Green Corn Tamale Casserole
This recipe was posted from a restaurant in Tucson, Arizona. There are no tamales in the dish, but it does incorporate a cornmeal-type polenta with cheese, canned mild green chilies, corn and eggs. Sounds like it would be a great brunch item.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 3
- 1 1⁄2
- 1cup white cornmeal
- 3⁄4teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4
- 3
- 1
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- 2
- 8
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DIRECTIONS
- Grease a 2-qt. baking dish.
- Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
- Beat yolks until thick and lemon colored.
- Stir cornmeal and salt into scalded milk; beating hard. Cook a few seconds over low heat stirring until mixture is the consistency of thick mush.
- Blend in butter, corn, cottage cheese and finally the baking powder into the cornmeal mixture.
- Fold in yolks, then whites.
- Pour into baking dish in layers of batter, grated cheese and chile, last layer being batter.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes or until fluffy and golden brown.
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