OT -- Taco Casserole

Okie dokie ... here goes!

Easy Taco Casserole (serves 6)

1-1/2 - 2 lbs ground beef or ground chuck
1 pkg. Old El Paso Taco Seasoning Mix
1/4 Cup water
One 16-oz can Old El Paso refried beans (or whatever brand)
8-10 Taco shells or tostada shells (crunchier) broken
2-3 cups Shredded Cheddar cheese
1 16-oz. jar Salsa

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Brown ground beef in large skillet over medium high heat until
beef is thoroughly cooked; drain. Reduce heat to medium and stir in
taco seasoning and water. Simmer for about 2 minutes or so.

3. Pour hamburger/taco seasoning mixture into bottom of large oven
safe casserole dish. Layer refried beans, half of the broken taco
shells, 1 cup cheese and salsa on top of beef. Top w/remaining broken
shells and cheese.

4. Cook in oven until edge of cheese/shells are golden brown, about
20-25 minutes.

Wonderful served with a salad -- ENJOY!


Jennifer / Poetta

www.LadybugLane.com

Thanks for sharing Jennifer --- sounds like a winner -- DH loves
mexican-style food and I love any supper that goes together quickly when I
get home from work! :-)

Lisa

Thanks .... we love it too and it's very quick to fix. My stepchildren
ask for it everytime they come over!


On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:46:35 -0700, "Lisa Hurley"
wrote:

Thanks for sharing Jennifer --- sounds like a winner -- DH loves
mexican-style food and I love any supper that goes together quickly when I
get home from work! :-)

Lisa


Jennifer / Poetta

www.LadybugLane.com

On 2004-03-14 13:46:35 -0600, "Lisa Hurley" said:

Thanks for sharing Jennifer --- sounds like a winner -- DH loves
mexican-style food and I love any supper that goes together quickly when I
get home from work! :-)

Lisa

Me too! I think the worst part of living in ME was the dearth of good
ethinic restaurants. I always like trying stuff other than "American"
food, especially Mexican, Asian, and all Oriental. But most of the
Mexican and Chinese restaurants I tried in ME were yankeeized (my word
G) and very bland. A good Chinese restaurant, The First Wok, finally
opened in Augusta and my ex and I became well-known regulars. If I
could only figure out how to make that Hot and Sour Seafood Soup; that
was delicious! DH also loves all kinds of different types of food and
is very good at making just about anything he tries. A lot of the time
he'll look at a recipe and then do it the way he thinks is best, and
that always works out great.
Happy to have such a DSH,
Suze

Hi Jennifer...

Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. We tried it tonight and it was
deeeeelicious. We'll definitely have it again sometime.

Anna W. in Tx



"Poetta" wrote in message
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Okie dokie ... here goes!

Easy Taco Casserole (serves 6)

1-1/2 - 2 lbs ground beef or ground chuck
1 pkg. Old El Paso Taco Seasoning Mix
1/4 Cup water
One 16-oz can Old El Paso refried beans (or whatever brand)
8-10 Taco shells or tostada shells (crunchier) broken
2-3 cups Shredded Cheddar cheese
1 16-oz. jar Salsa

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Brown ground beef in large skillet over medium high heat until
beef is thoroughly cooked; drain. Reduce heat to medium and stir in
taco seasoning and water. Simmer for about 2 minutes or so.

3. Pour hamburger/taco seasoning mixture into bottom of large oven
safe casserole dish. Layer refried beans, half of the broken taco
shells, 1 cup cheese and salsa on top of beef. Top w/remaining broken
shells and cheese.

4. Cook in oven until edge of cheese/shells are golden brown, about
20-25 minutes.

Wonderful served with a salad -- ENJOY!


Jennifer / Poetta

www.LadybugLane.com