Small 2-Ingredient Casseroles · Number 3

Tamale Pie

  • Two ingredients
One square of tamale pie on a single ordinary plate at the kitchen table, dark chili and beans under a golden cornmeal crust, steam rising, a fork cutting into the corner
Watch the video

You need

Good to know: Two suppers each; salt, pepper, water, butter and oil are free.

What to do

  1. Oven 400°F.
  2. Spread the chili in a small dish.
  3. Shingle finger-thick polenta slices on top and brush with melted butter.
  4. Bake uncovered 25 min, until bubbling between the slices and golden.

Watch Ruth make it

Ruth's cookbook

Ruth Bell's 2-Ingredient Kitchen

Fifty two-ingredient recipes in large print, one recipe to a page, with a picture for every one.

See inside the cookbook