Chili Cornbread Casserole
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground meat
- 1 medium onion, sliced thin
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 1 jalapeno, diced with seeds and veins for spicy, without for mild
- 1 apple, chopped
- 1 tablespoon dark chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 28-32 ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 1 15/16 ounce can kidney beans, drained (optional)
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- Cornbread batter (recipes in link)
Instructions
- Heat oil in oven safe and stove top safe pan if you want a true 1 dish dinner.
- Add onion, garlic, jalapeno, apple, and ground beef. Cook until apples and onions are soft and beef is browned.
- Add spices and cocoa powder.
- Stir until well coated.
- Add tomatoes and kidney beans.
- Cook until thick.
- Top with cornbread batter, about 1/2 inch thick.
- Bake at 400 for 15 minutes.
- Add some butter to the top of cornbread crust and bake for 5 more minutes or until top is slightly browned.