Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ray's tamale pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ray's Tamale Pie is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Ray's Tamale Pie is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have ray's tamale pie using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Ray's Tamale Pie:

1. Prepare 1 pork butt
2. Get 1/2 onion
3. Take 1 fresh mexican cheese
4. Make ready topping and bottom crust
5. Get 2 cup masa harina
6. Prepare 1 tsp baking powder
7. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
8. Make ready 2 cup chicken broth
9. Make ready 1/2 cup corn oil
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp achote paste
11. Get meat sauce
12. Make ready 2 can chili colorado sauce"enchillada"
13. Prepare 1/2 tsp cumin
14. Take 1/2 diced onion
15. Get 1 tsp oil
16. Make ready 1/2 tsp minced garlic
17. Take 1 tsp oregano

Instructions to make Ray's Tamale Pie:

1. NOTEyou will be doing a water bath so make sure you have two casserole dishes 1 bigger & 1 smaller.
2. start by cooking your pork but on high with 1/2 onion in a pot. put lid on so it will cook faster.Once done shredd and set aside.
3. now preheat oven to 400°F.
4. for masa add all ingredients together till you get a thick consistency. set aside.
5. for sauce add oil to a pan, add garlic,onion & cumin cook about 2 minutes on medium heat, add in sauce & oregano let come to a simmer, add in cook another 10minutes, set aside.
6. now add masa to bottom of casserole dish going all the way up sides, top with meat sauce and top that with more masa.
7. boil some water add to a bigger casserole dish & place tamale pie into water bath, be careful not to overfill you only want it to reach half way of tamale casserole dish. cover with foil bake 50 minutes.take off foil and bake another 15-20 minutes. top with fresh mexican cheese
8. *I also have a recipe on my page for Red Sauce for Tamales if you want to use that sauce instead. *

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