Hot Tamale Pie

She Brews

INGREDIENTS:

2 lbs hamburger
1 can tomatoes
1 small onion- chopped
1 bell pepper
3 TBLSP chili powder
1 TBLSP cumin
5 C water
3 C cornmeal
Salt and pepper to taste
1 can tomato sauce

INSTRUCTIONS:

For mush, bring water to boil with 1 tsp salt and ½ of the chopped onion and 1 TBLSP
chili powder. Add cornmeal gradually, stirring constantly over low flame. Cook and stir
until thick and stiff. Line the sides and bottom of large casserole with mush mixture.
For meat mixture, brown hamburger meat with ½ chopped onion, 1 chopped bell
pepper, 2 TBLSP chili powder, salt and pepper. Cook until browned. Add 1 can
tomatoes, 1 small can tomato sauce. Cook and stir for 5 minutes. Pour into casserole,
cover with remaining mush. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.