New Mexico Spoon Bread

1 cn Cream style corn

3/4 c Milk

1/3 c Melted shortening

1 1/2 c Cornmeal

2 Eggs, slightly beaten

1/2 ts Soda

1 ts Baking powder

1 ts Salt

1 ts Sugar (optional)

1 1/2 c Grated cheese

4 oz Green chile, chopped (remove

-the seeds and devein) Mix all ingredients. Pour the batter into a greased cast iron skillet. Bake at 400 degrees F in oven for 45 minutes; cool slightly, slice like a pie, and serve. For those who don't want or have the time to prepare from scratch, I have had excelent results by useing 2 packages of cornbread mix (the kind in a tear open envelope, not the box) prepared as on the package, then stiring in the cream corn, green chile, and cheese just before pourin it into the skillet. Use the same oven temp and cooking time as described above ( the time indicated on the package needs to be increased because of the added ingredients. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #00000896 by Steve Silcox on Apr 14, 1997.
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