Easy, Meaty Mexican Casserole

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Description

This quick and easy Mexican casserole is a weeknight all-in-one meal: ground meat, corn, kidney beans, and cheese come together deliciously.

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds ground pork
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can light red kidney beans (including liquid)
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
3/4 cup water
1 package taco seasoning mix (such as Old El Paso®)
1 (8 1/2 ounce) package dry corn muffin mix (such as Jiffy®)
1/3 cup milk
1 egg
3 cups shredded Colby cheese

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2 Heat a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook and crumble pork and black pepper in the hot pan until browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
3 Stir kidney beans, corn, water, and taco seasoning into the skillet with the pork. Bring to a boil.
4 Combine corn muffin mix, milk, and egg in a bowl for the corn bread mixture.
5 Spoon pork mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Top with Colby cheese. Pour and carefully spread corn bread mixture on top.
6 Bake in the preheated oven until corn bread is golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.