Dinner #2 in our Dollar Tree dinner series! 4 dinners for $20 total—this one is just $5 and reheats beautifully. I’m calling it “Tex Mex Tamale Chili”, but you may recognize it as “Mexican Mix Ups” from Grandma’s Recipe Rolodex.
Ingredients:
1 can chicken tamales (remove wrappers, slice thin)
1 can corn (drained)
1 can diced tomatoes & green chilies (used 2/3 can, saved the rest)
1 can beans (rinsed and drained—black, kidney, or pinto)
Optional Side- cooked rice, tortilla chips, or cornbread
Optional Topping- cheese or sour cream
Instructions:
• Remove paper from tamales and slice into thin rounds.
• Add sliced tamales and sauce from the can to a pot.
• Stir in drained corn, about 2/3 can of diced tomatoes and chilies, and rinsed beans.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10–15 minutes.
• Serve over rice, corn chips, or cornbread. Add toppings if available.
What’s your must-have chili topping?
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32 Comments
I am so excited that my small town is finally getting a Dollar Tree here in Canada.Can't wait to try out all these recipes
😮🤦🏻♀️😢 those things in the can are not tamales.
This and some rice would do me fine for a meal
You should try bushes sidekick beans I just had them for the first time they are great
Some of their ice cream is already pushing $7 a pint in my area. (Talenti)
Those Tamales are my treat when I go to dollar tree, I love them. I pack them for lunch, but I will try this recipe next time!
Love this one! I really like those tamales to begin with!
Mm thanks for reminding me those tamales exist they hit soo good back in college
Now i want cornbread
I love those tamales, but never thought to cook with them. This looks delicious.
I would try this in a heartbeat. I love tamales and a good one is hard to find. I like anything by Hormel meats.
Thanks for explaining about the paper! I turned down the tamales because I didn't know what to do it!!
They also sell tortilla chips and cornbread mix at dollar tree they're pretty cheap also at other grocery store
Thank you! This recipe is perfect.
yes canned corn beans and tomatoes w rice
You should write a book to go with this fabulous show ❤🎉
This will be perfect for a college student in their first dorm ect.
I love those tamales. I grew up eating them. Mom would make tamale pie. Slice those tamales and layer them with Fritos, canned chili and cheese. Of course, I’m sure she used the generic version of everything to save money, but we could make a couple of meals for four people out of it too.
Those tamales are absolutely disgusting my friend had them at his house and open up the can and just to smell made me gag he made me taste a piece of it and I about vomited. In fact it tasted like vomit.
My son likes those chicken tamales as much as the beef ones
Those hormel tamales are awesome! You can cover a few with chili grated cheese onion and black olives and it's delicious ! Also dollar tree hotdogs sliced in baked beans is another inexpensive meal!
I eat this all the time.😮
I wish they sold the Nalley brand of tamales,they’re much better imo,but they’re getting harder to find-all my local grocery stores stopped carrying them 😕
It looks delicious
I went to Aldi's and the Farmers market. Spent 15 dollars
Corn on cob, hot dogs and macaroni salad for dinner tonight
where the fuck are you that DT stll does a dollar? every DT i have walked into onver the last 2 years are 1.25, and are starting to move up to 1.50, and im in louisiana so i figured as backwards and slow as this state is it had to be EVERYWHERE before it got to us. Damn, with that price cost i need to move to your state, cause if I bought 1 item a day at your cost vs 1 item a day at my cost, the price difference is 91+ dollars a year, let alone buying more than a single item a day, not counting the stuff thats already 1.50.
I know we’ve all been eating this stuff for years but the preservative in canned foods is basically plastic and gets stuck somewhere in your body
The veggies and beans make it nutritious too.
Nice idea!
Ugh 😩 Poor people food.
Yeahhhhhhh!!!!
I was looking for this recipe!
I wish you could get them in the UK 🎉