Considered difficult, to eat hot tamale entrée (7)
I believe the answer is:
thought
'considered' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'difficult to eat hot tamale entree' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'hot' is 'tho' which is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thought that I've seen before include "Idea, concept" , "Idea, opinion" , "Supposed" , "Musing" , "Orwell's sort of police" .)