August 30, 2019

Skillet Fried Corn Fritters

Fresh corn combined with corn muffin mix, vegetables, and spices, then fried to a delicious crisp. These Skillet Fried Corn Fritters are a perfect snack, appetizer, or side dish!

Children Picking Corn

Two weeks ago, while I was working, my husband took my kids to a friends’ house to pick corn. My children are two and four years old, so in their minds, more is better. This all translated to me coming home to a kitchen counter stacked with a ridiculous amount of corn. Therefore, I had to start coming up with some serious corn recipes.

Corn Recipes

If you’re looking for other SugarSpicesLife corn recipes, give these a try:

Instant Pot Bacon Corn Soup
Spoon Cornbread with Skillet Roasted Corn
Skillet Mexican Street Corn
Corn Salsa

Skillet Fried Corn Fritters

We ate corn with most meals for a solid week, and still had to throw some corn out. But, since everyone in my family likes corn, it was a pretty good week. I have a video of my two year-old daughter taking bites of corn, then walking backwards with her arms up in the air, like she had accomplished something grand. She did that over and over again. Like I said, we like corn.

I decided I wanted to make a delicious corn side dish. My husband does not care for creamy corn, so I wanted to make something crispy. I also wanted it to be full of flavor. Finally, I settled on trying my hand at Skillet Fried Corn Fritters.

Tips for Making Skillet Fried Corn Fritters

These fritters turned out to be delicious! You can customize these a few ways, so I’m including ideas for customization, along with a few tips to help ensure success:

Use Jiffy corn muffin mix. I’m sure other corn muffin mixes work, but Jiffy is my personal favorite. No sponsorship here, I’m just a fan.
If these fritters are made with all corn muffin mix, they turn out too fluffy for my taste. Therefore I added cornmeal as stated in the recipe. However, you can substitute the 1/4 cup cornmeal with about 1/3 cup extra corn muffin mix if you prefer.
If you want more of a kick for these fritters, leave in a few jalapeño seeds.
You can substitute thawed frozen corn or drained canned corn for the fresh corn, but I recommend fresh as it has the best taste.

Skillet Fried Corn Fritters

Fresh corn combined with corn muffin mix, vegetables, and spices, then fried to a delicious crisp. These Skillet Fried Corn Fritters are a perfect snack, appetizer, or side dish!

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Course: Side Dish

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Servings: patties

Calories: 148

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Ingredients

2 cups fresh corn kernels
1 medium sized jalapeño seeds removed
2 tbsp fresh cilantro chopped
¼ cup red bell pepper chopped
¼ cup red onion chopped
1 tbsp lime juice
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon salt
1 large egg beaten
½ cup Mexican cheese blend
½ cup Jiffy corn muffin mix
¼ cup self rising cornmeal yellow or white
4 tbsp vegetable oil divided
sour cream for topping

Instructions

In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients, except for the vegetable oil. Stir until very well combined.
Use your hands to form batter into patties that are 3 to 4 inches in diameter, and about ¾ inch in thickness. Recipe will make ~10 patties of this size.
Heat 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place patties in a single layer. Cook until browned, about 3 minutes. Flip patties and cook on other side until browned. Remove cooked patties and set on paper towels to cool.
Add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil to skillet and repeat for remaining patties. If your skillet will not fit half of the patties, you will need to add more oil each time you add new patties.
Serve with sour cream if desired.