Lunchroom Tamale Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups cornmeal
2 cups cold water
4 cups boiling water
1 lb ground chuck
1 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons salt, divided
1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes, crushed
1 bell pepper, chopped
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon chili powder
non-fat cooking spray
2 tablespoons butter

Preparation

Brown ground chuck.
Add onion, bell pepper, and cook until tender.
Add chili powder, black pepper, garlic powder, 1 teaspoons.
salt and tomatoes.
Simmer for 10 minutes and keep warm.
Mix cornmeal with cold water.
Add boiling water and cook about 10 minutes, or until thick.
Add 1 teaspoons salt, stir well.
Spray a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
Use 2/3 of cornmeal mixture on bottom& sides of casserole dish.
Pour meat mixture into casserole dish.
Spread the remaining 1/3 of cornmeal mixture over meat mixture.
Dot with margarine.
Bake at 375\u00b0F for 40 minutes.