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Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole

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Make dinner time easy with this Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole recipe! Full of delicious flavors your whole family will love!

Make dinner time easy with this Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole recipe! Full of delicious flavors your whole family will love!

You know how hard it is to make summer-y comfort foods that are not only super tasty but also super easy?

I’ll tell you. It’s very hard.

Make dinner time easy with this Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole recipe! Full of delicious flavors your whole family will love!

I’m most likely exaggerating but I’ve been all about the one pot pasta dinners lately and decided I need to switch things up a bit. So I went through my blog archives to see what I could make.

Southwestern Chicken Cornbread Casserole? Sounded nice enough and I called it easy waaay back when I was still young and beautiful very pregnant.

Make dinner time easy with this Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole recipe! Full of delicious flavors your whole family will love!

Uhm, it was definitely pre-baby easy. And if I’m going to make a casserole it doesn’t only have to be delicious but also speedy.

Nothing better than a tiny human changing the way you look at one tiny word.

There were a few other things I wasn’t happy with so I tested and re-tested the recipe until I found my happy place.

And then I thought – why not add an updated version to the blog instead of hiding the old recipe in the archives?

Make dinner time easy with this Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole recipe! Full of delicious flavors your whole family will love!

Plus my photography wasn’t nearly as awesome as I thought it to be back then so new pictures would be nice.

But who am I kidding?! No tamale pie casserole is ever going to win any beauty contests.

Ugly cheesy pictures, tasty dinner with just 20 minutes prep time – it’s a win in my books!

Make dinner time easy with this Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole recipe! Full of delicious flavors your whole family will love!

Also, if you’re a fan of step by step pictures – here’s the recipe for this tamale pie casserole in completely downloadable and printable PDF format, complete with pictures to guide you through every step!

And I promise, this time it’s mom-of-five-toddlers easy.

Make dinner time easy with this Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole recipe! Full of delicious flavors your whole family will love!
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Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole

Make dinner time easy with this Cheesy Cornbread Chicken Tamale Pie Casserole recipe! Full of delicious flavors your whole family will love!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 649 kcal
Author Nora

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon oil
  • 1 cup chopped peppers 130g, about 2 small
  • 1/4 cup chopped onions 45g, about 1 small
  • 3/4 cup corn kernels 140g
  • 12 ounces cooked and shredded chicken 340g
  • 1 cup salsa 225g
  • 1 cup barbecue sauce 250g
  • 1 1/4 cups cornbread mix 155g
  • 1/3 cup sour cream 75g
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 cup shredded cheese 120g

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C). Heat the oil in an oven safe skillet (about 9 inches (23cm) wide). Add the peppers, onion and corn and cook over medium high heat for 5 minutes.
  2. Take off the heat and stir in the shredded chicken, salsa and barbecue sauce. Flatten and smooth the surface with the back of a spoon.
  3. In a medium bowl stir together the cornbread mix, sour cream, egg and melted butter. Gently spread over the casserole filling, careful not to mix them together. Leave a small edge to allow steam to escape.
  4. Bake for 15-20 minute in the middle of the preheated oven.
  5. Scatter the cheese over the top and finish baking for 2-3 minutes or until the cheese is all bubbly and melted.

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  1. I love cornbread and making tamale pies! This version looks amazing and I love that you added some barbecue sauce it there too! These pictures are too gorgeous, I could totally dive into a piece of that right now 😉

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  2. For some reason I think it’s funny that you said you first made this when you were young and beautiful…because I feel like I’ve aged SO much since having a baby! I guess sleep is good for something, right? This casserole looks amazing, and perfect for my super busy hectic life right now! Love that cheesy goodness 🙂

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    • YES!! Oh my gosh, I recently looked at our wedding photos and even pregnant and all I look SO much younger than I do now – sleep definitely is good for something! Thanks Denise!

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  6. oh my gawd!!! this is comfort food at its finest!!! it’s so funny. . today is all of a sudden cold and I am craving comfort food like this! love this tamale pie casserole!! and gorgeous photos!

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    • I’ve so fallen in love with cornbread ever since I had it for the first time two years ago – so I totally feel you there 🙂 Thanks Sara!

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  9. Haha, having a kid (kids!) has definitely changed my cooking style! I used to make homemade pasta and perogies and ravioli ALL the time (notice how those are all carbs… Lol). Now I ain’t got no time for that. But I got time for this! Looks amazing! And you’re still young and beautiful 🙂

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  12. I’m drooling… the one photograph, yeah, that one, where your pulling the spatula away from the pie with a cheesy, melty, trail of cheese. Oh my goodness. Love that this is easy and love that it’s Mexican/BBQ – MexiBBQ? Delicious flavors, Nora! I’ll put my new lodge pan to good use!

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    • Haha, I was so happy about that cheese cooperating with me 😀 Ooooh I’ve been meaning to get a Lodge pan, they’re so pretty! Thanks for stopping by, Traci!

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  14. You are cracking me up! haha! All my friends keep telling me to have a baby, but I realllllly like sleeping. Like a lot. Like it is my most favorite part of the day, so I don’t think babies are in the picture right now! 🙂 But I definitely think this casserole needs to be part of the picture! It looks amazing! Total comfort food!

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    • Annie, true story… I hated sleeping before I had a baby. Now I wish I would have loved it as much as you do 😀 Thanks for stopping by, friend!

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  17. You’ve got one of my favorite meals here — my mom used to make a tamale pie casserole, and it’s been YEARS since I had one. I need to make this soon!

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  33. I need this cheesy goodness right now!! It has all my favorite things in it and although I have no baby, I can always use another awesome easy recipe to add to the mix! Just look at all the beautiful cheese!! 🙂

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  34. Your cheese shots are a thing of beauty Nora!
    Love this quick and easy (aka baby friendly) meal. 😉
    Pinned!

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    • Oops, thanks for pointing this out, Jean! It is, of course, supposed to be 390° Fahrenheit or 200° Celsius. I changed it in the post – thanks again! Hope you’ll enjoy the recipe.

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