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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Cuban

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 375°F. | 2. Combine milk, sugar, and red pepper flakes, if using, in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. | 3. When mixture begins to simmer, gradually add cornmeal in a slow steady stream, stirring well with a whisk. | 4. Cool 3 minutes or until thickened and smooth, stirring constantly. | 5. Transfer cornmeal mixture to a large bowl. | 6. Add yolks; stirring with a whisk. | 7. Let mixture stand 10 minutes. | 8. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. | 9. Coat pan with cooking spray. | 10. Add onion and saute 6-10 minutes or until tender. | 11. Add onion and bacon to cornmeal mixture. | 12. Stir cheeses into cornmeal mixture. | 13. Add salt and pepper now. | 14. Beat egg whites with a mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form (do not overbeat). | 15. Gradually stir one-third of egg white mixture into cornmeal mixture; gently fold in remaining egg white mixture. | 16. Using a rubber spatula, scrape cornmeal mixture into 1-1/2 quart souffle or deep baking dish coated with cooking spray. | 17. Bake for 50 minutes or until golden brown, and just set in center. | 18. DO NOT KEEP OPENING OVEN. | 19. Serve immediately. | 20. *Garnish with sour cream topped with chives or green onions chopped fine, to keep it savory. | 21. **I know many eat spoon bread with sugar or syrup or sour cream with sugar - whatever one chooses I am sure - it will be delightful. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
milk	2 3/4	cups		409.31	32.0738	21.1365	21.9417
sugar	2	teaspoons		36.708	9.1816	0.0	0.0
salt				-	-	-	-
black pepper			coarse ground	-	-	-	-
red pepper flake	1	pinch	crushed	-	-	-	-
yellow cornmeal	3/4	cup		305.61	64.3062	7.5762	3.111
egg yolk	2		beaten	109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
cooking spray				-	-	-	-
onion	1 1/2	cups	chopped	96.0	22.416	2.64	0.24
bacon	8	ounces	cooked chopped	1242.8418	3.0617	81.0342	98.1346
cheddar cheese	1	cup	shredded	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
egg white	4			68.64	0.9636	14.388	0.2244
cream			sour	-	-	-	-
chive			chopped	-	-	-	-
syrup				-	-	-	-
sugar			powdered granulated	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.