Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, tamale pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Most tamale pies consists of a flavorful ground beef base and cornbread topping. Tamale pie is not remotely Mexican and only somewhat resembles the flavor of real tamales. I always loved tamale pie as a kid, fortunately it was often served in our school cafeteria.
Tamale Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Tamale Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tamale pie using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Tamale Pie:
- Take Tamale filling
- Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 medium onion minced
- Prepare 2 tbsp chili powder
- Take 2 garlic cloves minced
- Make ready 1 lb lean ground beef
- Prepare 15 oz can black beans drained and rinsed
- Take 14 oz can diced tomatoes drained
- Make ready 1 cup cheddar cheese
- Prepare 2 tbsp cilantro minced
- Take to taste Salt
- Prepare Cornbread topping
- Prepare 3/4 cup flour
- Take 3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
- Prepare 3 tbsp sugar
- Prepare 3/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 3/4 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp baking soda
- Get 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Prepare 1 large egg
- Make ready 3 tbsp melted and cooled unsalted butter
Tamale Pie is an old school casserole with layers of seasoned beef or chicken, cornbread, and melted gooey cheese. Made from scratch, yet quick and easy, Tamale Pie is perfect for a family favorite. This chicken tamale pie is a huge crowd pleaser and so easy to make! A corn cake bottom layer topped with shredded chicken, enchilada sauce, and cheese.
Steps to make Tamale Pie:
- Set oven to 450°
- FOR THE FILLING: heat oil in a dutch oven or oven safe skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onion and chili powder and heat for 5 min stirring occasionally. Add garlic and cook for 30 more seconds.
- Stir in beef, beans, and tomatoes and cook for anothe 5 min. Add cheese and cilantro and season with salt.
- FOR THE CORNBREAD TOPPING: whisk flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together in a large bowl. In a smaller bowl beat egg into buttermilk. Combine with cornmeal mixture. Add butter, stir, and dollop over filling, spread evenly.
- Bake for 12-15 min. Serve hot.
This Tamale Pie Recipe is so simple to make and is so delicious! I LOVE tamales but I don't love the time it takes to make them. Loaded with the mouthwatering combination of beef, cornbread, salsa. Unlike other Tamale pies that start with a corn bread crust, this one uses masa harina typical of traditional tamales. It is then steam-baked in the oven and topped with salsa.
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