Tasty Tamale Pie
photo by Debs Recipes
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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Beef Filling
- 1 1⁄4 lbs lean ground beef
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 (16 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (15 ounce) can corn, drained
- 1⁄2 cup sliced ripe olives
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 -3 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 dash pepper
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans or (15 ounce) can refried beans
- 1 1⁄2 cups grated cheddar cheese
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Cornmeal Topping
- 3⁄4 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups cold water
- 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
directions
- Cook meat, onion, and green pepper in a large skillet until meat is browned; drain fat.
- Stir in tomato sauce, corn, olives, garlic, seasonings, and beans; simmer, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes until thick; stir in cheese then remove from heat.
- Meanwhile, stir cornmeal, salt, and cold water together in a saucepan; cook over medium-high heat (please be careful as hot cornmeal mixture may spatter) for a minute or two, stirring constantly, until thick; remove from heat and stir in butter.
- Turn meat filling into a 9x13" baking dish that has been lightly coated with no-stick cooking spray; spoon cornmeal topping evenly over entire top of beef filling.
- Bake at 375° for about 40 minutes until cornmeal topping is set and beef filling is bubbly; serve topped with salsa and sour cream.
- NOTE: Family-sized portions of the cooked beef filling freeze excellently in Ziploc freezer bags - To serve: Just thaw, turn meat filling into a prepared baking dish, quickly make and spoon on a proportional amount (for a frozen half-batch to be baked in an 8x8" pan, prepare topping using 1/2 cup cornmeal and 1 1/3 cup water) of cornmeal topping, bake and enjoy!
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I love this recipe! I have been making this for my family for years from the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. Which by the way is the most fantastic cookbook! I wanted to make this recipe, but we had just moved and I had no idea where my cookbook was packed in all the moving boxes. Deb saved me by posting this recipe. Thank you Deb!
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A happily married wife and mom of two young adults, who enjoys a variety of creative pursuits including a love of cooking and baking. I also enjoy gardening, nature, travel, and skiing.
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