Cheesy Hominy From Scratch Food

ZESTY HOMINY AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a 2 quart casserole dish, mix together hominy, sour cream, cheddar cheese, chilies and cayenne pepper.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until heated through.

HOMINY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter an 8- or 9-inch square baking pan.
• In a large skillet, fry the bacon over medium-high heat until crispy, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels. In the bacon fat, cook the onion and pepper until just starting to brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in the hominy, half-and-half and hot sauce. When the mixture is bubbling, turn off the heat and stir in the bacon and some of the Cheddar and Monterey Jack, reserving some of the cheese for later. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper and more hot sauce if needed.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and top with the remaining cheese and the breadcrumbs. Bake until the top is golden brown and the casserole is bubbling, about 20 minutes. Let rest for 15 minutes before serving.

BEEF AND HOMINY

Steps:

• Saute the meat, celery, garlic, and onions in oil until onions are slightly soft.
• Add the chiles, tomato sauce, celery salt, cumin, chili powder, and pepper, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add drained hominy to the meat mixture and cook until hominy absorbs the color of the sauce.
• Place in serving bowl and top with grated cheddar.
• Makes 6 to 8 servings.

CHEESY HOMINY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine first six ingredients in a large mixing bowl; spoon into a lightly greased 13" x 9" x 2" baking dish.
• Sprinkle with breadcrumbs; dot with butter.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Garnish with green chiles and pimiento strips.

CHEESY HOMINY FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Combine hominy and water in a 5-6 quart slow cooker.
• Cover. Cook on HIGH 3-4 hours, or on LOW 6-8 hours.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Cover. Cook on HIGH 30-60 minutes.

HOMINY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a small skillet, cook onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat. In a large bowl, combine onion mixture, sour cream, half of the cheese, milk, chilies and cumin. Stir in hominy. , Pour into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.

CHEESY HOMINY AND OLIVE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Melt the 3 tablespoons butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat.
• Add the green pepper and onion; saute until tender.
• Add the flour and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Gradually add the milk; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly.
• Add cheese, salt, mustard, and hot sauce; stir until cheese melts.
• Stir in the hominy and olives.
• Spoon mixture into a lightly greased 1-1/2 quart casserole.
• Combine breadcrumbs and melted butter; sprinkle over hominy mixture.
• Bake, uncovered, at 375°F for 20 minutes or until mixture is bubbly.

SHRIMP GUMBO FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Stir together oil and flour in a cast iron skillet.
• Cook over medium low heat 30 to 40 minutes stirring constantly, until chocolate brown, adding thyme, oregano, parsley and salt halfway through.
• In a seperate skillet, melt butter and saute white onion,celery, bell pepper and garlic until tender.
• In a stockpot combine chicken broth, water, tomatoes, tomato paste, green onions, sauted vegetables and 1 Tbl Slap Ya Mama and heat to warm.
• Add cooked roux to stockpot and slow simmer 2 hours adding the shrimp and okra the last half hour.
• The last half hour is also the time to add more Slap Ya Mama and salt to taste.
• Serve over rice.

HOMINY (HOMEMADE)

Steps:

• Place corn in an enameled pan; add water and lye.
• Boil vigorously for 30 minutes.
• Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Rinse off lye with several hot water rinses.
• Follow with cold water rinses to cool for handling.
• Work hominy with hands until dark tips of kernels are removed.
• This may take awhile.
• Separate the tips from the corn by floating them off.
• Add water to cover hominy about 1 inch and boil 5 minutes; change water.
• Repeat this step 4 times.
• Add water and cook until kernels are soft (30 to 45 minutes) and drain; saving this hot water you drain off.
• Pack hominy into sterile jars about 1/2 full.
• Add 1 teaspoon salt to each quart jar.
• Fill to within 1/2 inch of top of jar with water in which the corn was last cooked in or boiling water.
• Put on cap, screw band firmly tight.
• Process: using 10 pounds of pressure.
• Pints for 60 minutes.
• Quarts for 70 minutes.
• I used quart jars and only filled them half full with the hominy.
• Because during the processing, the hominy will expand.