Sausage Veggie Cornbread Casserole
photo by Michelle_My_Belle
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1 lb bulk pork sausage
- 1 large onion, cut into thin wedges
- 1 large bell pepper, cut into thin strips
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 (15 ounce) cans black-eyed peas, drained
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen okra, thawed (NOT breaded okra!)
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Topping
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 1⁄2 cups self-rising cornmeal (see Self-Rising Cornmeal)
- 1 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
directions
- Heat oven to 425ºF. Grease a 9-inch by 13-inch baking pan.
- In a large skillet, crumble sausage and cook till well browned, about 8 minutes, stirring often. Pour off excess fat, leaving a scant amount (1 teaspoon or so).
- Add onion, bell pepper and garlic to browned sausage. Cook until tender, stirring often.
- Stir in peas, tomatoes and thyme. Cook just until heated through, about 2 minutes.
- Gently stir in okra.
- Pour into baking pan.
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Make topping:
- Either: Mix up 2 packages of your favorite packaged brand.
- Or: Combine the listed topping ingredients in a medium boml. Stir until smooth. Don't overbeat.
- Spoon topping into pan around edges of sausage mixture.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
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Reviews
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ok i switched this up alittle bit veggie wise - to suit my familys tastes... i used green, red and yellow bell peppers, a bag of frozen corn, greenbeans, peas, and baby carrots, and the called for onion and i accidentally bought diced tomatoes with green chilis.. oh well.. ole! lol I used two boxes of jiffy mix - and def needed 25 minutes because at 20 the topping was still alittle uncooked... i put hot pork sausage on 1/3 of it and just hamburger on the other side - hence my foil devider in the pics.... I had enough topping to almost cover the whole top, and i just put big glops spaced out over the whole pan.. all and all a pretty good recipe
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I loved this and DBF was quite happy with it too. I only used a little okra in half the dish because it was our first experience with the vegetable and I wasn't sure if we would like it. But we ended up liking it, so I will probably use the whole portion next time. I used a cornbread mix and I spread the cornbread over the whole top, which we definitely liked. I think the cooking time was a little long for my cornbread mix. The package suggested 18-20 minutes, but I baked the casserole for 25 minutes based on the directions here. The topping was definitely golden brown at that point, although thankfully not burned! I think next time I will follow the baking directions for the cornbread since the oven doesn't seem to be necessary for the cooking of the casserole innards, just the topping. I will definitely be making this again. I will probably wait until it isn't 85 degrees out though! Thanks SQ!
Tweaks
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ok i switched this up alittle bit veggie wise - to suit my familys tastes... i used green, red and yellow bell peppers, a bag of frozen corn, greenbeans, peas, and baby carrots, and the called for onion and i accidentally bought diced tomatoes with green chilis.. oh well.. ole! lol I used two boxes of jiffy mix - and def needed 25 minutes because at 20 the topping was still alittle uncooked... i put hot pork sausage on 1/3 of it and just hamburger on the other side - hence my foil devider in the pics.... I had enough topping to almost cover the whole top, and i just put big glops spaced out over the whole pan.. all and all a pretty good recipe
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