Like my Frito pie and beef enchilada casserole, this tamale pie recipe leans on store-bought shortcuts to deliver big Mexican-inspired flavor with minimal effort on your part.
Seasoned ground beef, black beans, corn, and cheese are topped with a cornbread crust in this easy recipe that's ready in under an hour.
Where traditional tamales call for filling a corn-based masa dough with meats and cheeses, this hearty casserole uses boxed cornbread mix to create a tamale-like crust on top of a seasoned ground beef filling.
This is one of those clean-out-the-fridge meals that can be tweaked to use up whatever blend of meat, veg, and cheese you have on hand.
It may not be an authentically Mexican recipe, but it sure is tasty.
