Leftover Corn Bread Ideas

Most of the ideas below were found at ChowHound.com.

  1. Cornbread Stuffing
    Dixie-Stuffed Chicken Legs - uses a cornbread stuffing
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Buttered & Fried - Slice in half, butter & put in the fry pan until lightly browned
  5. Meatloaf or Fried Patty Binder - Mix crumbled cornbread into meat loaves, bean patties, salmon patties, etc.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Breading for fried foods - Makes delicious bread crumbs once crumbled and dried (toasted), for breading catfish, chicken, whatever