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Crock-Pot Southwest Tamale Pie

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Crock-Pot Southwest Tamale Pie

Enjoy this recipe for Crock-Pot Southwest Tamale Pie and have a fiesta! Created with ground beef and pantry staples like canned tomatoes & cornbread mix!

Crock-Pot Southwest Tamale Pie

Slow Cooker Southwest Tamale Pie

This is an interesting dish that I sort of came up with one day as I was rooting around in the freezer and pantry and trying to come up with something to feed the family without needing to make a grocery store run.

I started off with a package of ground beef that I had purchased when it was on sale for $1.79 a pound. I bought several pounds and browned it all up in my big electric skillet. When all the meat was cooked and crumbled I tossed it into freezer bags and throw them in the freezer.

So out came a bag of already cooked hamburger. Easy!

Then some onion, diced green chilies, and tomatoes.

I seasoned up the ground beef with some cumin (LOVE me some cumin), garlic and dried oregano.

If you can find Mexican oregano in your grocery store…use that. It has a different taste over the Italian oregano and I love it. In our grocery store is is found in the Latin American section of the grocery store in little bags that cost right around a dollar. So very economical too.

Then, I went with a box of corn bread mix…just plain old Jiffy brand corn bread mix…these go on sale for about 50¢ a box all the time where I live so I usually buy 10 or 20 at a time and keep them stashed away. Cornbread is always a favorite for my family, or I turn them in to blueberry cornbread muffins or even hoe cakes for breakfast drizzled with honey…oh my.

But that is a whole other story…

You just make the cornbread according to the recipe on the box. Easy.

And if you want to make homemade cornbread…by all means folks…do whatever floats your boat. Sometimes I make cornbread from scratch too..and sometimes I use a box. It depends on my mood and what kind of time I have. As the mother of 5 kids…some-days this mamma is too busy for homemade.


Products Needed:

  • Large Skillet
  • Wooden Spoon
  • 6 Quart Slow Cooker
  • Can Opener
  • Silicone Spatula
  • Measuring Cups and Spoons

Crock-Pot Southwest Tamale Pie

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Low Fat | Low Sodium | Low Sugar

This recipe for Crock-Pot Southwest Tamale Pie is Weight Watchers Friendly on the new Personal Points plan. You can see the WW personal points for this recipe here on the Weight Watchers website. Click here for MORE of our Weight Watchers Recipes


Crock-Pot Southwest Tamale Pie

More yummy Southwest inspired recipes:

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  • Crock-Pot Creamy Southwest Taco Soup
  • Slow Cooker Southwestern Fiesta Chicken Wraps
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  • Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas (Mexican Shredded Pork)
Crock-Pot Southwest Tamale Pie

Crock-Pot Southwest Tamale Pie Recipe

This delicious casserole type recipe is both frugal and tasty and is perfect for dinner any night of the week. Feel free to top individual servings with your favorite toppings such as shredded cheese, sour cream, diced green onions, sliced jalapeno peppers, etc.
4.21 from 29 votes
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 4 hrs
Total Time 4 hrs 20 mins
Course Entrée
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 329 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 Pounds Extra Lean Ground Beef (Or Ground Turkey (Cooked, Crumbled And Drained))
  • ½ Cup Diced Yellow Onion
  • 4 Ounces Canned Diced Green Chilies (Undrained)
  • 29 Ounces Canned Crushed Tomatoes
  • 2 Cloves Garlic (Finely Minced)
  • 1 Teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • 1 Teaspoon Ground Cumin
  • 7 Ounces Boxed Cornbread Mix (Prepared According To The Directions On The Box)

Instructions

  • In a 6 quart or larger slow cooker combine browned ground beef, diced onion, green chilies, tomatoes, garlic, oregano, and cumin.
  • Mix well until combined.
  • Spread evenly over bottom of slow cooker.
  • Pour prepared corn bread batter over meat mixture and spread evenly.
  • Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or on LOW for 6 hours, or until cornbread batter is cooked through in the middle.

Nutrition

Calories: 329kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 442mg | Potassium: 374mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 750IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 5.4mg
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Filed Under: Cinco de Mayo Crock-Pot Recipes, Entrees, Fall Recipes, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes, Winter Recipes Tagged With: 10 Ingredients Or Less, Beef, Beef CP Recipes, Cumin, Easy Crock-Pot Recipes, Frugal, Garlic, Green Chili, Ground Beef, Ground Beef CP Recipes, Ground Hamburger, Hamburger, Low Fat, Low Fat CP Recipes, Low Sodium, Low Sodium CP Recipes, Low Sugar, Low Sugar CP Recipes, Onion, Oregano, Southwest, Tomatoes, WW, WW CP Recipe

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Comments

  1. Corey @ Family Fresh Meals says

    December 13, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    5 stars
    Tamale pie!!!! Yes please. I love tamales almost as much as my mom does. She is coming to visit for the holidays, so I will surely try this recipe out for her!!!

    Reply
  2. Betty Prather says

    April 6, 2018 at 6:29 PM

    I love your site and you have great recipes.

    Reply
    • Lady Heidi says

      April 6, 2018 at 9:10 PM

      Thanks Betty!

      Reply
  3. Jackie. says

    April 23, 2019 at 5:13 PM

    Hi, I know this might read odd, but I am British and I have no idea what Cornmeal bread batter is or how to make it. ?? Can you explain it to me what it is and have you a recipe for it. ?? Or can I just use mashed potato instead. ?

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    • Crock-Pot Ladies says

      April 24, 2019 at 4:21 PM

      Hi Jackie, the recipe calls for crornbread mix which is a boxed mix to make cornbread. Here is a good copycat recipe to make your own Copycat Jiffy Cornbread Mix.

      While this recipe has not been tested using mashed potatoes on top instead of the cornbread mix I think it might work and result in a Mexican inspired shepherds pie type dish.

      Let us know how it turns out for you!

      Reply
  4. Cynthia says

    July 3, 2019 at 7:14 PM

    Very good! Our family loved it. I made the recipe exactly as instructed except doubled the seasonings (we love seasonings) and made using the homemade jiffy corn mix option. Two thumbs up!!

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    • Crock-Pot Ladies says

      July 10, 2019 at 9:26 PM

      So glad you and your family enjoyed the recipe Cynthia!

      Reply

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