Country Club Corn Recipes

COUNTRY CLUB CORN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease or butter a small, shallow casserole dish. ( Mine is approximately 6 1/2 inches square and 2 inches deep.).
• In the prepared dish, combine the cream, corn, and pepper.
• Cut butter in small pieces and put on top of corn.
• Put the broken saltine pieces on top of casserole.
• Bake until slightly brown on top (approx. 20 minutes).

TEXAS COUNTRY CLUB CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Peel and dice potatoes. Bring a pot of water to boil. Parboil potatoes by placing in boiling water for 5 minutes. Pour off water and set potatoes aside.
• In a large pot, saute bacon until well done. Add onion, celery, carrot, peppers, and corn to bacon and bacon fat. Saute until tender.
• Add flour to bacon and vegetables to make a roux. Stir until smooth and thickening. Add potatoes. Gradually add chicken broth and stir until smooth. Bring to a boil. Add half & half and simmer for 5 minutes. The starch from the potatoes helps thicken the soup, and the parboiled potatoes will finish cooking in the soup.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

COUNTRY FRIED CORN

Steps:

• Scrape kernels of corn off the cob using a sharp knife. Be sure to get as much liquid from the cob as possible. Set aside.
• In a heavy skillet cook the bacon until crisp; remove from skillet and crumble. Set aside.
• Stir corn into hot bacon drippings. Add water and sugar.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to thicken.
• Gradually stir milk into cornstarch until smooth. Add to corn.
• Cook over low heat until thickened.
• Stir in butter and salt.
• Top with crumbled bacon before serving.