What Is Cornbread and How Can I Use It?

Here's everything worth knowing about cornbread and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 49 recipes to cook tonight.

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Cornbread is a member of the Baked Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.

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Recipes using cornbread

There are 49 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Cornbread Mason-Dixon Stuffing

Cornbread stuffing that straddles the Mason-Dixon line, blending crumbly cornbread with white bread, buttery onion and celery, sweet corn, and toasted pecans. Keep it dry for Western dressing or moist for Southern.

Cornbread Sausage Stuffing

Instead of using any old turkey stuffing, try this scrumptious variation that will become your family's new favorite for Thanksgiving!

Stuffed Vidalia Onions

Sweet Vidalia onions stuffed with a smooth cornbread, potato, and hard-boiled egg filling, baked until tender. A true Georgia-style Southern side dish.

Georgia's Onion Soup

Southern onion soup ladles a wine-laced caramelized onion broth over crumbled cornbread and cheese, swapping the French baguette croutons for proper Southern cornbread. A Georgia twist on a classic.

Cajun Beans Over Cornbread

Spicy Cajun beans simmered with stewed tomatoes and hot sauce, spooned over split cornbread and topped with shredded cheddar. A hearty 20-minute meal from pantry staples.

Roast Turkey with Corn Bread-Chorizo Stuffing

Roast turkey with cornbread chorizo stuffing: juicy turkey stuffed with spicy chorizo, sweet corn, and cornbread, roasted with a turn-and-baste method that delivers crisp skin and moist meat. A Southwestern Thanksgiving showstopper.

Roast Turkey with Grapes & Prunes

Roast turkey with port-soaked grapes and prunes in cornbread stuffing, then cooked inside a paper bag for a juicy bird with golden bronze skin. A holiday twist on the classic roast.

Sugared Muffins

Blueberry cornbread muffins dipped in melted butter and cinnamon sugar while still warm. Uses cornbread mix for a quick, semi-homemade breakfast treat.

Sylvia's Really Moist Stuffing

Sylvia's stuffing lives up to its name with cubed bread, cornbread, oats, and sunflower seeds soaked in butter, bacon drippings, and turkey giblet broth. Seasoned with an unexpected kick of chili powder alongside classic herbs.

Easy Pork & Corn Stuffing Bake

Easy pork and corn stuffing bake nestles boneless pork chops over creamy corn stuffing with a sweet brown mustard glaze. Weeknight one-pan dinner ready in 40 minutes.

Spinach with Oysters & Cheese

A Southern-style spinach casserole with chopped oysters, cornbread dressing, Worcestershire, and hot sauce, baked under a blanket of melted cheddar. This bayou-inspired dish brings Gulf Coast flavor to your supper table.

Ham with Cranberry Cornbread Stuffing

Smoked ham stuffed with cranberry cornbread stuffing and glazed with whole berry cranberry sauce and corn syrup. A stunning holiday centerpiece with built-in sweet-tart contrast.

Tribble's Banquet

This Star Trek-inspired stacked sandwich layers tender chicken, corned beef, and Swiss cheese on rye bread, topped with crunchy homemade coleslaw. A nerdy, hearty bite worthy of any Tribble.

Turkey with Southwest Stuffing

A whole roasted turkey stuffed with a bold Southwest cornbread dressing loaded with jalapeños, chayote, cilantro, pecans, and sage. Give your holiday bird a Tex-Mex twist that'll have the whole table talking.

Crown Roast of Lamb with Corn Bread Stuffing

Crown roast of lamb stuffed with sage and cornbread dressing, seasoned with onion, celery, and garlic. A showstopping centerpiece that feeds 12 and looks like a million bucks.

Nacho Grande Corn Bread Squares

Nacho-loaded cornbread squares with a mashed pinto bean and chili layer, jalapenos, mushrooms, tomatoes, and melted cheddar. Topped with sour cream, olives, and green onions.

Easy Corn Bread

Bread machine cornbread from a boxed mix, eggs, milk, and butter. Hands-off Southern staple that bakes into a tall, tender loaf with no mixing bowls to wash.

Chiii Corn Pie

Ground beef and corn chili baked in a cornbread stuffing crust with melted cheddar. A Tex-Mex spin on pot pie that feeds 8 and makes weeknight dinner an event.

Pork Chop & Corn Stuffing Bake

Pork Chop and Corn Stuffing Bake presses seasoned chops into cornbread stuffing mixed with corn soup, then tops them with a brown sugar-mustard glaze. One pan, 45 minutes.

Pork & Corn Stuffing Bake

Pork chops baked on a bed of cornbread stuffing with golden corn soup, topped with a brown sugar mustard glaze. A one-dish weeknight dinner.

Andouille-Tasso Dressing

Crumbled cornbread loaded with andouille, tasso, and sautéed vegetables, moistened with smoky meat broth for a spicy Creole stuffing that elevates any roast.

Uncle Ben's Grilled Stuffed Trout

Grilled whole trout stuffed with cornbread, mushrooms, olives, and sour cream dressing, seasoned with dill and lemon. Cooked in a fish basket over open flame.

Elegant Southern Seafood Cake

Southern seafood cakes with crab, shrimp, scallops, and flounder in a cornbread crumb coating, pan-fried in clarified butter. Four kinds of seafood in one golden, crispy cake.

Corn-Stuffed Peppers

Vegetarian corn-stuffed bell peppers with a double-corn filling, creamed corn and kernels bound with cornbread crumbs, garlic, onion, and red pepper flakes. Basted in vegetable broth for tender, juicy shells.

Broccoli Corn Bread

Broccoli corn bread baked in a cast iron skillet with cheese and onion mixed right into the batter. A savory, veggie-loaded side that comes together fast.

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