For Waffle Day, Paula Deen has a recipe for cornmeal waffles and chili that I tweaked this week with what I had on hand. She made waffles - with butter, but I’m lazy and made pancakes instead. BTW, Paula, real chili doesn’t have beans or corn.
Mexican Fiesta Pancakes
Meat and veggie mixture:
1 lb. taco flavored ground turkey (half the price of ground beef and enough spice to disguse it’s turkey)
1/2 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper
1 can corn, not drained
1 can chili beans, not drained
1 small can tomato paste
1 t. cumin
1 T chili powder
salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste
Brown the meat, drain grease but don’t rinse. Add remaining ingredients and let veggies cook through. Simmer while you’re making the pancakes.
Cornmeal Pancakes:
2/3 C cornmeal
2/3 C flour
1 t baking powder
1 t sugar
dash salt
1 C milk
1 T veg oil
1 egg
Stir together. Pour enough batter into oiled hot skillet to make a 6-7” pancake. Makes about 6 pancakes.
To serve, top pancakes with the meat mixture.
Serves 6.
Makes a complete meal or you can add a salad. Leftovers heat well in the microwave.
The corn meal pancakes sound very good- the meat topping would go good in several things besides the pancakes.
Thanks