Louisiana Creamed Corn Maque Choux
You've never tasted creamed corn like Louisiana Cream Corn Maque Choux! Sweet, spicy and lusciously creamy, it's loaded with the rich flavors of red bell pepper, sweet onion, jalapenos, cream, a sprinkle of salty bacon and the pop of fresh sweet corn.
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Servings: 5 people
Calories: 39kcal
Ingredients
- 3 slices thick cut bacon
- 4 ears of corn
- 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
- 1 medium sweet onion (or yellow onion), diced
- 1 large jalapeno, diced
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 teaspoons all purpose Creole seasoning, (or your favorite brand of Cajun seasonings)
- 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- salt & pepper to taste
- green onion, as garnish if desired
Instructions
- Cook the bacon. After draining on a paper towel, rough chop bacon and set aside. Pour half of the bacon grease out of the skillet and keep the rest (or about 2 tablespoons) of the grease in the skillet to cook the corn.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the sweet corn from the cob. After the kernels have been removed, use a vegetable peeler to scrape back and forth down the cob, pressing gently to remove bits of leftover kernels and the milk from the cob.
- In a large bowl, toss together corn, red bell pepper, onion, jalapeno, flour sugar and Creole seasoning, making sure the flour coats all of the corn.
- Add corn mixture to hot bacon grease over medium heat. Sautee 3-5 minutes to caramelize the vegetables and cook the flour.
- Turn stove top down to low. Stir in cream and continue to stir until corn mixture becomes creamy. Put on lid and allow to cook and thicken for 25-30 minutes, removing lid occasionally to stir.
- When corn is thick and creamy, remove from heat. Salt and pepper to taste. Top with chopped bacon, green onion and serve!
Notes
- Whole milk, condensed milk or half and half cream can be used instead of heavy cream.
- Don't want to use bacon grease? 2 tablespoons of butter will work!
- Skip the jalapeno and use ½ green bell pepper and ½ red bell pepper.
- To make this a full meal, add in Creole Shrimp, andouille or smoked sausage or even chicken thighs to make Chicken Maque Choux.
- Adding okra, celery and diced tomatoes also makes this simple corn saute more hearty, similar to a succotash.
Nutrition
Calories: 39kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 6mg | Sugar: 4g