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Grandma's Mexican Cornbread Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 eggs slightly beaten
1 C. corn meal
1 C. sweet milk
1 C. cream style corn or whole corn
¾ tsp. salt
½ baking soda
¼ C. bacon drippings
1 lb.hamburger
4-5 Jalapenos seeded and diced or 1/2 of a bell pepper
½ onion diced
8 oz. longhorn cheese grated
sliced pickled jalapenos (optional)
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º
Melt bacon grease in iron skillet

Mix together the first 6 ingredients, salt and pepper to taste
Stir in bacon drippings and set aside

Lightly brown hamburger in same skillet when half way done
Add onion and peppers and cook until softened drain on paper towels and wipe out pan.
Grease pan and sprinkle corn meal to cover bottom of cast iron skillet and brown in oven
Pour in half of the batter
Add meat mixture, cheese and sliced jalapenos pour on remaining batter
Bake for 1 hour until set
Let rest about 5 minutes before slicing

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
20 minutes and 1 hour to cook
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Must serve with a big ole pot of Mommas' home cooked beans and Darells' fried taters.

 

 

 

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