Pulled Pork Tamale Pie

Store-bought pulled pork saves hours of prep time making this tamale pie a good choice for dinner when you're short on time.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 615 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 ⅓ cups milk
• 1 small onion, minced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn
• 1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning
• 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles (such as RO*TEL®)
• 1 ½ teaspoons butter, or as needed
• 2 ½ cups prepared pulled pork
• 1 (4.5 ounce) can diced green chiles
• 2 (6 ounce) boxes cornbread mix (such as Martha White®)
• 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Mexican-blend cheese

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large casserole dish with butter.

Step 2

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in pulled pork and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes.

Step 3

Discard about 1/2 of the liquid from the corn and diced tomatoes with chiles; add remaining corn, diced tomatoes with chiles, and liquid to the pork mixture. Stir in diced green chiles and taco seasoning; cook until desired consistency and heated through, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.

Step 4

Whisk cornbread mix, milk, and eggs together in a bowl. Pour a little more than 1/2 of the batter into the prepared casserole dish.

Step 5

Bake cornbread in the preheated oven for 6 to 7 minutes. Remove from the oven and pour pork mixture on top. Sprinkle with Mexican cheese, then pour the remaining cornbread batter over top.

Step 6

Bake until cornbread topping is golden brown, 30 to 45 minutes.