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Spicy Garlicky Corn Cheese Ciabatta

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A piece of corn cheese chili crisp ciabatta with honey drizzled over top.
Photo by Elizabeth Coetzee, Food Styling by Judy Haubert

This corn cheese ciabatta is exactly what it sounds like: garlic bread meets Korean corn cheese! There are three different components to build strong, bold garlic flavors: roasted garlic paste, minced raw garlic, and garlic powder. Roasted garlic paste has a subtle sweetness, while the minced raw garlic has a more pungent, pronounced garlic taste. Then, garlic powder glues all the other garlic flavors together. If you laugh at a recipe that only uses one clove of garlic, this is the one that uses all your garlic.

Korean corn cheese is a fairly simple dish that consists of sweet canned corn kernels, lots of mayonnaise, and mozzarella cheese. All these essential ingredients are mixed into the super garlicky paste in this gloriously delicious marriage of two dishes. Chili crisp brings everything together as a cultural bridge that connects a classic Korean side dish and an Italian American staple. A drizzle of honey—or hot honey—adds an optional touch of sweetness.

The garlicky corn cheese paste is super jammy, and you can really slather it on anything, such as naan or pizza dough. But hearty bread like ciabatta can really handle the thick layer of jammy paste here.

This recipe was excerpted from 'Chili Crisp' by James Park. Buy the full book on Amazon—it’s one of the best cookbooks of 2023.

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