Maque choux (savory vegetable stew, pronounced "mock shoe") is delicious and complex. Its origins trace to the Acadian French and American Indian roots of southern Louisiana. Like a lot of country cooking, maque choux combines the best flavors of several culinary traditions.

The dish is usually made with fresh corn and tomatoes, flavored with tasso or bacon, but you can fake the fresh corn milk obtained from scraping the fresh cobs with a combination of broth and pureed frozen white corn kernels.

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