Corn & Bacon Salad (Maque Choux)

By Janes_kitchen

Ingredients

• 4 slices thick-sliced bacon, diced
• 3/4 C diced red bell pepper
• 1/2 C diced onion
• 1/4 C dry sherry
• 4 C fresh or frozen corn kernels
• 1 C heavy cream
• 1 tsp Tabasco sauce
• S & P to taste
• 1/2 C thinly sliced scallions

Details

Preparation time 25mins

Preparation

Step 1

COOK bacon in lg. skillet until crisp
drain all but 1 TBL drippings
add bell pepper & onion to skillet & cook over med-heat until soft, abt 5 min

DEGLAZE skillet w/ sherry, simmer until liquid newly evaporates, scraping up any brown bits
stir in corn, cream & tabasco - simmer until thickened, 3-4 min
season corn w/ S & P
stir in scallions