Cornbread Tamale Pie
From: bonappetit.com
Your fav chili mix
beef, chili, toms, onions, green peppers
cornbread batter
1 1/2 cups white cornmeal mix
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
First, get out your cast-iron skillet and brown some ground beef. Remove the ground beef and add chopped onions, green bell peppers, and a hit of red pepper flakes.
Once the veggies have softened, add the meat back in, along with a can or two of diced tomatoes.
To make the cornbread topping, combine first 3 ingredients; make a well in center of mixture. Add eggs and buttermilk, stirring just until moistened.
Pour cornbread over the chili and bake until the cornbread topping is deeply golden and a little crusty—the whole point of this dish is breaking through a crunchy exterior to get to the spicy, saucy chili (it is, essentially, a chili) underneath.