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Hot Tamale Pie

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A bit spicy, this dish tastes like a tamale. It’s budget friendly and delicious.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Ground Beef
  • ½ cups Diced Onion
  • ¼ cups Each, Red And Green Bell Peppers
  • 1 envelope Chili Seasoning, I Use Williams
  • 8 ounces, weight Tomato Sauce
  • 1 can Tomatoes With Chiles (Rotel)
  • 3-½ cups Water
  • 1 cup Cornmeal
  • 1 teaspoon Salt

Preparation

Brown the hamburger and drain fat. (I like to rinse it in hot water as well.)

Saute onion and pepper with browned meat. Add chili seasoning, Rotel, tomato sauce and about 1/3 cup water. Simmer a few minutes until thickened.

Meanwhile, mix together 3 1/2 cups water, 1 cup corn meal and 1 teaspoon salt. This will be very watery and will keep separating. This is normal.

Stir together and then pour immediately into a casserole dish. (2 quart, I think.) Scoop the beef mixture into the middle of the corn meal mixture. It will spread a little, but keep putting the beef right into the middle.

You will think there’s no way this will turn out because it looks so weird. But don’t worry it will.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. You can put a lid on if it’s getting too dry.

Serve immediately. It will be very hot, so be careful. It is delicious plain, but we also like to put a little shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream to tame the spice a little.

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susanblossom on 11.6.2009

I made this & it’s WONDERFUL. I have to admit I fiddled with the tomato sauce, etc, substituting equal amounts of garden spaghetti sauce that I had on hand. I added lots of cumin, some wild oregano & marjoram I dried myself. And some excellent mild New Mexico chili powder added to the flavor. When it came out of the oven the corn meal crust was light & puffy, such a nice surprise! We have a family “cobbler” recipe that is sort of upside down like this so I was excited to find another novel recipe. And this recipe is a keeper. Next time I’m going to add some ortega chilies & chopped olives.
My daughter enjoyed leftovers for breakfast with a fried egg on top. YUM! The puffy crust settled a bit when cold but it’s still good with the meaty filling.

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tigli on 8.31.2009

I’m guessing that the tomato sauce and Rotel go in before you add the chili seasoning and water?

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lawwifejess on 8.26.2009

I was a little confused when 2 of the ingredients listed are not included in the directions. I made it without the tomato sauce and Rotel, and it came out really mushy. Is that how it’s supposed to be? I’m not trying to criticize, but the recipe sounded delicious and I just want to make it right.

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Donna on 7.30.2009

This was the strangest recipe I have ever fixed. I even told my boys and husband, that if it turned out bad we would order pizza. Needles to say, we didn’t order pizza. My family loved it. I will diffidently be making this again.

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lenneth91205 on 7.3.2012

Sadly I had to give this recipe 1 star as we never got to try it. I put it all together just like the recipe said, cooked it for the hour and it was still mushy. I figured it would happen so I add 30 more minutes…. then 30 more minutes and now it’s basically just corn and beef mush. I’m so sad that it didn’t turn out because it smells heavenly and sounds delicious. I will be trying this recipe again but with a lot less water than before and boy I hope it works because I like I said, it sounds amazing.

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Steph Tavares-Buhler on 6.28.2010

Hey, this turned out pretty good. I used leftover chicken instead of beef, but it’s practically the same, right?

It was a tad watery. But then I think I didn’t prep the masa right. And by day 2, the leftovers were perfect.

Definitely going to become a dinner staple. Going to try it with shrimp!

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