Here is a delicious recipe that you can cook quickly without sacrificing flavor. beef tamales in a can with onions and cheese. Mmmm!
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 (15 ounce) cans beef tamales
- 2 bunches green onions, chopped
- 8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
- 3 cups crushed tortilla chips
- 2 (16 ounce) cans chili without beans
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Unwrap tamales and cut into thick chunks. Place a portion of the chopped tamales in the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. Then layer the onions, cheese, tortilla chips and chili without beans.
- Repeat this until all ingredients are used, topping off with cheese and chips. Then sprinkle with the water.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 680 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 48 g |
| Cholesterol | 93 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 30 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Sodium | 1544 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 42 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
In celebration of Cinco de Mayo at work today we had a Mexican pot luck lunch so I followed the directions but I fried some beef chorizo to add a layer.Everone liked it. I served it with a dollop of guacamole and sour cream. Delicious!!! You really can get creative with these ingredients like black beans,rice, avacado, refried beans. I mean the ideas are endless.
Everyone asks for the recipe! I would urge you to use frozen, in a bag, Texas Tamales. They pump it up to a 10 star.
This recipe turned out great. I layer the tamales, onions, and cheese but I don’t put tortilla chips. Everyone loves it.
I made this recipe twice, once as written and once adding some spices. I have to say we didn’t think it had much flavor so it did not make the cut at my house.
I make one similar except use corn in place of onions which I’m going to have to try. Been making this for well over 3 decades and is always a family favorite that is always requested . Have one in the oven right now
Very much enjoyed this dish. Added a little bit of frozen southwest style corn to the mix, but otherwise, stuck to the recipe. Everyone loved it. I’d say maybe a tad dry personally and would recommend maybe more chili in the recipe or add some salsa with the dish. Also did less nachos than the recipe called for (2 cups).
Delicious, economical, will make many, many more times!
Quick and easy and yummy.
We used Pedro’s frozen tamales and Wolf brand chili. This was an easy meal that everyone could enjoy. My husband typically hates casseroles and he gave this a 3, which I think is a good rating considering how much he despises them. My daughter and I enjoyed. Serve with extra green onions, avocado and sour cream.
I used fresh tamales and substitued a frozen bag of corn, onion and pepper. I did not add corn chips. I used (only because that’s all I had) Mexican 4 cheese blend. Everyone in the household loved it.
Just made this last night and it was great! Used diced white onion and 1 can of chili w/beans cause that’s what I had. One good tip from another reviewer…definitely go with a 3 quart dish, this makes a lot. Some spanish rice as a side was perfect. My goal for a couple of weeks is to make something with what I have already so, success!
This was really quick, easy and a family pleaser. I used refrigerated tamales from Costco and added sautéed chopped onions, canned corn and sliced olives. I loved the chili as a sauce. Really yummy!
This is very similar to the recipe on the can of tamales. I use chopped onions rather than green onions. Love this dish and it is so easy!
I prepared per recipe , I served chopped cilantro, chopped green onions, diced tomatoes and sour cream on the side. Yummy! With the sides piled on top gave dish a fresh taste, No one could ever guess it was all canned goods. We’ll just keep the canned part a secret, and let them think we slaved in the kitchen.
Everyone in the family enjoyed it
I will definitely be making this again,but next time I will try it with the beans in the chili and kick up the flavor some by adding some jalapenos cause I like heat.I would also like to try it with the frozen tamales after reading some of the other reviews.
spoiler alert… 2 quart casserole dish was too small. I even packed the ingredients down and had to leave out an entire can of chili and one cup of the tortilla chips. I’d go with a 3 quart dish next time.
I added chopped onion and 2 cans of green Chili’s. I also used fresh Tamales laid in the bottom of a casserole dish but cut into bite sized squares. This recipe is very easy and quite tasty.
I grew up on this. Not a gourmet item folks!!! Good old childhood comfort food so you haters need to lighten the heck up. If you want authentic tamales- spend then time making them. We love this on a cold winter night with some extra chips, a good salad, and maybe a beer :). Rich, heavy, old fashioned good stuff. Yummy.
Just finished this recipe for dinner turned out pretty awesome I did make some changes since I come from a fam of big eaters I uosed 4 cans of tamales on top I added corn cilantro onions and lime juice on top of that cheese and 2 cans of Chilli with the beans. More onions and jalapenos the chips and before baking I squirted them with more lime… after 25 min I added more cheese green onion and olives on top… really easy dish…. I’d make it again
This is a great recipe for those nights you are really limited on time and/or patience. This is the same recipe my aunt used to use, only she used fritos instead of tortilla corn chips. 🙂