If your family is a fan of sweet and spicy, cheesy green chile cornbread is for you. It only takes 20 minutes to prep and couldn't be easier. Make with cheddar cheese and green chiles swirled inside a sweet cornbread dough. It's a delicious flavor combination, especially when finished with sour cream. Place your warm green chile cheese cornbread in the middle of the dinner table for a sweet, savory side bread, or feature as a comforting appetizer.
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Cheesy Green Chile Cornbread
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 50 min
- Ingredients 5
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 can (4 oz) Old El Paso™ Chopped Green Chiles
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 can (11 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Cornbread Swirls
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 6 slices (0.8 oz each) cheddar cheese (from 8-oz package)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Line 9-inch round cake pan with cooking parchment paper. In small bowl, mix 1/4 cup of the green chiles and the sour cream; cover and refrigerate.
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Step2Remove dough from can, and separate into 6 rounds. Unroll each round into dough strip (about 12 inches long) and press strip to 1 1/2 inches wide; brush inside of each unrolled dough strip, using up half of the melted butter.
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Step3Cut each cheese slice into 4 strips. Top buttered side of 1 dough strip with 4 cheese strips, overlapping slightly if necessary, and leaving 1 inch of one end uncovered to seal. Top cheese layer with about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the remaining green chiles.
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Step4Starting with strip end opposite uncovered end, roll dough back into swirled round, sealing end of dough; place in pan. Repeat for remaining dough, cheese and green chiles. Brush tops of dough with remaining melted butter.
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Step5Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until dough is baked through and golden brown. Let stand 5 minutes. Serve with sour cream mixture.
Nutrition
330 Calories
21g Total Fat
8g Protein
26g Total Carbohydrate
6g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- 32%
- Saturated Fat
- 11g
- 55%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 13%
- Sodium
- 700mg
- 29%
- Potassium
- 35mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 8g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 20%
- 20%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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