Corn season isn’t over yet. That IS a good thing, since I’ve only had it 3 or 4 times so far…
At this rate, the odds are I will be complaining again that I didn’t get to eat as much fresh corn as I would’ve liked to this year .
I remember when I was a kid, when corn was in season, we used to eat corn most every day. Plain, simple corn on the cob. And I would never get tired of it. We would have it at home, the neighbours would have corn parties, they would sell corn at the park, it seems like everywhere I went, there was corn.
Corn was synonymous with party, corn also meant that summer was coming to an end, and that we should enjoy every last bit of it!
Now that I’m all grown up, I feel like corn parties are a thing of the past. People just don’t seem to throw them anymore. Or maybe it’s just that I don’t have enough of a life and they all pass right by me? 
So anyway, being on the lookout for creative ways to eat more corn before the season is over, I was extremly excited when Heidi recently posted this gorgeous Tex Mex Corn Fritters recipe. My excitement grew even bigger when I realised that she had adapted her recipe from one of Kevin’s. How cool is that! That’s like two of my greatest sources of inspiration combined into one recipe.
I knew right then and there that I would HAVE to give the fritters a try sooner than later. Boy am I glad I did. This was one yummy fritter! There is so much corn in these babies, it’s like corn on the cob made into finger food! I’m all for that!
Thank you, fellow food bloggers.
Thank you so much!
Tex-Mex Corn Fritters
Ever so lightly adapted from Food Doodles who adapted from Closet Cooking
INGREDIENTS
(Yields 6 fritters)
- 2 cups fresh corn, preferably cooked and cut off the cob, but frozen corn will work once thawed
- ¼ cup cornmeal
- ¼ cup whole wheat flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 egg + 2 egg whites
- ½ cup low fat cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 green onion, chopped
- 1 handful fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 tbps lime or lemon juice
- 1 tsp olive oil, for cooking
Garnish
- 0% fat greek plain yogurt
- slices of jalapeno pepper
- chopped green onions
INSTRUCTIONS
- In a bowl combine the eggs, flour, cornmeal, salt, lemon or lime juice and all the spices. Once combined stir in the corn, green onion, parsley, jalapeno pepper and cheese and stir until well incorporated.
- In a large non-stick pan heat the tablespoon of oil over medium heat. Once hot, drop ½ cup of batter at a time and flatten out to ½″ to ¾″ thick and shape into a pancake shape. The mixture will look very crumbly at this point and you may think that there’s no way this will ever hold together and form a patty. Give it time, it will! You need to cook the fritters for at least 3-4 minutes before checking the underside. Once it’s golden, flip the fritter over and cook the other side until golden.
- Serve hot with plain yogurt, a few slices of jalapeno peppers and chopped green onions.
Enough corn for you?
These look delicious! I keep meaning to try making corn fritters and I just haven’t gotten around to it yet–this may be the winning recipe! Thanks
These look beautiful! Hopefully I can make them next week. Thank you for such a lovely recipe!
These look great! Thanks for posting a picture of the inside of them, it sold me! I might even try them tonight as a side with some roasted pork loin! Will post if I do!
These look delicious! Can’t wait to give them a try!
Fantastic photos, I might have smell vision!
Oh my gosh these look awesome!!! I love corn fritters! OH yum yum yum!
We just started following your blog, cannot wait for more recipes!
Love,
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I’m making these right now and they smell great!
YAY! And did they taste just as great?
Yes they did! Here’s an ode to your corn fritters which I took a few liberties with! They were awesome leftover this morning with a poached egg! http://sevimel.blogspot.com/2011/08/crazy-good-corn-fritters.html
These look fantastic! I haven’t had my fill of sweet Summer corn yet, and these would be a great way to fix that!
I love how you can see the bunches of corn kernels inside of these. The Greek yogurt is a great touch, too. Thanks for sharing!
I love that you did a Korean style one (pancakes) and now a Tex Mex one. The texture of these looks really good.
Hey! I hadn’t even realized that! Hmmm… wonder if I could find yet another version to make, maybe?
how about goat cheese and fresh herbs–chives maybe!? Red onions? mmmm
Looks scrummy!!! I will need to fix this ASAP.
I share your love of corn season. I have a “corn fest” this time every year, which my children do not appreciate…that’s ok…more corn for me!
Hehe! There can never be too much of that, now, can there?
I don’t have this kind of recipe in my collection of corn fritters recipes. I will include this Tex-Mex Corn Fritters recipe on my list. Thank you!
Thanks for this recipe. I had googled “corn fritter” and “whole wheat” together and we just enjoyed these tremendously, accompanied by homemade yellow pea soup.
Not wanting to make another trip out today, I did a few substitutions, but the recipe was 95% as written and it’s a keeper.
Thanks again.
Real happy to hear, Elaine. Glad these fritters worked out for you. And thanks a bunch for taking the time to leave such great feedback. I always appreciate that!
These look really good but it doesn’t have the carb/fiber breakdown I need for the diabetic in the family. I will make the zucchini fritters though. Great recipes Sonia!