Name: Mexican Cornbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup yellow cornmeal; 1 cup all-purpose flour (or 1 for 1 gluten-free flour); 3 tablespoons granulated sugar; 1 tablespoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 2 eggs; 6 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 1/2 cups milk; 3/4 cup Mexican blend cheese; 3 tablespoons seeded and minced jalapeño pepper; 1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper; 1 green onion, finely minced

This Mexican cornbread recipe is a total winner! Moist and savory sweet, it’s filled with jalapeno, green onion and cheese.

Want to spice up your cornbread routine? Try this Mexican Style Cornbread! Fill this crowd-pleasing quick bread with green onion, red pepper, and jalapeno peppers, then add a hint of Mexican-blend cheese. It comes out so moist and savory sweet, it will become your new go-to! (It is over here.) Pair it with chili, black beans, tacos, or even a breakfast skillet: it’s totally versatile. Here are all the secrets!

Ingredients in this Mexican cornbread recipe

Mexican cornbread is a Southwestern style cornbread that has added jalapeno peppers, cheese, and often other vegetables like onions, red bell peppers, corn, or green chilis. This recipe is not authentic to Mexican cuisine, but a American South spin-off using Mexican-inspired ingredients. There are a few boxed mixes for this type of cornbread, but it’s easiest (and tastiest!) to make your own at home. Here’s what you’ll need:

Yellow cornmeal
All-purpose flour
Granulated sugar
Baking powder, baking soda, and salt
Eggs
Unsalted butter
Milk
Mexican blend cheese
Jalapeño pepper
Bell pepper
Green onion

Some types of Mexican cornbread use creamed corn, but we prefer our cornbread without chunks of corn. This recipe comes out perfectly moist, with just the right zesty flavor from the vegetables to make it irresistibly tasty.

Is this cornbread spicy?

No! This Mexican cornbread recipe is mild and carries more of the fruity, bright flavor of the jalapeño pepper than any heat. Our 5 year old doesn’t like spicy food, and he gobbled this up!

How to keep the spice level low? Remove the seeds of the jalapeño pepper before adding it to the batter. Make sure to take care when cutting a jalapeño to contain any juices from the vegetable, and wash your hands right away.
Want to make it spicy instead? Simply add the jalapeño seeds into the cornbread.

Ways to serve this Mexican cornbread

Mexican style cornbread works with many types of meals, from taco night to Southern-style and Tex Mex meals. It’s even great for breakfast or Tex Mex brunch! Here are a few ideas for serving:

With chili like black bean chili or healthy chili
With tacos like chickpea tacos, salmon tacos, mushroom tacos, shrimp tacos or black bean tacos
With soup like black bean soup or sweet potato soup
For breakfast with scrambled eggs
For brunch with breakfast tacos or a hearty breakfast skillet
For a simple meal with black beans or refried beans

More cornbread reicpes

Love cornbread! Here are a few more tasty ways to eat it:

Try Easy Skillet Cornbread
Go for Classic Cornbread Muffins
Opt for fan favorite Easy Vegan Cornbread
Try fancy Tomato Sage Parmesan Cornbread

This Mexican cornbread recipe is…

Vegetarian. For gluten-free, use 1 for 1 gluten free flour.