For this recipe, I looked at a bunch of recipes and then made up something on myown. I think the one I found that is closest to what I made is this. I was looking for something that wasn't high carb, used primary ingredients I keep on hand, was easy, and would work well for having people over. Here is what I came up with.
Layered Taco Casserole
- 1 lb. ground beef
- Taco seaonsing (one packet or about 2 TBSP of homemade)
- 1 can refried beans
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 (8 oz.) block of chedder cheese (shredded)
- 1 tomato (chopped)
- chopped lettuce
Brown the ground beef, drain. Add seasoning and 1/4-1/2 cup water. Simmer.
Spread beef in the bottom of casserole dish (I used a 7x11 glass casserole dish). Warm refried beans (to make it easier to spread) and spread over beef. Layer in 1/2 of cheese, sour cream, tomato, lettuce, and other 1/2 of cheese. And it's ready to eat!
No baking required! Obviously this is a very flexible recipe. You can layer them in whatever order or change the toppings all together. Sorry, No photo, it's all gone. :)
Notice that there are not tortillas, taco shells, or tortilla chips mentioned? I like that. You can use whatever you like. I personally like to scoop the casserole up with chips.
I made this for lunch today. I added the beans to the hamburger to heat them (especially because the can of beans was 6+ years old!). Left out the tomato, since I didn't have any on hand, but put salsa on the table for people to add as they wished (so JM could use the spicy salsa).
ReplyDeleteJM and I liked it very much. Jer doesn't care for Mexican food and took his time eating it. TGM only barely choked down her serving so she could have birthday cupcakes. Typical response to a meal for my family.