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Tamale Pie

Tamale Pie 2 Ways

This is made with an interesting cornbread that has creamed corn and green chilies in it. This is not a cornbread I would make for ‘just cornbread’, but it’s very good with this dish.

Starting at the bottom, cornbread, enchilada sauce, spiced ground beef and cheese, baked until the cheese is bubbling and topped with your favorite taco fixings! Ahem… sour cream!

I’ve made it two ways.

The first was in an actual pie, the second is the meat and bean mixture in one cast iron skillet and the cornbread sort of on the side rather than as the crust. There were other changes as well, but to me scooping out the beans and meat and slicing the cornbread is about as close to camping that I’m going to get! That’s my favourite way to make it and to eat it!

This recipe is from 2Teaspoons, with some changes by me.

 

Ingredients

CORNBREAD MIXTURE ½ cup cornmeal
⅔ cup flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
3-4 tablespoons oil (I used olive oil)
⅓ cup milk
1 egg
1 small can diced green chiles (4.5 ounce can)
1 can of corn or creamed corn *** I used 2/3 normal size can.
MEAT MIXTURE 1 lb ground beef
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
TAMALE PIE 1 ¼ cup enchilada sauce 2 cups of shredded cheese (I used sharp orange cheddar)
OPTIONAL TOPPINGS Salsa Guacamole Sour Cream Shredded Cheese Cilantro Lime wedges

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. TO MAKE THE CORNBREAD Whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add oil until soft crumbles form. Whisk in milk and egg. Gently fold in chiles and corn. Put your CI skillet in the over while it heats up. Melt 3 TBSP butter in the skillet. Don't let the butter burn when you preheat it in the over. Pour into the hot greased 12" Cast Iron Skillet Bake until set (a toothpick should come out clean), about 20-25 minutes.
2
While cornbread is baking, combine beef with spices and sauté in a skillet over medium heat until fully cooked, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
3
Once cornbread is done baking, reduce oven to 350 degrees F. Poke holes in cornbread with a fork and pour enchilada sauce over it.
4
Top with ground beef and shredded cheese, and cover with aluminum foil. Bake in oven for 20 minutes. Remove foil and back until cheese begins to brown, about 5-10 minutes. I DID NOT COVER MINE.
5
ENJOY!
6
The second time I made this, I made the meat mixture, but added the enchilada sauce to the meat mixture and added a can of pinto beans.
7
WAY BETTER.
8
I didn't cover the cornbread with the sauce I served it separately.
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