This has been a whirlwind of a weekend. The best part though was going to the AZ Online BlogCon meet up. It was my second time meeting other bloggers and it was so much nicer than the first go round. We had a really fun group of girls. We had so much fun in fact that were planning to get together every few months. Yay!
If you remember, Friday when I shared Chicken Cordon Bleu I promised you all the recipe for the best side dish EVER. So here it is. You’ve never had creamed corn like this. Get that runny store bought stuff from a can out of your head. This is totally different and you will most likely want to eat it all yourself and not even tell your family you made this corn so there’s more for you. Just sayin’.
- 8 strips bacon, cut into ½″ pieces
- 1 sweet onion, diced
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and diced
- ⅛ teaspoon crushed garlic (or 1 clove garlic, minced)
- 6 ears sweet corn, shucked and kernels cut off (or an equal amount of frozen corn)
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- In a skillet over medium heat, cook bacon until crispy. Remove bacon to a paper towel lined plate. Drain all but 2 tablespoons bacon grease from skillet.
- Add onion, garlic and jalapeno to skillet. Cook until onion begins to soften. Be sure to scrape the brown bits from the pan.
- Add corn to pan and cook for 7 to 8 minutes until corn is tender.
- Reduce heat to low. Break cream cheese into small pieces and add to pan along with heavy cream, sugar, salt, and pepper. Stir often until cream cheese has melted.
- Remove creamed corn to serving bowl and top with bacon.
I. LOVE. CREAMED. CORN!! Send me a bowl now!!
Truly, it looks amaz-balls!!!
Mr. B's favorite side dish at the holidays is the runny canned creamed corn. I have pinned so that I can surprise him with REAL creamed corn! Thanks for sharing this at the party this week Julie
OMG…I am seriously drooling! Creamed corn is a favorite of mine, as is bacon and you've COMBINED THEM….genius…gotta try this recipe! Thanks!
This looks fantastic! Creamed corned is one of my family's favorite dishes. Thanks so much Julie for linking up to the Weekend Potluck. Have a fantastic week!
~Kim
I would love for you to share this (or any of your other great ideas) at the link party going on through tomorrow night at ‘Or so she says …’ Hope to see you there! http://www.oneshetwoshe.com
I totally love creamed corn, and adding bacon sounds fabulous! Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!
My mouth just started watering reading this recipe! I can't wait to give it a try!! Thanks for sharing with us over at Fabulous Fridays!
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Julie,
This looks super yummy. I've never made homemade creamed corn but I love it. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you share this week! Have a wonderful week.
Michelle
What would “an equal amount of frozen corn” be? I have to make this!
I’ve never seen creamed corn with bacon on it, but I think it would be fabulous! Bacon really does make everything better!
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This seriously IS the BEST side dish EVER. My husband and I LOVE it and he doesn’t like anything. He eats like a picky 4 year old. We have made this so many times and love it more and more each time. I’m so glad I found this! Thanks for sharing! Also, I saw someone ask what and equal amount of frozen corn would be…I just buy any bag of frozen corn and use the whole thing because I misread the recipe and thought you meant that the equivalent WAS a bag of frozen corn…Anyway, that turned out perfect and is how we’ve made it every time since. No particular brand. We’ve used a couple different ones. Just the normal size frozen corn. We’re actually making it again tonight, haha.