easy tamale casserole

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 (15 ounce) cans pinto beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 (15 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
• 1 (15 ounce) can cream-style corn
• 1 (6 ounce) box cornbread mix
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• 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.