Fresh corn maque choux
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | mediums | Red peppers; halved crosswise | 
| 6 | Ears fresh corn | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine; divided | 
| 2 | tablespoons | Vegetable oil | 
| 1 | small | Onion; finely chopped | 
| 1 | tablespoon | Sugar | 
| ½ | teaspoon | TABASCO pepper sauce | 
| ½ | cup | Chicken broth | 
| ⅓ | cup | Heavy cream | 
| 1 | Egg; lightly beaten | |
Directions
In skillet, steam pepper halves over 1-inch water 8 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain; reserve.
With knife, cut kernels off corn cobs (you should have about 2½ cups). 
In skillet, heat 1 tablespoon butter with oil. Add corn, onion, sugar and TABASCO sauce. Cook until corn is almost tender and starts to form crust on bottom of pan. Gradually stir in ½ cup broth, scraping up bits on bottom of pan. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon butter and cream. Cook 5 minutes longer, stirring frequently, until most of liquid evaporates. Remove skillet from heat.
Add egg; stir 1 minute or until egg is cooked. Serve in red pepper shells. 
Busted by Karen Sonnessa <ksonness@...> Recipe by: Tabasco www.tabasco.com Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "Karen Sonnessa" <ksonness@...> on Apr 16, 1998