Tex-mex Bake (casserole)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground beef
• 4 tablespoons taco seasoning
• 4 tablespoons taco sauce (i just used pace picante)
• 1 onion, diced
• garlic powder
• salt and pepper
• 0.5 (15 1/4 ounce) can whole kernel corn (or the whole can if you want)
• 1 (10 ounce) can rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies
• 3 dashes of crushed cayenne pepper (more or less to suit your taste)
• 1 (8 1/2 ounce) box jiffy cornbread mix (or whatever kind you like)
• 1/4 cup honey (if you like it sweet)

Recipe

• 1 brown the ground beef on the stove with the taco seasoning, taco sauce, onion, garlic powder and salt and pepper.
• 2 once the beef is brown,drain and add in the corn and drain the rotel diced tomatoes with chilies and add to the pan.
• 3 (if you like spicy foods, add in a few shakes of crushed cayenne pepper). once all these have warmed together, take off the stove.
• 4 preheat the oven to 400.
• 5 in a bowl, mix the jiffy cornbread mix as directed on the box. if desired, add about 1/4 cup of honey and mix completely.
• 6 pour meat mixture in to a square, glass baking dish 8x8x2. cover and spread cornbread on top of meat.
• 7 cook for 15-20 minutes or until the cornbread is done and a golden brown color.
• 8 serve with salsa and sour cream on the side.
• 9 (i like the sweet of the honey in the cornbread to go with the spicy of the meat).