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.
How to Make Green Chile Cornbread (video)
Green Chile Cornbread Recipe
PrintIf 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 and prep baking dish: Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a 3-quart baking dish.
2 Make the batter: 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 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.
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Green Chile Cornbread
I also lived in the 4 corners area for a period of time. Love cooking all my stews with green chili. Think I want to add some form of cream cheese to your recipe. Tell me your thoughts please.
Hi, Heathers! Such a wonderful area. To answer your question about adding cream cheese. We haven’t tried it ourselves, but experimenting is half the fun in a kitchen! If you try it let us know how it turns out!
I’ve made this many times and it is a hit! The only substitution I made was using buttermilk instead of milk. Being a southern gal, I am a fool for good buttermilk cornbread or biscuits!
Hi Susan, love the idea of using buttermilk!
To make cornbread sweeter I skip the added sugar and add honey instead then I dribble honey all over the top ( melted if hard honey) and it is super tasty.
This is the best cornbread i have ever eaten. My family loved it. I made bean soup and ate 4 pieces with it. Good job!
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I followed the recipe as written making two bread loaves. They both turned out beautiful and moist however I found it to be flavorless. Expected more chile flavor or at the very least , a savory mouthful due to the cheese. Also, I’d advise that even though the recipe does use sugar, there is not a hint of sweetness to this bread. If anything it’s too salty. Overall it just didn’t taste good. Next time I’ll return to my bag of Marie Calendars cornbread mix.
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