Easy Cheesy Tamale Casserole Recipe

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Turn pre-made tamales into a cheesy casserole you can share with your family in less than 60 minutes. Yum yum! Cheesy tamale casserole.

A Cheesy Tamale Casserole Ready To Serve In 60 Minutes Or Less!

This recipe will show you how to take pre-made tamales and turn them into a cheesy casserole you can share with your family in less than 60 minutes. Yum yum! Cheesy tamale casserole.

This recipe calls for pre-made tamales so you could buy fresh authentic pork tamales or frozen tamales thawed. Since I haven’t conquered a recipe for homemade tamales yet I buy fresh authentic made pork tamales. Oh wait! YEAH! I NOW have a recipe on how to make pork tamales. So, if you want to make your own tamales, which I hope you do someday, you can find my recipe for Pork Tamales with Red Chile Sauce here.

If you aren’t making homemade tamales you can use frozen tamales. And if you can’t find any tamales at a store near you try getting them on-line here. I do not recommend using canned tamales as for one thing they will be way too soft and another it will probably make tamale soup. Even though I’ve never tried it I just don’t recommend it. At least not for this dish.

Easy Cheesy Tamale Casserole Recipe

Ingredients:

• 12 premade tamales – Pork, Beef or Chicken
• 3 Tablespoons chili powder
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 32 ounce beef stock (or 4 cups)
• 6 ounce tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 4 cups freshly grated cheese (I use Colby Jack)
• 1/4 cup chopped green onions
• 2 Tablespoons chopped cilantro (give or take more or less)
• Cotija cheese crumbles for garnish (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Tamale sauce:

In a medium pot fully combine chili powder, vegetable oil and flour and whisk until smooth over medium heat. Add beef stock, tomato paste and spices and continue stirring over medium heat for about 10 minutes.

Making the Casserole:

Place about 1 cup of the tamale sauce in a 9×13 baking pan. I use this baking pan as I like that is has easy grab handles. Remove corn husks from tamales and discard. Place tamales in the baking pan. I ended up using eleven tamales and saved the last one for a snack by itself. Wink Wink.

Pour remaining sauce on top of tamales. It may look like too much sauce but it will be just perfect!

Cover evenly with freshly grated cheese and sprinkle with green onions and cilantro.

Bake:

Bake for 35 minutes or until cheese has completely melted. Carefully remove from the oven and serve immediately. Sprinkle with cotija cheese if desired.

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