The Best Tamale Pie

Lori Brown of the Whippoorwill Holler YouTube channel has this video for The Best Tamale Pie and I just had try it. She used ground beef in her video but says that leftover pork roast or chicken will work in the recipe too. 

She makes a sauce with the meat and says you can use crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce and said you can make the filling/sauce out of what you like to eat. I added some Taco Bell sauce to my meat sauce and also added corn and black olives. 

The Best Tamala Pie

Ingredients:

1.5 to 2 pounds of ground chuck beef (Used 2 pounds, will use 1.5 next time)

1 cup crushed tomatoes (I used a can of Rotel for the tomatoes/green chilis)

1 can diced green chilis

1/4 cup taco seasoning mix (I used a packet of chili seasoning)

1 can fire roasted corn

1 can sliced black olives

Garlic, Onion Powder, and Cumin to taste, if desired

Salt and Pepper to teste

Directions:

Brown ground beef and drain.

Add other ingredients and 

Let simmer for about ten minutes. 

Taste and adjust for seasoning if needed. 

Make Masa  

Masa Harina Topping

Ingredients:

2 cups Masa Harina Flour (This is the kind she and I both used)

1 teaspoon baking powder 

1 teaspoon salt  

1 & 1/2 cups chicken broth  (You may need more or less, I used closer to 2 cups)

1 stick melted butter 

Directions:

Combine masa, salt, and baking powder in a small bowl.  

Melt butter in separate bowl and add to masa mixture. 

Stir together along with the chicken broth. 

Please meat mixture in a sprayed 9 x 13 pan. 

Cover with masa dough. 

Spread masa dough thin over the top to cover the entire pie. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 

I used several spicy ingredient in this recipe (chili seasoning, fire roasted corn, Rotel) and therefore it turned out spicy, not spicy hot, but spicy, so I served this with some sour cream to cut the spicy flavor. 

Verdict: This was a big hit with the family. Bailey loved it and claimed it was one of her favorite dishes of all time and that we had to make it regularly now. 

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