Chili and Cornbread Pie

WooDoggies

<p />When I got home last night there was nothing in the fridge but some suspect hot dogs and wilted carrots.... and after searching through the kitchen for a while, things weren't looking too promising for dinner.
Opening the freezer, there it was ..... a quart of chili made a couple months back... and looking through the cupboards, there was fixins for cornbread.
I like cornbread with chili and having remembered seeing a recipe for combining the two, I thought I'd wing it.[p]I started up the egg, put in the platesetter feet down, let the temp steady at 350, set the skillet pie on the setter, closed the dome and let it cook for about an hour until the cornbread got nice and brown.[p]It turned out really well and I ate way too much.[p]
Chili and Cornbread Pie[p]Fill the bottom of a 12" cast iron skillet with about a quart of chili. [p]In a bowl mix:[p]~ 1/2 chopped onion
~ 1 14 oz. can creamed corn
~ about 1/2 cup of milk
~ 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
~ dollop of mayo (no eggs and couldn't think what else to use)
~ about 1.5 cups of yellow cornmeal
~ 3 tsp baking powder[p]Mix well. Try to keep the mixture from getting too thick or too thin..... it should just pour out of the bowl.[p]Evenly pour over the chili and bake until brown on top.[p]Have a moment of silence for the greens, crack a PBR and eat.[p]John [p][p]

mad max beyond eggdome

WooDoggies,
that looks great.. . . do you think it would as well with just a packaged mix of cornbread (like syd made at waldorf) layed over the chili?? . . .i just think that's a great idea!! ..[p]thx[p]

WooDoggies

<p />Scooped out and ready for the movie.

Nature Boy

WooDoggies,
Wow dude. You wanna cook on our team?
That is what you call a stomach-growl-inducing image.[p]What are you cooking for us on Saturday?
Chris

Smokey

WooDoggies,[p]Dammmmmmnnnnnnn, that looks good! I want some![p]Smokey

mad max beyond eggdome

WooDoggies,
ok, enough... .now i HAVE to do this. ..[p]thx dog

The Naked Whiz

mad max beyond eggdome,
I think the ultimate would be to make Wailing Angus Beef's cornbread from Eggfest 04 on top of that there chili. Damn, it might be illegal to be so good![p]TNW

WooDoggies

hey max,[p]I think packaged cornbread would work just fine..... give it a try and let us know.[p]John

WooDoggies

Nature Boy,[p]I thought I'd bring some of those sausages from the local butcher that you like so much...... or maybe some leftover chili pie...... I made way too much for me to eat by my lonesome.[p]See you in 2 days!
John

dublin

John, You never seize to amaze me!!!!
dublin

Steve-O

WooDoggies,
I can't tell from your photo - is the handle on your skillet cut off or can you fit it on your egg with the handle? I cut off the handle on a small 9" cast iron skillet specifically to make corn bread on my small - works great. My 12" skillet won't fit in my large, though, because of the handle and my wife isn't too keen on me cutting it off. Just wondered how you made it work.

WooDoggies

SteveO,[p]The skillet I used is a #10, has it's handle and measures 16.5" from from end to end.
Because of the handle, the skillet does not set on the center of the platesetter .... to compensate for the part of the skillet that's getting hit by the direct heat, I placed the pizza stone on the setter, slightly off center, to protect the otherwise exposed skillet.... works purty good.[p]Yeah, this is a prized skillet.... probably older than me... aint no way I'm cutting the handle off to fit.[p]Happy cookin'
John[p]

QBabe

WooDoggies,[p]Wow, that looks GREAT! We do chili and we do cornbread, but I've never combined them in a 1 pot meal...AWESOME![p]Tonia
:~)

YankeeBBQ

WooDoggies,[p]I'll trade you some Tequila for some cornbread chili in Annapolis. That looks tastey.[p]Steve

Unknown

WooDoggies, a genius, a magnum opus, and Egg-ar'-extrodinaire...^5

Unknown

WooDoggies,[p]That looks good John. Not bad for an egg.. ;-)

WooDoggies

I booboo'd. In the recipe for the chili pie I wrote 1 quart of chili..... however now that I'm washing the dishes and looking at the container, it's more like 2 quarts.... or 1.75 quarts to be exact.... if it matters..... this kind of thing you just eyeball anyways.[p]Thanks for the complements.... I wish I could remember where I saw this recipe so's to give them credit for the idea.[p]Beers!
John[p][p]

WooDoggies

YankeeBBQ,[p]Sounds like a more than fair trade to me Mr. Yankee.... I just might make up a fresh batch for Saturday night dinner.[p]Would it be possible to bring a few of those Harpoon UFO's down with you? .... they're kinda hard to find around here.[p]Safe Travels,
John

YankeeBBQ

WooDoggies,
I'll see what I can do.