Tamale Pie Casserole

Spicy ground beef or ground turkey and vegetable filling, topped with a thick-and-delicious layer of golden cornbread. Tamale Pie Casserole is a delicious dinner dish that's just perfect for your Cinco de Mayo celebration, or any everyday dinner!

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Do you love casseroles?  At our house, we sure do! 

We probably eat a casserole for dinner about 80% of the time in our house. And, oh, do they hold many memories for me of our dinners together as a family growing up. Yes, I inherited my love for casseroles from my Mom.

Except when ball games or other activities prevented it, our family ate dinner together at the dinner table every night. -- My Mom made sure of that. She had an arsenal of tasty casserole recipes to help her out with putting a delicious dinner on the table each and every night.

With its spicy filling topped with that thick-and-delicious layer of golden cornbread, we hope our family favorite casserole will become one of your family's favorites, too. 

And one of my all-time favorites was her Tamale Pie.

With a spicy meat-and-vegetable filling topped with a thick layer of cornbread, I couldn't wait to dig in when Mom brought this casserole to the table.

Well, I've taken Mom's original Tamale Pie recipe and freshened it up a little to share with you, changing up the cornbread topping a bit to incorporate my mother-in-law's delicious scratch-made cornbread recipe and adding a touch more spice to the filling.

Mmmmmm, that cornbread topping and meaty-spicy filling make such a wonderfully tasty combination. -- Making this Tamale Pie Casserole a delicious dish that's just perfect for your Cinco de Mayo celebration, or any everyday dinner.

What's to Love About This Recipe?

• Cornbread topping + meaty filling - Tamale Pie Casserole's scratch-made cornbread topping and spicy ground beef filling make for such a wonderfully tasty combination.
• Family favorite - This delicious dish a family favorite, for sure. It's pure comfort food deliciousness at its best!
• Perfect for any everyday dinner - Hearty Tamale Pie Casserole is just perfect to serve up for any everyday dinner.

Tamale Pie Casserole Ingredients:

Tamale Pie Casserole is made up of two components -- 1. a ground beef-based filling, and 2. a fluffing from-scratch cornbread topping.

For the ground beef filling, you'll need:

• Ground beef (or ground turkey)
• Mild pork sausage
• Onion & fresh garlic
• Green bell pepper
• Canned stewed tomatoes
• Tomato paste
• Frozen corn kernels (thawed)
• Sliced black olives
• Chili powder, ground cumin, salt, & pepper
• Shredded cheddar cheese (melted on top of the cornbread topping toward the end of the baking time)

For the cornbread topping, you'll need:

• All-purpose flour
• Cornmeal
• Granulated sugar
• Salt
• Baking powder
• An egg
• Milk
• Melted butter

How to Make Tamale Pie Casserole:

To create this family favorite, simply brown some ground beef or ground turkey along with a little sausage, onion, and garlic. Then add in chopped green pepper, a can of stewed tomatoes, some corn kernels, sliced black olives, and spices. -- A combination of chili powder and ground cumin give the filling a really nice flavor.

Spoon the filling into a baking dish.

Next, whip up a little buttery scratch-made cornbread batter.

Spoon the cornbread batter over the filling in the baking dish.

Be sure to cover the filling completely with a beautiful blanket of batter, right to the edge of the baking dish.

Pop the pan in the oven and bake it up for about 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, sprinkle the partially-baked cornbread with shredded cheddar cheese. Then bake for an additional 8 to 10 minutes more, until the cheese is melted and the cornbread is done.

Then you're ready to dig on in to the magical layers of tamale pie deliciousness!

With its spicy ground beef and vegetable filling, topped with that thick-and-delicious layer of golden cornbread, we hope our family's favorite Tamale Pie Casserole will become one of your family favorites, too.

Check out these other meaty main dishes:

• Ground Beef Burrito Bowl Skillet
• Beef Stroganoff Casserole
• Easy Meatball Parmesan Casserole
• Hamburger Noodle Bake
• Ground Beef Broccoli Pie with Crescent Roll Crust
• Tortilla Lasagna
• Baked Sausages & Rice
• Philly Cheese Steak Stuffed Peppers
• More main dish recipes

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Yield: 8-10 Servings

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Tamale Pie Casserole

Spicy ground beef (or ground turkey) and vegetable filling, topped with a thick-and-delicious layer of golden cornbread. Just perfect for your Cinco de Mayo celebration, or any everyday dinner!

prep time: 20 Mcook time: 40 Mtotal time: 60 M

ingredients:

For the Cornbread Topping:

• 1 c. all-purpose flour
• 3/4 c. cornmeal
• 3 T. sugar
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 c. milk
• 2 T. butter, melted

For the Filling:

• 1 lb. ground beef (or ground turkey)
• 1/2 lb. mild pork sausage
• 1/2 c. chopped onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 small green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 (16 oz.) can stewed tomatoes, chopped
• 1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
• 1 c. frozen corn kernels, thawed
• 1/4 c. sliced black olives
• 1 1/2 tsp. chili powder
• 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese

instructions:

How to make Tamale Pie Casserole

Assemble the Cornbread Topping Ingredients:

1. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt, and baking powder. In a separate small bowl, combine the lightly beaten egg and milk.
2. Set aside, with the dry and wet ingredients still uncombined, while you prepare the casserole filling.

Prepare the Filling:

1. In a skillet, brown the ground beef and sausage with the chopped onion and garlic over medium heat; drain.
2. Run a knife through the stewed tomatoes while they're still in the can to chop them. Add the stewed tomatoes, tomato paste, green pepper, corn, chili powder, cumin, black pepper, salt, and black olives to the skillet. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for about 8 to 10 minutes.
3. Place filling in a 2-quart or 9x13" baking dish coated with non-stick cooking spray.

Prepare the Cornbread Topping:

1. Gradually add the milk/egg mixture to the dry ingredients, stirring until just combined. Add the melted butter; stir until just combined.
2. Spread the cornbread batter evenly over the top of the filling.

Bake:

1. Bake, uncovered, at 425℉ for 20 minutes.
2. Sprinkle the top with the shredded cheddar and continue baking for about 8 to 10 more minutes, until the cheese is melted and the cornbread is done.

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