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Corn Maque Chous

Corn Maque Choux

A cajun dish using fresh summer corn.
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Cajun, Southern

Ingredients
  

  • 4 slices bacon diced
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 or 2 jalapeno peppers diced small
  • 1 red bell pepper diced small
  • 1/2 cup red onion dices small
  • 2 small zucchini
  • 3 cloves garlic minced.
  • 6 ears of fresh corn removed from cobs
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 dash cayenne pepper

Method
 

  1. In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until nice and crisp, around 10 minutes. Remove bacon from pan, and let rest on a folded paper towel.
  2. Add butter to the bacon drippings. Heat over medium until the butter is melted. Add the peppers, onions, zucchini to the hot pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, around 5 minutes. All the vegetables should be diced to approximately the same size as the corn kernels.
  3. Add the garlic and corn to the vegetable mixture and cook an additional 5 minutes.
  4. Add the black pepper, cayenne pepper and bacon to the pan, stir until evenly distributed. Serve warm.

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