Beef
I have been making this recipe for years . It is a favorite of our niece, Becky. This recipe is not only easy, but very easy to change to your families tastes. You can change the ground beef to ground chicken or turkey, change the cheese to any blend you like and change the heat level from mild to as hot as you want! The recipe below is a family favorite!
INGREDIENTS
1 lb. ground beef
1 envelope taco seasoning medium spice and low sodium
4 ounces of cream cheese
Jumbo pasta shells
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup (give or take ) your favorite salsa with any heat level YOU like , we use medium heat
1 cup taco sauce, medium heat
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup crushed tortilla chips
Sour cream
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a skillet, cook beef until no longer pink. Add taco seasoning, add cream cheese. simmer until cheese is melted. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. Cook pasta shells according to package. Drain and toss lightly with butter.
Spread the salsa over a 9 x 13 pan. Fill each shell with the meat mixture and place on top of salsa, continue until meat mixture is gone. Cover shells with taco sauce.
Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover sprinkle with cheese and crushed chips. Bake 15 minutes uncovered.
Serve with sour cream.
Add a salad and garlic bread and dinner is complete!
NOTES:
If you have left over meat mixture you can use this to top nacho chips.
This can be frozen, follow directions up until you put it in the oven. Prior to freezing add the cheese. Cover with plastic wrap then a layer of tin foil. I always label the tin foil with what the dish is and the heating directions from frozen. To re-heat from frozen, I take the dish out the day before I want to make it, pre heat oven to 350 degrees, bake COVERED for 40 minutes, uncover adding the crushed chips and bake 15-20 minutes until heated through.
ENJOY!
Taco pie is a favorite and this is a another recipe that is easily adaptable to your own spice level. We like medium spice… sometimes more! So take this recipe and make it YOURS! This has a warm pie with cold fresh ingredients on top! We really like this combination and hope you do too!
INGREDIENTS
1 deep dish pie crust, baked about half way through
1 lb. ground beef
1 package medium spice, low sodium taco seasoning
1/2 medium onion diced
1/2 cup fruit salsa ( I used pineapple salsa but use what you like)
1/2 cup refried beans with green chilies
1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese
1/2 cup cheddar cheese
1 can of original Ro-tel tomatoes (drained)
TOPPINGS
Shredded lettuce
Diced tomatoes
Sour cream
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Partially bake your pie crust, about three quarters of the way through, following package directions.
Brown ground beef, drain, add seasoning with a slight bit of water. Add onion. sauté for a couple of minutes, then add both cheeses. Mix until combined and melted. Spread refried beans onto the bottom and slightly up the side of pie crust. This is easiest when pie crust is still slightly warm. (add as much or little of the beans as you like, use my measurements as a guide) Add about half of the can of Ro-tel tomatoes. Add ground beef mixture. Add layer of salsa.
Bake 15 minutes.
Take out of oven and cool for ten minutes and add your toppings!
NOTES
Ground turkey can be used.
Enjoy,
This would be fantastic for dinner, game night or any party occasion! I know this will be making an appearance MANY more times for dinner and parties to come!
You can put this on a hamburger type roll, slider for an appetizer or even a wrap! If you don’t like blue cheese feel free to swap it out with ranch dressing.
The original recipe came from Pillsbury it is written as a slow cooker recipe, however I did change it a bit. I cooked it stove top and then transferred it to my slow cooker putting it on the “warm” setting. I think cooking it on low or high for a period of time would dry it out if it cooked for too long, that is my only caution for this recipe!
INGREDIENTS
2 lb. ground beef
1 large onion (chopped)
3 cups celery (6 stalks), chopped
1 can (8 ounce) tomato sauce
1 can (6 ounce) tomato paste
1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
2 teaspoons of chili powder
hamburger buns, slider buns or wraps
BLUE CHEESE SAUCE
8 ounces of sour cream
2/3 cup blue cheese (crumbled)
1 scallion, chopped
2 teaspoons buffalo wing sauce
Mix together all ingredients in medium bowl.
DIRECTIONS
In a skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until cooked through, stirring occasionally. Drain beef, add celery, tomato paste, tomato sauce, wing sauce, cider vinegar and chili powder. Stir well and let blend on low for 10 minutes. ( you can add to slow cooker at this point). To serve…spoon mix on bun, add blue cheese sauce, cover with top bun.
Enjoy!
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