Southern Style Cornbread Casserole Vegan Gluten Free

I’ve got a great Cornbread Casserole Crockpot Recipe just in time for summer and a recipe for BBQ sauce! And this recipe is Vegan and Gluten Free!! But first a little bit about BBQ Sauce. It’s been said that Barbecue sauce, not the Mason-Dixon line, is the big dividing issue in the Southern US these days. Whether you prefer mustard-based Carolina sauce or ketchup-based traditional sauce, the barbecue sauce can make or break a cookout.

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If you want to bring that lazy weekend cookout feel to a busy weeknight, try this Carolina Cornbread Casserole. It’s so easy to do because the whole thing, cornbread included, cooks in the crock pot. Put it in before lunch, and it’s tasty, bubbly, and hot by dinner.

When you include faux chicken tenders (most grocery stores offer a vegan “chicken” finger product in the frozen food section), you have a protein and nutrient packed meal that tastes delicious as well.

Now, you can totally use your favorite gluten-free barbecue sauce, but it’s pretty easy to make your own, and you can do it with ingredients you probably have on hand. This recipe is for a “Carolina” style sauce because it uses vinegar and mustard as a base versus ketchup.

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Southern Style Cornbread Casserole Vegan Gluten Free

Course: entree

Cuisine: American

Calories: 3400kcal

Author: My Dairy Free Gluten Free Life

Ingredients

• Carolina Barbecue Sauce Recipe Ingredients:
• 1 cup prepared yellow mustard
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon liquid aminos like Bragg's
• Cornbread Crockpot Casserole Ingredients:
• 1 12- oz package Faux Chicken Fingers I like Beyond Meat
• 1 bag of frozen corn
• 1 small sweet potato peeled and diced into 1/2" cubes
• 2 cups barbecue sauce recipe above
• water
• 1 bag Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Cornbread Mix
• 2 egg
• 1/3 cup cooking oil

Instructions

• Carolina Barbecue Sauce Recipe Instructions:
• Mix everything together and combine well. Set aside or store in the refrigerator.
• Cornbread Crockpot Casserole Instructions:
• In a crockpot spray with cooking spray and put the diced faux chicken tenders in the bottom.
• Add the sweet potato and corn to the crock pot.
• Pour your homemade barbecue sauce over the whole thing. Mix with a bit of water.
• Prepare the cornbread mix as directed on the package and add to the top of the slow cooker.
• Cook on low for 5-6 hours.
• Serve with a side of grilled, skewered veggies (dipped in the barbecue sauce, of course!) and you have a delicious, healthful, and semi-traditional southern barbecue!

Nutrition

Calories: 3400kcal | Carbohydrates: 492g | Protein: 90g | Fat: 122g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 345mg | Sodium: 12286mg | Potassium: 3973mg | Fiber: 41g | Sugar: 357g | Vitamin A: 25180IU | Vitamin C: 26.9mg | Calcium: 1034mg | Iron: 22.4mg