Hot tamale pie

18 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 medium Onion; finely chopped
1 medium Yellow, red or green bell pepper; seeded and finely chopped
2 Garlic cloves; minced
1 can Unsweetend tomato sauce (16 oz)
1 can Pinto beans; rinsed and drained (16 oz)
1 Ear corn; kernels cut off cob, OR
¾ cup Frozen corn; thawed
1 teaspoon Chili powder
1 teaspoon Ground cumin
½ teaspoon Fine sea salt
pinch Cayenne pepper
3 cups ;water
1 cup Yellow stone-ground cornmeal
1 tablespoon Freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon Fine sea salt

Directions

Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion bell pepper, and garlic and cook until softened. 6 to 8 minutes.

Remove from the heat and stir in the tomato sauce, pinto beans, corn, chili powder, cumin, salt and cayenne. Pour into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Boil the water add the cornmeal, lemon juice, mustard, and salt in a large saucepan, and stir until mixed. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then immediately reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring often, until thickened, 4 to 5 minutes.

Spread the cooked cornmeal over the bean mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

From DEEANNE's recipe files

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