As long as I can remember I have heard that my Dad's favorite dish was tamale pie. I have never had it before and had no idea what it was - although visions of very yummy tamales did come to mind for obvious reasons. When he was out visiting us I set my mind to making tamale pie. I thought it was going to be hard but rather it was a casserole! HA! How easy is that?!?!? So I called my mom got the recipe and mixed this bad boy up. Just by reading the recipe you can tell it is an old recipe created in the casserole hay days of yester year. I was surprised it was so healthy, easy and that my entire family enjoyed it. I think we will eat this on my dad's birthday every year to honor him. Corny I know but it will make me happy to do so. :) When I served it to my dad he said he thought it was an Asian dish. It made me laugh but I didn't correct him - its not really Mexican either. Lets face it, its American.
1 onion chopped
1 green pepper chopped
1 garlic clove minced
1 lb. ground turkey or if you must ground beef
2 cups milk
2 small cans or one large can tomato sauce
1 can corn (15 oz)
1 cup corn meal
1 little can diced olives
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chili powder
1.) In a large frying pan saute the onion and pepper until softened then add the garlic and heat until fragrant then add the ground turkey (Sprinkle the turkey with a little salt if you are salt feigned like me). Saute until the meat is cooked through.
2.) Then mix in the other ingredients. Stir well. Pour it into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Then remove the foil and bake for another 30 minutes.
* I added two large cans of tomato sauce so ours was very soft. I really liked it though.
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- If you find yourself out of brown sugar you can make it yourself! for light brown sugar add 1 Tb of molasses to 1 cup of white sugar. For dark brown sugar add 2 TB per cup of white sugar.
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