Description
This Cowboy Cornbread Casserole is so filling and delicious. It starts with a chili like base layer and has a cornbread topping. The perfect comfort meal, fit for a cowboy, and ready in under an hour.
Ingredients
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup yellow onion, diced
- 1 cup green or red bell pepper, diced
- 16 ounce 85/15 ground beef
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 15 ounce can of southwest corn, drained
- 15 ounce can of black beans, rinsed and drained
- 10 ounce can of original Rotel
- (2) 8.5 ounce Jiffy corn muffin mix
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- Optional: Sour Cream for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Heat a dutch oven or large pot to medium heat on the stovetop. Add in olive oil, then bell pepper and onion. Cook for 4 minutes, stirring half way through.
- Add the ground beef into the peppers and onions and cook until no longer pink, breaking up with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Reduce the heat to medium low and stir in fresh garlic, paprika, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and salt.
- Pour in the rotel, corn, and black beans. Stir and turn off the heat.
- In a separate bowl, stir together both jiffy packages, eggs and milk until combined. Set aside.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer the ground beef mixture into a casserole dish leaving the juices behind in the dutch oven.
- Pour the cornbread over the top of the ground beef mixture, spreading it carefully over the top.
- Bake for 22-26 minutes until the cornbread is fully cooked.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- Try to plop the cornbread out in spoonfuls in different areas on the top of the casserole dish to avoid having to spread it all out from the center. You don't want the ground beef mixed all into the cornbread.
- A dollop of sour cream tastes amazing with this cornbread casserole. Serve it on the side with some fresh jalapeño.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: casserole
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: tex mex