Tamale Lentil Casserole Recipes

VEGETARIAN TAMALE PIE

Steps:

• First make the vegetarian ground beef: Bring the broth to boil in a 3 quart saucepan.
• Add the brown rice and lentils. Reduce heat, and simmer until soft or even mushy, about 1/2 hour. Add more water if necessary to prevent sticking.
• To make pie: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and bell pepper and sauté until soft, 3-4 minutes.
• Add 2 ½ cups of lentil-rice mixture to skillet. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add chili powder, tomatoes, corn, and black olives to skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally until mixture is heated through.Add cheese to skillet. Stir until melted.
• Spoon mixture into a greased 8 x 8 inch pan, OR a greased 9x 13 inch pan.
• Chop polenta and scatter over top of casserole. Sprinkle with queso fresco cheese if desired.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
• Serve as is or with salsa and chopped avocado.

TAMALE LENTIL CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in 3-quart saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Cook onion, bell pepper and garlic in oil, stirring frequently, until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in water, lentils, tomato sauce and seasoning mix; reduce heat to low.
• Partially cover and simmer 35 to 40 minutes or until lentils are tender.
• Heat oven to 400F.
• Grease 2-quart casserole with shortening.
• Prepare Cheese Cornbread Topping by mixing all ingredients until moistened.
• Spoon lentil mixture into casserole.
• Spread topping evenly over lentil mixture.
• Bake uncovered 15 to 20 minutes until topping is golden brown.

TAMALE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Brown ground beef in a medium pan over medium heat. Drain any excess grease.
• Add the onions and peppers; cook until the onions are soft and translucent.
• Add the tomato sauce, corn, salt, and taco seasoning. Add 1 ½ cups water and stir. Then turn the heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Add in the cheese and stir until melted.
• Add kidney beans.
• Divide the mixture into two 9 X 13 baking dishes (you're going to freeze one for later).

EASY TAMALE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Season beef with salt and pepper.
• Stir onion into the ground beef; cook and stir for 1 minute and immediately remove skillet from heat.
• Stir pinto beans and crushed tomatoes into the beef mixture.
• Beat cream-style corn, cornbread mix, and egg together in a bowl until smooth; spread over the top of the ground beef mixture in the skillet. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over the corn mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven until the cheese is melted and the cornbread is set in the middle, about 25 minutes.