Tamale Pie II

Name: Tamale Pie II
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps chili powder; 79 milliliters chopped green bell pepper; 907 grams lean ground beef; 118 milliliters chopped onion; 1 Tbsp salt; 237 milliliters shredded Cheddar cheese; 118 milliliters tomato sauce; 946 milliliters water; 237 milliliters white cornmeal; 425 grams whole kernel corn, undrained

Tamale Pie II might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains roughly 21g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 232 calories. Head to the store and pick up cornmeal, onion, ground beef, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 2 quart casserole dish.

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Oven

In a saucepan, bring water to boil and add the 1/2 teaspoon salt. Slowly add the cornmeal and cook over low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

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Cornmeal

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Pour 2/3 of the hot cornmeal mush into a 2 quart casserole dish. Using the spoon, bring it up the sides as far as it will reach. If mush is too thick to spread, add a little boiling water.

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Cornmeal

Spread

Water

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Casserole Dish

In a large frying pan, cook, but don't brown, the ground beef, breaking it up into crumbs as it cooks.

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Ground Beef

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Frying Pan

Add onion and green pepper and cook 5 minutes longer.

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Green Pepper

Onion

Add corn (with its liquid), chili powder, salt and tomato sauce, heat until very hot and pour mixture into the casserole dish lined with cornmeal mush.

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Chili Powder

Tomato Sauce

Cornmeal

Corn

Salt

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Casserole Dish

Spoon remaining cornmeal mush over top. Again, it should be thin enough to spread, but certainly not watery.

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Cornmeal

Spread

Top with grated cheese and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes, or until cheese is melted and browned.

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Cheese

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Oven

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Servings:

2Tbsps

chili powder 79milliliters

chopped green bell pepper 907grams

lean ground beef 118milliliters

chopped onion 1Tbsp

salt 237milliliters

shredded Cheddar cheese 118milliliters

tomato sauce 946milliliters

water 237milliliters

white cornmeal 425grams

whole kernel corn, undrained

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé are great choices for Mexican. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. One wine you could try is Tudor Wines Balo Vineyard Pinot Noir. It has 5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 68 dollars.