Street Corn Pudding Recipe (2024)

Don't use a mix, cornbread is easy and you only need the dry ingredients:1 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal1/2 cup flour, corn flour or masa harina (tasty and gluten free)1 tsp. baking soda2 tsp baking powderPinch of saltYou can skip the salt if using canned corn instead of fresh.

This recipe is a 'jalapeno-ized' classic Midwestern corn pudding, but it misses the spirit of elotes or esquites.It needs roasted corn - not canned corn - for a bit of smokiness. It needs cotija cheese, Tajin Classico Seasoning (chili powder + lime + sea salt) & garlic powder mixed with the corn - not just a garnish on top please. The "sauce" is made of mayonnaise and crema or sour cream/yogurt. Sugar isn't needed. You can sub poblano peppers for jalapenos.

If you prefer not to use canned creamed corn, here's my creamed corn hack for my Thanksgiving Corn Casserole.2 cups Corn (preferably fresh but frozen is fine)1 cup Milk (I usually use 1% or 2%, haven't tried Almond or Oat)1 Tablespoon Honey1 Teaspoon Kosher Salt (or more to taste)1 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepepr (or more to taste)Add milk, 1 cup corn, honey, salt & pepper in blender & blend for 1 minute. Pour into bowl & add remaining 1 cup of corn kernals. It's a tiny bit more than a can

Oh my goodness this is my mother-in-laws recipe for Thanksgiving corn pudding from the 60s. Minus the jalapeño and sugar. Jiffy muffin mix is sweet enough. My favorite holiday side dish.

Made it last night and it was fabulous! I only added 1 tablespoon of sugar and used fresh corn

Delicious, unusual and a big hit with guests. Used fresh corn and gluten free cornbread mix. Next time I'll try halving the sugar because it was quite sweet. Good to serve with a tart, crunchy salad because it's really rich.

Basically, corn muffin mix is the dry ingredients for cornbread: yellow cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. King Arthur website has a cornbread recipe that would work.

Would love a variation on this recipe which substitutes whole ingredients for the creamed corn and corn bread mix. I suspect that frozen corn, butter, milk, flour, sugar would do it? As I suspect that a lot of NYT cooks are more likely to have the whole ingredients around, and it eliminates the chemicals in the processed foods.

Be aware that Jiffy cornbread mix contains lard, so if you need an alternative there are easy homemade substitutes accessible via an internet search. Or other brands such as Bob’s, TJ, Krusteaz, and so on.

This is also great and more nutritious if you add 1 cup of peeled grated yam and leave out the sugar. I love the addition of the jalapeno.

If it is going to taste like elotes, it needs cilantro added either to the mix, or as part of the topping.

Thank you to the readers who gave a homemade equivalent for cornbread mix, which is not available (at least I’ve never seen it) where I live.

Terrific side dish but perhaps leave out the sugar. I wasn’t sure if it was a side or dessert. But I’ll make it again.

Each Thanksgiving for decades, I've used a recipe exactly like this -- except for the jalapenos and sugar! Found it in a church recipe book from a town in Eastern Ohio. It's a huge hit with family and friends -- delicious and rich. Love the idea of adding jalapenos!

This is the classic Jiffy jalapeño cornbread recipe - well known to any Michigander! That said, it’s really good.

Add tajin and crumbled cojita cheese to batter with roasted poblanos

I felt like it needed something so I added a tablespoon of lime zest and a squeeze of half a smallish lime to this mixture before cooking. You could also add it to the creama at the end too- DELICIOUS.

This was a great side dish for our enchiladas! Easy and tasty.

Love it. We use the Jiffy Vegetarian mix. No lard, but the same love.

Can this be made ahead of time and reheated on day of serving—Thanksgiving!

I’ve been making this for years but don’t add sugar and use green chilies or hatch chilies instead of the jalapeño. It is always a hit.

this is just like my Thanksgiving side corn dish. I use fresh corn, cooked and use my hand blender on some of the corn but leave a lot whole. Add shredded spicy monterey jack, no sugar Jiffy corn mix is sweet enough

A 1/2 cup butter seems like an awful lot. Has anyone tried it with less fat?

I'm curious: what do people serve with corn pudding or can it be eaten as a standalone?

I love that I can always count on this community to fix up a recipe. My heart sank when I saw boxed cornbread mix and canned corn on the ingredient list. Thanks to those who provided the from scratch recipe and the added push to use roasted corn. A big chef’s kiss to ya!

I don’t cook like this - using a mix and canned corn. But I wanted corn with our first summer lobster and it’s not available fresh. This was so easy and delicious. I didn’t add the sugar and am glad. So tasty although decadent.

I added half a diced red onion and two cloves of minced garlic, it was pretty delicious!

Can you make this ahead of time and reheat or make and not cook til the next day?

I used the honey corn bread mix instead of adding sugar because everyone's comments that it was too sweet. I also roasted and peeled four poblanos and added a teaspoon of smoked paprika and a couple teaspoons (measure with your heart!) of garlic powder. So good!

I skipped the added sugar since it seemed like it would be sweet enough without and I accidentally skipped the eggs which I realized after it had already been in the oven for a half hour when I saw them sitting on the counter. It still came out pretty good, although probably a little more liquid-y than it would’ve been otherwise. Very tasty! I just quickly roasted my jalapeños over the gas burner vs in the oven to save time. I will definitely make this again (properly with eggs next time.)