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INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/2 cup finely chopped green bell peppers
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped green bell peppers
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
  • 2 cups ground round or sirloin
  • 5 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 cup tomato sauce (8 ounce can)
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • dash lemon pepper or other seasoned pepper
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup milk

PREPARATION:

Preheat oven to 400°. Sauté pepper, onion, and beef in 2 tablespoons of oil in skillet until beef is well browned. Stir in tomato sauce, ketchup, 1 teaspoon salt, seasoned pepper, and chili powder. Put mixture into 1 1/2 quart casserole. Stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, remaining salt and thyme in a bowl; add egg, milk, and rest of oil. Stir until smooth. Top the meat mixture with the batter; bake, uncovered, until the cornmeal is slightly brown and firm to touch, about 1 hour. Loosen cornmeal with a knife around edges, turn on serving plate with top side down.
Serves 8.

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