Mexican Cornbread

I have a recipe for you today. Mexican Cornbread. We ate it a lot growing up. It was one of mom's go to meals. I was making it tonight and decided to take pictures so I could share it. There are two parts.

You start off browning about a pound of hamburger meat (I used turkey this time). Drain any grease and add a can of Rotel. ( I used fire roasted tomatoes because that's all I had.) Add a little salt and pepper.

The corn bread mix is

1 1/2 cups of corn meal mix

1/2 cup of oil

1 cup milk

2 eggs

1 can creamed corn

A few jalapeños

Mix together. Should be the consistency of cake batter.

Pour half of the corn bread mix into a greased pan. (I used a square pan this time but I usually use a rectangular one. It was very very close to overflowing today.) Anyways. Spread the meat mixture over the cornbread and then top it with cheese. (My favorite is a hot cheese.) Finally, pour the rest of the cornbread mix. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

I didn't get a final picture. Oh well, you know what cornbread looks like when it's done. Nice and golden brown.

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