World's Best Tamale Pie Recipe

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For  those who want to "Taste and See" how good Doug's Tamale Pie is (if  you've heard the presentation "Loving Your Awesome God More Than  Anything" this will make sense to you), here it is.  *Because of the  growing popularity of books and movies like Forks over Knives and In Defense of Food we know there will be variations with real/imitation meat and real/imitation cheese.  

ENJOY!

Doug Strawn’s Tamale Pie 

2 cans fat-free Hormel *Vegetarian Chili

1 can black olives, chopped

1 can chopped chilies

1 can tomato paste

3 cups shredded sharp cheddar *cheese

1 tsp. chili powder

Layers of 3 corn tortillas (about 30 tortillas)

3/4 can of *Vegeburger

1 8 oz. jar salsa

In a large mixing bowl mix all ingredients EXCEPT tortillas and *cheese

In crock pot put a bit of olive oil in the bottom and layer 3 tortillas then chili mixture. Then *cheese. 

Repeat (keep layering) until to the top or ingredients run out (about 12-15 layers).

Top with *cheese and cook on low for 4 hours.

Prepare your taste buds!

*based on diet preference of meat, vegetarian or vegan, use substitutes