Best Jalapeno Bacon Cornbread Recipes

JALAPENO-BACON SKILLET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Whisk the cornmeal, all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl; set aside.
• Put the bacon in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet; set over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the bacon is browned and crisp, 7 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate, leaving the fat in the skillet.
• Add the diced onion to the hot skillet and cook, stirring, until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 more minute. Transfer the onion and garlic to a separate plate and set aside. Keep the skillet over low heat.
• Whisk the eggs, buttermilk, melted butter, honey and jalapenos in another large bowl; add the onion and garlic and whisk to combine. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix with a wooden spoon until combined (do not overmix).
• Brush the bottom and side of the skillet with the fat left in it (add a pat or two of butter if there's not enough). Carefully add the batter (it should sizzle) and sprinkle the bacon evenly on top. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until the top is deep golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes before serving.

JALAPENO, BACON AND CHEDDAR CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Arrange the bacon strips flat in a single layer in the bottom of a 12-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Cook until rendered and crispy, about 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon to one end of a paper-towel-lined plate to drain (save room for the jalapeno!). Add the jalapeno to the bacon drippings and cook until softened and slightly browned, about 4 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the jalapeno to the plate next to the bacon. Roughly chop the bacon and return to the plate.
• Carefully remove 2 tablespoons of the bacon drippings from the pan, leaving the rest. Keep the pan at the ready for baking the cornbread.
• Whisk together the buttermilk, oil and eggs in a medium bowl. Add the buttermilk mixture to the cornmeal mixture and use a rubber spatula to fold the dry ingredients into the wet until completely incorporated. Mix in the Cheddar, bacon and jalapeno.
• Using a pastry brush, spread the bacon drippings up the sides and around the bottom of the pan. Heat the pan over medium-low heat until the fat just starts to sizzle. Pour in the cornbread batter, allowing the heat to quickly set the bottom crust.
• Put the pan into the oven and bake until golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted into the middle of the cornbread comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and baste the top crust with the butter. Cool for 20 minutes before serving.

BACON-JALAPENO-CHEDDAR CORNBREAD

Steps:

• For the cornbread: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Liberally grease 12 muffin cups or mini cast-iron skillets with cooking spray or oil.
• Put the bacon in a skillet over medium heat and cook until browned and crisp, about 7 minutes. Set the bacon aside to cool on a paper towel-lined plate, then chop finely. Reserve the grease in the skillet for the glaze.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a separate bowl, mix together the buttermilk, oil, whole egg and egg yolk. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Fold in the cheese, jalapeno and reserved bacon until just incorporated.
• Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin cups. Bake until the edges are crispy and the tops are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
• For the glaze: While the cornbread bakes, prepare the glaze. In the skillet that you cooked the bacon in, add the bourbon to the saved fat and bring to a boil (the bourbon may flame!). Add the honey and stir. Strain the glaze through a fine-mesh sieve and set aside.
• When the cornbread is out of oven and still hot, brush the glaze on the tops of each muffin.

BACON CHEDDAR AND JALAPENO CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. First thing we've gotta do is fry up our bacon. Cut it up into nice small pieces - as big as you want them in your cornbread muffins. 2. While your bacon is frying, measure out your cornmeal, flour, baking powder and sugar into a nice big mixing bowl. 3. Cut your jalapenos in half and seed them 4. Then cut them up nice and evenly. Although I cut up 3 jalapenos, I only used 2 in the recipe. Didn't want to make them too spicy! 5. Add in your jalapenos along with about ¾ of your shredded cheddar cheese. 6. Dump in your sour cream and eggs and begin to mix everything together gently. 7. By this time, your bacon should be crispy, so dump all of it in along with the fat from the pan. Make sure that it has cooled slightly and that you've mixed In the egg a bit already. We don't want the hot fat to cook the eggs! Scrambled eggs in cornbread is bad! 8. Portion your batter into a greased muffin tin and top with a little bit of remaining cheddar cheese. 9. Bake at 450F for about 10-12 minutes.

JALAPENO-BACON CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cook bacon until crisp and drain on paper towel.
• Grease a 9" pan with bacon drippings.
• Crumble bacon into a bowl and add green onion, jalepenos, cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg and add yogurt, milk, and melted butter.
• Whisk until smooth.
• Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
• Pour mixture into pan and sprinkle with cheddar cheese.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the pan comes out clean.
• Serve warm.

BACON CHEDDAR JALAPENO CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate; reserve remaining bacon grease in skillet. Crumble bacon.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place skillet with bacon grease in oven.
• Combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk milk, buttermilk, butter, and eggs in another bowl; stir milk mixture into flour mixture until just combined. Batter will be slightly lumpy. Fold in Cheddar cheese and jalapeno peppers. Allow batter to rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.
• Pour batter into hot skillet and sprinkle with crumbled bacon, gently pressing bacon into batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before slicing.

JALAPENO AND BACON CORNBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425-degrees F.
• Fry bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp (10-15 minutes).
• Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain.
• Crumble bacon and set aside.
• Pour bacon fat into a bowl and set aside.
• Melt Crisco and 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat together in the same skillet over medium heat.
• Grease a muffin tin with remaining bacon grease and transfer to oven so muffin tin will be hot.
• In a large bowl beat eggs.
• Add bacon, onions, jalapenos, pickling juice, sugar, baking soda, salt, cumin and pepper and stir well to combine.
• Add cornmeal and buttermilk and stir to combine.
• Add the hot fat (from the skillet) and stir until combined.
• Remove muffin tin from oven.
• Pour batter into muffin tins.
• Bake or 15-20 minutes or until done and toothpick comes clean.

SPICED BEEF HOT DISH WITH BACON JALAPENO CORNBREAD

Steps:

• For the spiced beef hot dish: Place the bacon in an even layer in a Dutch oven or large cast-iron pan and turn the heat to medium-high. Cook until crispy and the fat is rendered, a few minutes per side. Meanwhile, sprinkle the beef with salt and pepper. Remove the bacon to paper towels to drain, leaving the bacon fat in the pan. Working in batches, place the beef in an even layer in the Dutch oven and sear until browned on all sides, adding a drizzle of oil if the Dutch oven ever seems dry, about 4 minutes per side. Remove to a plate or shallow bowl. Crumble the bacon and set aside.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the carrots, jalapeno and onion and cook until translucent, 7 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute. Add the baharat and chili powder and toast with the vegetables, 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and broth and bring to a boil. Add the beef and any accumulated juices, the chickpeas and raisins. Reduce to a simmer, then cover and let cook 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Season to taste.
• For the cornbread: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together the egg, melted and cooled butter, yogurt and honey in a medium bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Fold in the jalapeno and bacon.
• Using a cookie scoop, dollop the cornbread batter on top of the chili to cover. Bake, uncovered, until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove and serve with yogurt and chopped parsley.

JALAPENO MAPLE BACON CORNBREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Turn your oven to 425 degrees with the rack in the middle, as you bring everything together
• In a medium bowl, combine all the dry ingredients and whisk and shake until well mixed
• In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, maple syrup, and eggs. Whisk vigorously to frothy
• In a 7 inch to 10 inch cast iron skillet, saute the minced bacon over medium heat to render as much fat as possible. When the bacon is well cooked, remove the bacon with a slotted spoon to a little dish to cool
• Roll the bacon fat in the skillet around to well coat the sides of the pan, then pour the fat into a measuring cup and, if necessary, top to 1/4 C with canola - some fat left in the skillet is fine
• Put the cast iron skillet back on the now-turned-off burner
• Incorporate the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients - just enough to combine them. You now have a batter.
• Whisking, slowly add the 1/4 C of oil to the batter
• Turn the burner on medium-high under the oiled, empty skillet
• Add the cooked bacon and minced jalapenos to the batter and mix well with a whisk or spatula for 1 minute. The pan should be smoking about now
• Pour the batter into the hot skillet - hear it sizzle? Turn off the flame and pick up a pot holder
• Move the hot, batter-filled skillet into the oven quickly and close the door
• Set the timer for 25 minutes. When the timer goes off, your cornbread should be done, with a beautiful golden top, and a toothpick or skewer stuck down to the bottom in the middle of the cornbread should come out clean. If not, pop the skillet back in the oven for 5 minutes. Opening the oven door has dropped the heat, so 5 minutes will not burn your bread, but will dry it a bit more. Now. It is done!
• Set the pan on a cooling rack for about 5 minutes. If you have properly seasoned your skillet, you need only place your hand close to the cornbread and turn the pan upside down. Give it a little shake and the round should drop onto your hand. You can then put the plate on it and flip it right side up.
• Otherwise, put a plate over the skillet and, holding the skillet and plate firmly, flip them to dislodge the cornbread onto the plate. If the bread doesn't drop, hold the inverted skillet just above the plate and tap the botton of the skillet with the butt of a knife. The cornbread will be upside down, so repeat with a second (serving) plate to get it right side up.
• Or you can serve in out of the skillet, cutting it into about 8 wedges. Try this with my Texas Chuck Wagon Chili...

CHEESY BACON JALAPENO SKILLET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a cast iron skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels, reserving bacon grease in the skillet. Spread the grease up the sides of the skillet using a paper towel.
• Cook jalapeno peppers in the bacon grease over medium heat until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Combine cornmeal and skim milk together in a bowl; let sit until some of the liquid is absorbed, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Mix eggs and butter into cornmeal mixture; stir into flour mixture just until batter is moist. Fold jalapeno peppers, 1/2 cup pepperjack cheese, and green onions into batter. Pour batter into the cast iron skillet; crumble bacon over top and sprinkle remaining cheese over bacon.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 18 minutes.