Best Mexican Corn Bread Pudding Recipes

Mexican Corn-Bread Pudding image

Yield Serves 6 as a light main course or 8 to 10 as a side dish

Number Of Ingredients 8

Dry Corn Bread for Bread Pudding
1 1/4 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
2 cups coarsely grated Monterey Jack cheese (about 8 ounces)
3/4 cup thinly sliced scallion
4 large eggs
two 10-ounce cans mild enchilada sauce
1 1/4 cups vegetable or chicken broth

Steps:

Crumble corn bread into 1-inch pieces and transfer to a large baking pan. Dry corn bread, uncovered, at room temperature 12 hours. (Alternatively, dry corn bread in a 250°F oven 1 hour.)
Butter a 2-quart baking dish.
Pat dry corn kernels. In a bowl toss together corn bread, corn kernels, bell pepper, 1 cup Monterey Jack, scallion, and salt and pepper to taste and transfer to baking dish. In bowl whisk together eggs, enchilada sauce, and broth and pour over corn-bread mixture. Sprinkle remaining cup cheese evenly on top. Chill pudding, covered, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Bake pudding in middle of oven until bubbling, about 40 minutes.

MEXICAN CORN BREAD PUDDING image

Provided by Eddie Jordan

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 recipe cornbread
1 1/4 c corn kernels, frozen
1 c chopped red bell pepper
2 c grated montrerey jack cheese
3/4 c thinly sliced scallions
4 large eggs
2 10 oz cans mild enchilada sauce
1 1/4 c vegetable or chicken broth

Steps:

1. Crumble cornbread into a large baking pan. Dry cornbread, uncovered at room temperature 12 hours.(Alternatively, dry cornbread in a 250 degrees oven one hour.)
2. Butter a 2 quart baking dish. Pat dry corn kernels. In a bowl toss together cornbread, corn kernels, bell peppers, 1 cup jack cheese, scallion, salt and pepper to taste and transfer to a baking dish. In a bowl whisk together eggs, enchilada sauce, and broth and pour over cornbread mixture. Sprinkle remaining cup of cheese evenly on top. Chill pudding at least one hour up to one day.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. bake pudding in middle of oven until bubbling. about 40 minutes