TORTA DE ELOTE

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A friend at work shared this wonderful recipe with me. It is delicious. I serve it with Recipe #139174 Romaine Lettuce with Cilantro Dressing. Great use of leftover chicken as well!

Provided by AQueen

Categories     Corn

Time 1h

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 cups shredded cooked chicken
3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
2 (14 ounce) cans cream-style corn
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup whole milk
1 lb shredded monterey jack cheese
2 anaheim chilies

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Rub oil on chiles and roast over flame on stove until skin is black.
  • Immediately place chiles in a plastic bag and twist shut. Leave chiles for five minutes.
  • Remove chiles from bag and take off the burnt outer skin.
  • Seed and slice chiles.
  • Sautee chicken with butter.
  • In a seperate bowl mix cornmeal, salt, pepper, sugar, cream style corn, milk and half of grated cheese.
  • Spray a 13x9 pan with cooking spray.
  • Spread half of cornmeal mixture on bottom of baking dish.
  • Spread chicken on top of mixture.
  • Spread roasted chiles on top of chicken.
  • Top with remainder of cornmeal mixture.
  • Cover in the other half of the cheese.
  • Cover with foil and bake for thirty minutes.
  • Remove foil and bake an additional 15 minutes.
  • Remove from oven, let cool and enjoy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 450.5, Fat 25.4, SaturatedFat 14.6, Cholesterol 89.8, Sodium 802.5, Carbohydrate 32.2, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 5.2, Protein 26.4

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