Sausage-bean Tamale Bake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 lb sweet italian sausage (or hot, as you prefer)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 (20 3/4 ounce) can lamb and beans in tomato sauce
• 3 tablespoons tomato juice or 3 tablespoons water
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 2/3 cup buttermilk baking mix
• 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 casserole:.
• 2 remove sausages from casings and crumble into a large skillet. cook until browned, drain, set aside and reserve 1 tbsp of the pan drippings.
• 3 add onion and garlic to skillet. sauté until tender.
• 4 stir in sausage, beans, tomato juice and chili powder. turn into a greased shallow
• 5 1 1/2-quart baking dish. spoon tamale topping around edge of dish and bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until topping is golden brown. a cool cucumber salad goes especially well with this dish.
• 6 tamale topping:.
• 7 mix baking mix, cornmeal and chili powder. add egg and milk. stir only until dry ingredients are moistened.