Easy Tamale Pie

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons	30ml	Vegetable oil
1		Onion - chopped
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Ground beef - (approx)
1		Diced tomatoes - (abt 16 oz)
2 cups	474ml	Cream-style corn - see * Note
1 cup	237ml	Milk
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Yellow cornmeal
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Salt
1 1/2 tablespoons	22ml	Chili powder
1/2 cup	118ml	Sliced ripe olives
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Monterey Jack cheese - cut in chunks
		Or shredded
		Salsa or picante sauce - see * Note

Recipe Instructions

* Note: In place of the cream-style corn, you can use whole-kernel corn that has been chopped in a blender.

Sullivan serves this dish with LaVictoria Green Sauce, "a piquant, taco-type sauce not too hot but has a very nice flavor." However, she added, it can be difficult to find here. Her sons on the East and West coasts keep her supplied.

Heat oil in skillet; cook onion until soft. Add beef; cook until lightly browned. Drain fat.

Stir in canned tomatoes with their juice, corn, milk, cornmeal, salt and chili powder; mix well. Add olives; sprinkle cheese over top. Cover and cook over low heat about 20 to 25 minutes. Serve with salsa.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 11-02-1998 - By Mary Pat Sullivan, Kirkwood

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