Tex Mex
Beef Tamale Pie
Beef Tamale Pie is Tex Mex home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb ground beef
- 1 onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1.5 cups corn kernels
- 15 oz canned black beans
- 15 oz diced tomatoes
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1.5 cups shredded cheddar
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp melted butter
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 400F and brown the ground beef with the onion and garlic in an oven-safe skillet.
- Stir in the chili powder, cumin, tomatoes, black beans, corn, and salt and simmer 5 minutes, then scatter with the cheddar.
- Whisk the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and a pinch of salt in a bowl.
- Beat in the milk, egg, and melted butter until just combined into a loose batter.
- Spread the cornbread batter evenly over the beef filling.
- Bake until the topping is golden and set, about 25 minutes, then let stand 5 minutes before serving.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Beef Tamale Pie carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Burrito Bowl |
| Gluten | Yes | Beef Enchiladas |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Bean and Cheese Burrito |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Pulses, Vegetables, Dairy, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Beef Tamale Pie takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on beef, corn, and bean.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Cook this with your whole family
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