Jalapeno Cheese Cornbread in a Skillet

Name: Jalapeno Cheese Cornbread in a Skillet
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon Canola Oil; 1 cup Corn Flour; ½ cups All-purpose Flour; ½ cups Whole Wheat Pastry Flour; 2 teaspoons Baking Soda; ½ teaspoons Salt; 1 cup Non-fat Milk; 1 whole Egg; 4 Tablespoons Melted Unsalted Butter; 1 cup Finely Chopped, Drained Pickled Jalapeños (use Less For Less Spicy Bread); ½ cups Fresh Or Frozen Corn Kernels; ½ cups Cheddar Cheese, Shredded

Spicy, thick, fluffy, moist cornbread made with jalapenos, corn and cheddar cheese and baked in a skillet.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients

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Why it works: Corn and wheat match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 465 recipes. Both carry hexanal, which smells green, grassy. The science ↓

Jalapeno Cheese Cornbread in a Skillet

Serves 10

Prep10 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1093Calories

37 gProtein

50 gFat

125 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Wheat	not in our table	0
Pastry	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Corn + wheattop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together465 recipes

Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).
Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,418 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Wheat + breadtop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together209 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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