Crock Pot Tamale Dip Food

CROCK-POT TAMALE DIP RECIPE

Steps:

• Open cans of tamales and check to see if the tamales are individually wrapped in paper (some brands are while some are not). If they are you will need to remove the paper wrapping from each tamale.
• Add the tamales (along with the sauce that they are packed in) and the cream cheese to a 4 to 5 quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 1 hour.
• Using a spoon or spatula, break up the tamales and cream cheese a little bit making sure that there are still chunks of tamales.
• Recover slow cooker and continue cooking on LOW for an additional 30 to 60 minutes until all of the cream cheese is melted and the dip is creamy.
• Serve with tortilla chips.

SLOW COOKER TAMALE PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the cumin, salt, chili powder and pepper. , Transfer to a 4-qt. slow cooker; stir in the beans, tomatoes, corn, enchilada sauce, onions and cilantro. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until heated through., In a small bowl, combine muffin mix and eggs; spoon over meat mixture. Cover and cook 1 hour longer or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean., Sprinkle with cheese; cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Serve with sour cream and additional cilantro if desired.

CROCKPOT TAMALES

Steps:

• If you're going to use the rotisserie chicken, combine the meat with the onion, garlic, can of green chilies, cumin, salt, and drained corn in a 4 quart (or so) crockpot and cook on high for 3-4 hours, or on low for 6. The onions need to be translucent before going into the tamales. If you don't have time for this step, skip the garlic and onion, and combine the chicken with the chiles, cumin, salt, and drained corn in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Soften the corn husks by soaking them in very hot water until they are quite pliable.
• To make the masa, combine all dough ingredients in a large mixing bowl, and beat on medium-to-high speed until everything is mixed well and the dough is spongy. Check the dough by dropping a little ball of it into a glass of water. It should float. If it doesn't float, this source says to continue to beat the dough.
• Take a bit larger than a golf-ball size piece of masa dough, and spread it into a wet corn husk. The dough should be about 1/4 inch thick--you do not want to see the corn husk through the dough. Add a bit of filling, and some cheese. Fold the corn husk over to join the edges of the masa. If you need to add more dough, do so---no filling should peek through. Fold all corn husk edges into the center and place into the bottom of an empty crockpot, seam side down (I used a 6.5 quart, and fit 19 inside).
• Repeat. Many, many, many times. It took me about 2 hours to make all of the tamales. If you find that your corn husks are unraveling, you can add another the other way to secure it, and tear off a long piece to tie around. I had to do this a few times. I also needed to add more hot water to the soaking husks to keep them pliable. If you need to step away from the tamale-making-process for a bit, put the lid on your crockpot to keep moisture inside.
• When the crockpot is full, put the lid on and cook on high for 4-6 hours, or until a tester tamale looks and tastes done. The tamales on the edges will cook a bit faster. Once your tester looks good (I used the same one, and kept re-wrapping it and adding it back when it wasn't ready), unplug the crockpot and keep the lid off. Don't unwrap any others until they've set for about 15 minutes. My tamales were cooked at 6 hours, but I began checking every 45 minutes at 4 hours.

CROCK POT BEEF TAMALE PIE

Steps:

• In a non-stick skillet, cook ground beef, onion and garlic over medium heat until meat is cooked.
• Drain thoroughly and stir in the drained kidney beans and enchilada sauce.
• Pour into a 4-5 quart crock pot.
• In a large bowl, mix together corn muffin mix, milk, oil and egg just until combined.
• Next, add cheese and chiles, including the liquid from the chile can.
• Spoon over beef in crock pot.
• Cover crock pot and cook on low for 6-7 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the corn bread mixture comes out clean. In small bowl combine sour cream, salsa and cilantro; serve with pie.

TAMALE PIE FOR THE CROCK POT

Steps:

• Preheat crock pot to high.
• In a large skillet, cook beef and sausage in oil, until crumbled and no longer pink.
• Put meat in slow cooker reserving 1 T. of the liquid from the pan.
• Add reserved oil, onions, carrots and celery to the pan. Cook and stir until softened. Add jalapeno, chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper. cook and stir for about 1 minute. Add ketchup and refried beans an stir well. Add stock and corn and bring to a boil. Pour over meats in slow cooker and stir well to combine.
• To make the topping:.
• Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Mix butter, egg and milk together and pour into dry ingredients. Stir just to blend.
• Fold in cheese and green chilies.
• spread over meat mixture in the crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours.
• Topping will rise and get crusty and the meat will be bubbly and hot.
• Serve with a green salad for an easy meal.

TAMALE CASSEROLE - CROCK POT

Steps:

• Place half of the diced onions in a 4-quart electric slow cooker.
• Top with half each of the salsa, the chili, beans and olives.
• Place 4 or 5 of the tamales on top.
• Cover the tamales with half of the chili strips.
• Repeat the layers, ending with the remaining chili strips.
• Cover and cook on the low setting 6 1/2 to 7 hours.
• Pass shredded cheese and sour cream on the side.
• Tip: If you are using frozen tamales, the wrappers will be easier to
• remove if you microwave them for a few seconds first. Also, if using
• frozen tamales, increase cooking time about 1 hour.