Homemade Tamale Casserole Recipe

By: BRIANNAH PERRY

Staff Writer 

Ingredients    

  • 1 pound ground beef 
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 small onion, chopped 
  • 2 (15 ounce) cans pinto beans, rinsed and drained
  • 2 (15 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
  • 1 (15 ounce) can cream-style corn
  • 1 (6 ounce) box cornbread mix
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten 
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Instructions

  • Step 1
    Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  • Step 2
    Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Season beef with salt and pepper.
  • Step 3
    Stir onion into the ground beef; cook and stir for 1 minute and immediately remove the skillet from heat.
  • Step 4
    Stir pinto beans and crushed tomatoes into the beef mixture.
  • Step 5
    Beat cream-style corn, cornbread mix, and egg together in a bowl until smooth; spread over the top of the ground beef mixture in the skillet. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over the corn mixture.
  • Step 6
    Bake in preheated oven until the cheese is melted and the cornbread is set in the middle, about 25 minutes.

Nutrition Facts 

Per Serving: 515 calories; protein 27.9g; carbohydrates 56.5g; fat 21g; cholesterol 98.6mg; sodium 1402.5mg.

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