Maque Choux Corn

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 ears fresh sweet corn
• 6 large ripe tomatoes (peeled, seeded, roughly chopped)
• 2 medium onions (chopped fine)
• 2 large bell peppers (chopped fine)
• 1/2 lb butter
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 shuck the corn.
• 2 working with one cob at a time hold over a bowl and cut away the kernels in layers (you don't want to end up with whole kernels).
• 3 scrape the knife down the cob to "milk" it.
• 4 heat the butter in a dutch oven or other large heavy pot over medium-high heat then add the onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes.
• 5 sauté until onions are transparent (about 15 minutes).
• 6 stir in the salt and pepper then add the corn and the milk (from the cobs) and stir well.
• 7 reduce heat to medium and cook until the corn is tender (20-30 minutes).
• 8 if mixture begins to dry out before corn is tender, add a little milk and butter.
• 9 notes: sometimes i add some andouille or smoked lamb sausage or tasso just to give it a change of taste.