Baby Corn Cakes

Corn is considered a no-no on a low-carb diet.  And I so LOVE sweet, buttered corn.  But if you use the baby corn so often seen in Chinese stir-fries for your low-carb corn recipes, the carb count drops dramatically because the corn has not yet formed the sugar seen it mature kernels!  🙂  This is yet another recipe putting this knowledge to clever use for a mild taste of corn in a side dish.  I served these with a nice chipotle mayonnaise sauce (2 tsp. Tobasco Chipotle Sauce stirred into 1/4 c. creamy homemade mayo), pork chops and steamed, buttered broccoli and the meal was delicious!   I think next time I’ll use real chipotles canned with Adobo sauce, mashed as the flavor would have been richer I think.  I was being very lazy tonight and just used the bottled Tobasco version.  This recipe is suitable once you reach Phase 2 of Atkins.

INGREDIENTS: 

1 15-oz can baby corn, drained

½ c. Carbquik bake mix

1 egg

2 tsp. Tobasco Chipotle Sauce (this is not as hot as regular Tobasco sauce)

Dash each salt and pepper

Dash each garlic oil and hot chili oil  (optional)

DIRECTIONS:  Coarsely chop the drained corn by knife or pulse a few times in the food processor.  Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl or in your food processor.  Heat some coconut oil or palm shortening in a skillet and crop batter by spoon into hot oil into 6 uniform patties.  Brown nicely on both sides, waiting until side 1 is thoroughly browned before attempting to flip them over to side 2.  Remove to paper towels and serve as is or with a chipotle mayonnaise sauce if you like.

NUTRITIONAL INFO:   Makes 6 cakes, each contains:

51.5 cals, 4.68g fat, 5.61g carbs, 4.58g fiber, 1.03g NET CARBS, 3.06g protein, 214 mg sodium