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Crackling Cornbread

Course Bread, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword cornbread-recipes, crackling-cornbread, pork-crackling-cornbread
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 10 servings
Calories 289kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 slices bacon cooked and crumbled, reserve 2 Tbsp drippings
  • 2 Tbsp salted butter
  • 2 1/2 cups self rising yellow cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups buttermilk (well shaken)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup roughly chopped pork cracklings (plain salted fried pork rinds) divided use

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425°F. Add 2 tablespoons of butter and reserved 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings to a 10 inch cast iron skillet or similar size oven safe skillet or baking dish. Place the skillet into the oven while it preheats.
  • Meanwhile, in a medium size mixing bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour and salt. Make a well in the center.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk and eggs. Add to the dry ingredients, mixing until fully combined. Stir in cooked bacon and 1 heaping cup of cracklings by hand.
  • Remove skillet from oven and swirl to coat the bottom and sides. Pour the batter into the hot skillet sprinkling the reserved 1/2 cracklings on top.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes back clean.
  • Slice and serve while warm with butter.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 357mg | Potassium: 239mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 152IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 2mg