on October 9, 2008 6:39 PM

Awesome! I usually just use a box mix and add a bit of finely chopped white onion, diced chiles, a little sift of paprika, a couple tablespoons of honey, and a mound of cheddar cheese. I've never made it from scratch.

My friend and I split four bushels of fresh roasted Hatch chiles this year. We also got a box (I think it was a bushel and a quarter) of chiles they call Brighton "dynamites". They are less meaty than the Hatch chiles, but we renamed them "demons" because they are way hotter than a Hatch hot. My freezer is stocked full of chiles to make new recipes with for another year, so thank you for the recipe. It's going to get made today :)

Posted by: merd on October 10, 2008 8:37 AM

This looks great and I want to try it but first a few quick questions-how can I roast the peppers w/o a flame? Can I char them in the oven? I'm going to use magerquark in place of the sour cream, but can you suggest a European cheese to replace the cheddar/jack, which I find almost impossible to locate.

You can roast the chile peppers under an oven broiler, or on a grill. No idea about the cheeses. ~Elise

Posted by: G on October 10, 2008 9:48 AM

I made it, and people were skeptical at first, but they loved it. Everyone loved the corn bread warmed up a bit, I'm not sure if this was because it was so cold out, but generally I like my cornbread room temperature, but this seemed to be liked better straight from the oven.

I did make a few personal changes to the recipe, but not much and I think that the overall idea of the cornbread was still in my recipe. I was really glad to try this recipe.

Posted by: Hallie on October 21, 2008 5:15 AM

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