Leftover Turkey Tamale Pie – Sorry, Pumpkin, There’S A Novel Thanksgiving Pie Inwards Town

Even if your turkey is perfectly cooked, the reheated leftovers tin hold upward a piddling dry out as well as uninteresting, peculiarly since the gravy ever runs out earlier all the meat is gone. 

That’s why soup is such a pop choice for using upward the concluding remnants of your bird, but this tamale pie volition serve the same purpose, exclusively inwards a significantly to a greater extent than exciting, as well as flavorful way.

There are 2 basic types of tamale pie. One features a cornbread topping, which is similar eating chili alongside cornbread, as well as the other a traditional masa dough, which is similar eating chili alongside polenta on it. Here, I wanted to practice something that gives us the best of both, as well as I was real happy alongside how this came out.

While I’m branding this equally a post-Thanksgiving leftover turkey recipe, it’s truly a “how to build tamale pie” video, since you lot tin sub inwards virtually whatever other meat and/or vegetable, as well as it should operate only equally well. In fact, I’m truly thinking of doing a version using cubed butternut mash equally a turkey-adjacent side dish. Regardless of what you lot use, I truly practice promise you lot plow over this slow as well as delicious tamale pie a endeavor soon. Enjoy!

 

Ingredients for six Portions Turkey Tamale Pie:
(I used a 9" X 12" baking dish)

1 tablespoon olive stone oil

1 large onion, diced

1 teaspoon tabular array salt addition to a greater extent than to taste

1 ruddy bell, diced

2 poblano peppers, diced

1 teaspoon freshly position down dark pepper

2 teaspoons cumin

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 tin (7-oz) chipotle peppers inwards adobo sauce

3 to four cups diced cooked turkey or chicken

4 ounces grated abrupt cheddar cheese (about 1 packed cup)

1 jounce (15.5-oz) ruddy enchilada sauce

1 1/2 cups chicken broth

For the crust:

1 1/4 cups cornmeal

3/4 loving cup self-rising flour*

2 tablespoons white sugar

1 teaspoon kosher salt

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups milk

4 ounces grated abrupt cheddar cheese for the top

- Bake at 375 F. for most 45 minutes, or until the topping is browned as well as a toothpick comes out clean.

* If you lot don’t bring self-rising flour, you lot tin occupation 3/4 loving cup all-purpose flour sifted alongside 1 teaspoon baking pulverization as well as 1/2 teaspoon fine tabular array salt.

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