Hot Tamale Pie

Recipe Ingredients

2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Ground beef
2 tablespoons	30ml	Cooking oil
1		Tomato paste - (6 oz.)
2		Onions - chopped
1		Garlic clove - minced
1		Green bell pepper - chopped (large)
1 cup	110g / 3.9oz	Celery - chopped
3 tablespoons	45ml	Chili powder
2 teaspoons	10ml	Cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Corn meal
3 cups	711ml	Water

Recipe Instructions

Fry ground beef in oil in a deep 12-inch skillet. Add chopped vegetables, saute 5 minutes, then add tomato paste, seasoning to taste and cook 5 minutes more. Add 1 cup of water and simmer for 1 hour. In another container mix corn meal with cold water.

Skim oil from top of meat, add to corn meal mixture and salt to taste. Cook 20 minutes then combine with meat mixture and add balance of salt and cayenne pepper. Place in casserole baking dish and cook over a hot water bath for 2 hours. Serves 8.

Recipe courtesy Tony Chachere's Cajun Country Cookbook (c) 1982, Cajun Country Cookbook, Inc.

Source:
La Bouche Creole by Leon Soniat

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