last recipe, i promise...for now

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preheat oven to 375 degrees. brown 1 pounds ground beef...the leanest you can find. when browned, throw in one medium onion, chopped, along with one deseeded jalapeno, chopped as well. cook til onions are translucent. put in two cloves of minced garlic. cook for about 3 minutes. add one 14 oz. can of drained and rinsed beans (i used black beans), and one can of 14oz diced tomatoes (i used italian flavored ones), and 1 cup of frozen corn. heat til liquid from tomatoes evaporates.

in a pot, boil 2.5 cups of water. when boiling, add 3/4 cups of corn meal. whisk in. add 2 T. of oil.

put your beef mixture in the bottom of a 3 quart pan (i used two 1.5 quart ones), take the corn meal mixture and place on top...spreading it and making sure you get the edges sealed.

put in oven for 30 minutes.

EAT IT

oh, the cornmeal part...it will be like polenta....not like cornbread, more like a tamale consistency.