Leftover Corn Bread Ideas
Most of the ideas below were found at ChowHound.com.
- Cornbread Stuffing
Dixie-Stuffed Chicken Legs - uses a cornbread stuffing
- Salad Croutons - cut into cubes and bake or saute in a little olive oil until browned, just as you would with regular croutons. Use in salads or soups.
- Cornbread Cereal - This is a favorite Southern morning treat. Crumble some cornbread into a bowl or mug. Sprinkle with sugar (or drizzle with honey or syrup). Pour cold milk over all. Or, eliminate sweeteners and just pour some cold buttermilk overall.
- Buttered & Fried - Slice in half, butter & put in the fry pan until lightly browned
- Meatloaf or Fried Patty Binder - Mix crumbled cornbread into meat loaves, bean patties, salmon patties, etc.
- Breakfast Casserole - Make a breakfast or lunch cassarole by cutting up the cornbread into 1-in cubes, putting it in a pyrex baking pan with some chopped ham and corn, cover the mix with beaten eggs, and bake until the eggs set.
- Cornbread Hash - We do a similar kind of "cornbread hash" for breakfast, by sauteeing some onions and other veggies, like zucchini, corn and peppers, for example, then adding crumbled cornbread, eggs, a little cheese and scallions.
- Corn Bread Pudding - Make a sweet corn bread pudding out of it. Cube it and follow any bread pudding recipe. It is especially good if some berries are folded in before baking.
- Toast Base for Dish with Cream Sauce - Split it, toast it, butter it. Pile high w/ sauteed crabmeat, leftover butterbeans and a slice of ham. Make a little "sauce" with cream that has been heated up with a tiny bit of jalapeno in it. Just remember, anything bread can do, cornbread can do better.
- Breading for fried foods - Makes delicious bread crumbs once crumbled and dried (toasted), for breading catfish, chicken, whatever