Turkey, chicken or ground beef tamale pie
Turkey, chicken or ground beef tamale pie recipe in the pie category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 large onion, chopped
- A little oil or margarine
- 1, 8 ounces, can tomato sauce
- 1/2 to 1 can, about 8 ounces drained weight, pitted black olives, drained
- 1, 12 ounces, can vacuum packed corn, drained
- 1 tablespoon chili powder, more or less, depends on hotness of chili
- 1, 16 ounces, can kidney beans, mostly drained
- Leftover cooked turkey or chicken, diced or shredded
- Salt and pepper
- 1, 8 1/2 ounces, package cornbread mix, mixed to directions with milk and egg but not baked, or 1/2 recipe made-from-scratch cornbread batter
Recipe method:
- Saute onion in large frying pan.
- Add tomato sauce, olives, corn, chili powder, kidney beans, turkey, salt and pepper.
- Turn into 8 x 12 inch baking pan.
- Top with cornbread batter. It will only partially cover the filling.
- Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 to 30 minutes.
- If you use ground beef, use 1/2 to 1 1/2 pounds and saute with the onion, then drain off fat.
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