Corn Soufflé Recipe (Easy Corn Casserole) - the hungry bluebird (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between corn casserole and cornbread? ›

Corn casserole is a dish that mixes cornbread with whole kernel corn, sour cream, butter, and cheese, along with some creamed corn to form a new dish that has cornbread as its base.

Microwave Oven: Place corn soufflé in a microwave safe dish, cover with paper towel and place in microwave 6-8 minutes.

If your corn casserole is runny, it could be because of the extra moisture that was in your corn kernels. If you want to try baking it longer to see if it thickens, make sure to cover the baking dish with aluminum foil, not to burn the top.

This Corn Soufflé recipe tastes just like the traditional corn casserole but with better flavor, a fluffier texture, and it's even a tad bit healthier for you! It couldn't be easier to make, too, by simply mixing together some cream of corn, sweet kernel corn, Jiffy corn muffin mix, and shredded cheese.

You can substitute 1 ½ cups defrosted frozen corn for the canned corn. You can double the recipe, just bake in a 9″x13″ baking pan. Add ins are limitless! You can add shredded cheese, a can of green chiles or jalapenos to taste.

Serve at once. Souffle may be made up ahead and refrigerated as long as 24 hours.

Soufflés that collapse quickly and easily are too dry. This happens when they are baked for too long and overcook. To check if your soufflé is ready to come out of the oven, give the dish a gentle jiggle a few minutes before it's due to finish baking.

Use as a Thickening Agent

Here's how it works: when cornstarch is added to a recipe, the starch molecules work to absorb water and thicken the mixture. When heated, those molecules swell and consume even more of the liquid in the recipe.

So what's inside? Let's talk anatomy: A standard dinner casserole usually includes a protein, a starch, a vegetable, a sauce (or other binding ingredient), and cheese.

Corn casserole has a “pudding” consistency, so you want it to be moist on the inside. You can tell your corn casserole is done when it's lightly brown on top and the center is set and doesn't jiggle.

What's the difference between corn casserole and corn pudding? ›

Corn pudding has a similar gelatinous texture to dessert pudding, hence its name, so it's creamy and loose. In comparison, corn casserole has a thicker consistency and holds its shape better than the pudding because it uses thickening agents like instant cornbread mix.

She notes that Northern cornbread is sweeter, lighter, and more cake-like than Southern cornbread. Not surprisingly, it includes sugar (or molasses, in the earlier centuries), unlike traditional Southern cornbread.

Cornbread is a classic semi-sweet Southern quick bread made with yellow cornmeal. Cornbread pudding is made with whole corn, creamed corn, and cornbread mix to create a softer, more souffle-like cake with more moisture content than cornbread.

While both styles generally use the same ingredients -- cornmeal, flour, eggs, and baking powder -- the variance lies in the flavor and texture. Northern-style cornbread tends to be sweeter, moister, and cake-like compared to its Southern counterpart.