Recipe For Cooking Corn Creole

Toaster Oven Casseroles :: Vegetable Casseroles

Corn Creole

This is excellent for potluck dinners or buffet suppers.

1 sm. onion
1 clove garlic
1 sm. green pepper or 4 Tbsp. chopped parsley
2 Tbsp. vegetable shortening
1/2 lb. ground beef
1 tea. chili powder
2 tea. salt
1 1/2 C. cooked tomatoes
1 C. cream-style corn
1/2 C. yellow cornmeal
1 C. milk
1/3 C. minced ripe olives

Sauté finely chopped onion, garlic, and green pepper or parsley in hot vegetable shortening until limp but not brown. Add beef and seasonings; cook slowly for 10 min. Add tomatoes and corn; boil briskly; stir in the cornmeal; and add milk and olives. Bake uncovered for 1 hr. in a well-prepared baking dish at 325 degrees F.

Serves 6.