This recipe I created back in college as a quick yummy cheap dinner of just meat and cornbread. I have added more ingredients over the years. If you want a vegetarian option replace the meat with 2 cans of black beans.
1lb ground Turkey, beef or 2 cans of Black beans
1 small onion diced
2 bell peppers of any color sliced in thin strips or ½ a bag of Frozen Mélange a trios’ from Trader Joe‘s
½ of a packet of McCormick Taco Seasoning, or Trader Joe’s Taco seasoning
2 Tbsp. Olive oil
1 box of Trader Joe’s Corn Bread mix, or 2 boxes of Jiff Corn Bread Mix
Optional extras include:
· ½ Cup frozen corn to add into the Jiff Corn Bread mix.
· 1 Cup shredded cheese to mix in with meat and peppers
· 1 diced jalapeño pepper to mix in with corn bread mix.
Preheat oven to 350º
1. In an oven proof skillet heat olive oil and add peppers and onions.
2. Sauté peppers and onions until soft. Add meat and taco seasoning to pepper mixture and sauté until meat is cooked.
3. Make Corn Bread Mix according to the package and pour over the top of the meat, pepper and onions.
4. Put the skillet in the oven and cook until Corn Bread is golden, about 30 minutes.
Serve hot with sour cream, salsa and guac.
SO, SO, SO good! This one's a keeper. My family loved this quick and easy one pan meal...even my six year old went back for seconds. I made a couple of minor changes. Sauted turkey with red and yellow bell pepper, red onion, mild green chilis, and taco seasoning. In preparing I layered in a bag of Trader Joes frozen roasted corn on top of meat mixture before I poured in cornbread mixture. Sprinkled graded cheese on top before baking, which added a delightfully cheesy crust to the top of the caserole. What a treat, can't wait to make this again...Thanks Naya!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe! I Googled for a recipe for tamale pie using Trader Joes cornbread mix and this came up. I took Raquel's suggestions with regard to the corn and cheese. Very, very good! A hit with the kids! I'll definitely be making this one again!
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