Ready to take your taste buds to the Big Easy? Try Judy Armstrong's 2019 Lodge National Cornbread Cook-off recipe. This creole-inspired dish delivers spicy shrimp on top of a yummy slice of cornbread.

Level
Intermediate
Prep Time
50 minutes
Cook Time
30-35 minutes
Serves
6

Ingredients

Cornbread

3 cups water

1 tablespoon liquid shrimp and crab boil

1 tablespoon granulated garlic

3/4 pound (25-31 count) fresh shrimp, peeled, deveined, and coarsely chopped

1, 10-ounce bag frozen corn

2, 6-ounce packages Martha White Yellow Cornbread Mix

2 eggs

1 cup milk

3 thinly sliced green onions

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Etouffee

2/3 cup vegetable oil

2/3 cup flour

1, 10-ounce can diced tomatoes with chilies

10 ounces seasoning blend

3 cloves minced garlic

2 teaspoons creole seasoning

1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

2 1/4 cups chicken broth

1 1/2 pound (25-31 count) fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined

4 green onions, thinly sliced and divided

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. In a saucepan, bring water, shrimp and crab boil, and garlic to a boil. Add the shrimp and corn and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain.
  3. Add the Martha White Yellow Cornbread Mixes to a medium bowl. Whisk together the eggs, milk, and green onions, then add to the cornbread mixture. Stir in the drained shrimp and corn.
  4. Coat a 10.25 inch skillet with the vegetable oil; pour the cornbread mixture in the skillet and bake for 30–35 minutes and the top is golden.
  5. In a 10.25 inch Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the flour, reduce the heat to medium, and stir continuously until the flour is a medium-brown color, about 15 minutes.
  6. Add the diced tomatoes, seasoning blend, garlic, creole seasoning, and pepper. Continue stirring for 5 minutes, then stir in the chicken broth until smooth. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add the shrimp and 3 sliced green onions and continue cooking for 15 minutes.
  7. Cut the shrimp boil cornbread into 6 wedges. Serve the etouffeé over a wedge of the shrimp boil cornbread and garnish with a teaspoon of the remaining sliced green onions.
lodge_logo_pan_a8a88d6c-13e0-4340-842a-a76f1bb65e4b

Judy Armstrong of Prairieville, La., competed in the 2019 Lodge National Cornbread Cook-off with this recipe.

We hope you enjoy our stories and recipes! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and tag your Instagram food photos with #lodgecastiron for a chance to be featured on our feed!