This supper pie is loaded with succulent chicken breast, fresh herbs, and soft vegetables. Fast, simple, and reduced in fat too!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 12 cakes |
Ingredients
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- ¾ cup boiling water
- 1 tablespoon bacon grease
- 1 cup bacon grease, or as needed
Instructions
- Combine cornmeal, salt, and sugar in a medium bowl. Add boiling water and 1 tablespoon bacon grease; stir until bacon grease melts melts.
- Pour bacon grease to a depth of 1/2-inch in a large skillet; heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Shape cornmeal mixture into 12 flattened balls using a heaping tablespoon as a measuring guide.
- Fry, turning once, in hot oil until crisp and golden brown, about 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels and serve warm.
- You can use shortening in cornbread batter instead of bacon grease if desired.
Reviews
Made 6 pieces that tasted great with my squash and onions & baby limas . Reduced the sugar and salt to 1/2 tsp.
Simple and tasty, left the sugar out and used vegetable shortening for Daniel Fast purposes…
Very easy, I only used 1/2 tsp salt and still that was too much. Next time I’ll omit the salt. Very delicious!!!
It was easy. I added jalapenos and cheese to give it a kick.
Variation: I added Onion Powder and used Irish Butter and EVOO in my skillet. Turned out perfect for me… crispy edges and tastes great!! I added Onion Powder because I’ll be having a some with my red beans and turkey necks over rice that I prepared earlier today!!!
I liked it.
It was easy. I reduce the salt and sugar for health reasons. I also news olive oil instead of shortening
Too salty!! It completely fell apart. Sorry guys!
I am delighted almost 71 and my mom is 86 I was so excited just had to call her cabbage and hot water cornbread. In the past it wasn’t edible when it was being made in my home I didn’t like . Wow now I do . Thanks
I’m addicted. My elderly parents gobbled up the whole plate. Thank you.
This is my favorite type of cornbread. The next time I make it I’ll use half the salt it was a bit too salty for me.
I made this Plantbased I used vegan butter and grapes we’d oil to fry. So delish and it went great with our Creole Red Beans & Rice!
This was pretty easy and it went perfect with the neckbone stew. I will be making this a lot.
This was fantastic. As I’m trying to limit sugar from my diet, I used 1/2 packet of Splenda instead of white sugar, which turned out really well. Great, easy to follow recipe.
It might have been the cornmeal brand. The amount of water was not enough to moisten the cornmeal so I added another quarter cup. I found the recipe to be rather bland and tasteless. Not what I was hoping for.
Easy fixing, great recipe. I did not have any salt, cornbread was great, reminded me of my God mother’s cornbread. Thank you, for this recipe!
I was raised by a share cropper’s daughter and this is a quick way she satisfied our craving for cornbread. It’s really crisp and delicious. She usually served it with fried chicken and all the fixings, corn on the cob, beans (pinto, butter, or green) mashed potatoes and cream gravy, sliced tomatoes, and sweet iced tea. Yum! Oh yes, blackberry cobbler. That’s called a mother’s love.
WENT ACCORDING TO RECIPE! LOVE IT! USED YELLOW CORNMEAL.
So easy and so good! I did go less on the salt as I am not a salt person. Will be making it again with some oven baked Catfish!
Second time I’ve made these and my kiddos LOVE them!!
Tastes just like my grandpa’s hot water cornbread! Easy and delicious. I’ve used bacon grease or butter in lieu of shortening and both times they turned out great. The frying process is easy and consistent in my cast iron pan. I served them with black-eyed peas and collard greens. Thanks for the very simple and delicious recipe!