Crawfish Cornbread

Description

A yummy Cajun twist on Mexican cornbread. Everyone can’t quit talking about this recipe. It’s sure to become a favorite.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 (4 ounce) jar diced pimentos, drained
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 (15 ounce) can cream-style corn
  • ⅓ cup chopped jalapeno pepper
  • 1 pound peeled crawfish tails
  • 1 pinch seasoned salt, or to taste
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
  • 1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
  2. Stir together cornmeal
  3. baking soda
  4. and salt in a large bowl. In another bowl
  5. beat together the eggs
  6. onion
  7. green pepper
  8. pimentos
  9. vegetable oil
  10. Cheddar cheese
  11. cream-style corn
  12. jalapeno pepper
  13. crawfish tails
  14. seasoned salt
  15. cayenne pepper
  16. and garlic powder until the mixture is well combined. Pour the crawfish mixture into the cornmeal mixture
  17. and stir together. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
  18. Bake in the preheated oven until the cornbread is lightly golden brown
  19. and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
  20. about 55 minutes. Allow to rest for about 10 minutes before serving.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 55 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 12

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