Vegan comfort food that doesn’t taste vegan? In individual servings? With a cheese option as well for non-vegan (although vegan cheese could be used)? Keep reading…..
Mini Tamale Pies
Ingredients:
- 1½ cups or 15 ounce can pinto beans, rinsed and drained, preferably organic
- 15 ounce can diced tomatoes, preferably organic
- 2 green bell peppers, seeded and finely chopped
- 1½ cups frozen corn, preferably organic
- 1½ tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp granulated garlic
- ½ tsp ground cumin
Cornmeal Topping –
- 1 cup cornmeal, preferably organic
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups water
Directions:
Add the pinto beans through garlic to a small saucepan, heat over medium-low for 40 minutes, stirring periodically. Taste for salt, add as desired.
Near the end of the time preheat oven to 350° and place baking dishes on a rimmed baking sheet.
Add the cornmeal topping ingredients to a tall saucepan, bring to a boil over medium heat, whisk until thick.
Divide the filling between the dishes, spread the cornmeal on top, with a small spatula.
Bake for 45 minutes, or until golden on top.
Non-Vegan option:
If desired, top with grated cheddar cheese before baking,
Makes 4 to 8 pies, depending on size. I made 4 individual size ones and 2 in custard size ramekins. This served 3 adult appetites, 1 toddler plus leftovers for me the next day.
~Sarah
I totally want to dig into that! I love anything tamale!
this sounds yummy! and pretty easy at that – thanks for the idea
I can’t remember if I’ve all ready asked you if you would be willing to consider joining the Virtual Vegan Potluck on Nov 1st, World Vegan Day. I’m co-chair
I’d love to have you there. It’s really simple and should drive a fair amount of traffic and new blogging friends to your site.
http://www.virtualveganpotluck.com
Yes, you did!
I was looking at the site yesterday and forgot to send my thingie in!! Will go do now 
Sorry, I’m asking all my best blogging buds and couldn’t remember who I’d asked
Yay!
All signed up! Thank you so much for the invite
Awesome Sarah! You’ll love it!!! Thanks!
This looks great. I love the idea of a corn topping rather than a layer that gets a little soggier than I usually want it too. Thanks!
Yes! The pies I had before were always lumpy/soggy under
Cute! Love tamales, hate the work.
No kidding….tasty to eat, not to make
Love tamales!! But the usual TexMex version with…um, pig…really grosses me out. You think they make non-gmo cornmeal? I would totally try this!
Yes! Supposedly all of Bob’s products are. http://www.bobsredmill.com/faqs.html#GP4 So now I am feeling good about using their polenta.
http://www.bobsredmill.com/organic-medium-grind-cornmeal.html
http://www.bobsredmill.com/medium-grind-cornmeal.html
http://www.bobsredmill.com/corn-grits_polenta-organic.html
http://www.bobsredmill.com/gluten-free-corn-grits_polenta.html?&cat=
OH! Good to know!
If you keep this up…you may turn me vegan! Wow – this looks amazing!