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Incredibly Easy Taco Pie

Mon, 2006-07-24 12:22 by Tammy   Tags:
Recipe Name: 
Incredibly Easy Taco Pie
Picture: 
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Description: 

A spicy taco meat casserole surrounded by cheesy soft breading, topped with sour cream, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, and green peppers

Yield: 

8-10 servings

Ingredients: 

Meat:

2 pounds ground chuck
2 large onions, chopped
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 clove minced garlic
2 teaspoons cumin
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
Tapatio or other hot sauce, to taste

Filling:

2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups original Bisquick mix
2 cups milk
4 eggs
1 Tablespoon Tapatio hot sauce or hot sauce of your choice

Toppings: 

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups sour cream
4 cups shredded or thinly sliced Iceberg lettuce
1 cup diced tomato
diced bell peppers or green onions, optional

Instructions: 

1. Fry beef with onion, pepper and garlic. Drain grease. Add cumin, chili powder, pepper, salt, and hot sauce.

2. Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Spread meat in bottom of dish. Spread 2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese over beef.

3. In mixing bowl, whisk together the Bisquick, milk, eggs, and hot sauce. Pour over cheese.

4. Bake at 400 degrees for 40-50 minutes, or until fork inserted into the center comes out clean. Cover loosely with foil after about 25 minutes, to prevent over-browning. If desired, sprinkle top with cheese during final 10 minutes of baking time.

5. When casserole is finished baking, cut into pieces. Spread a layer of sour cream on top. Sprinkle shredded lettuce, cheese, tomatoes and bell peppers (optional) on top.

Incredibly Easy Taco Pie
Additional Notes: 

This recipe was created and submitted by guest chef Judee L. She notes that if you wish to conserve on the cheese, leave out the cheese between the layers of meat and Bisquick. Instead, sprinkle cheese on top about 10 minutes before the taco pie is finished baking.

Preparation Time: 

15 minutes

Cooking Time: 

45 minutes

Tammy's Review: 

I really like this dish. It was created by my mother-in-law, Judee, and I had it for the first time when she visited earlier this year. It's so easy to make, and really tasty! It's almost like eating a chalupa casserole... or a soft taco casserole... but less mess, because you can just use a fork to eat it. :) We like ours fairly spicy. The sour cream on top really complements the other textures and flavors... so don't skip it!! :) If you need a quick and affordable dish to feed a large number of people... or even a way to use up leftover taco meat, this is your recipe!! My rating: 10/10.

Average vote based on 6 reviews.
8.7
out of 10
User Reviews
8
out of 10
Taco Pie

Since we have a larger family, we made 1.5 times the recipe, but used a dish that was only slightly larger than a 9 x 13. As a result, the biscuit layer was rather thick on top. In the future, I'd have a little more meat, less biscuit, but keep all else the same. This was tasty, but not special enough to rate a 10. I'll definitely remember the seasoning for the meat and use it for tacos.


by FarmGirl on Tue, 2008-10-21 22:24
6
out of 10
Served a crowd

We served this to a group that meets in our home and everyone ate it, but there weren't any rave reviews. The taco pie part seemed a little dry... maybe I overbaked it! (I used a glass dish, so maybe it got too brown?) It WAS easy and quick though!


by SarahMay on Fri, 2007-04-20 07:17
8
out of 10
I enjoyed this!

Since it seems like I can never follow a recipe and I was out of alot of things it was not exactly like this one, I had no lettuce and it would have been even better with lettuce! I mixed some refried beans with the meat on the bottom and added CA chili powder. In the topping I added a small amount of cornmeal and some salsa instead of the hot sauce and baked it in a large cast iron pan! I gave it a eight because I think the cheese needed to be either all on top added right at the end or something different, I would have liked the cheese not to bake that long as i felt like all that cheese sort of was just gone!


by Martha Artyomenko on Fri, 2007-04-13 16:02
10
out of 10
We loved this recipe!!

We love this recipe! The first time, I halved it and then made it in a 8" round glass dish. Being as it's just my husband and me eating it, we couldn't really handle a big pan. ;) The second time, I also halved it, but I decided to try to make it a bit healthier (plus find a way to incorporate beans into our diet!) so I did one chicken breast (8oz) mixed with 1 14oz can of black beans as the filling. Both ways have turned out fantastic! We'll probably be making this one every other week or so.


by ksera05 on Sat, 2007-02-17 17:10
10
out of 10
Incredibly Easy Taco Pie

What a wonderful way to serve Mexican. My whole family enjoyed this (and ate lots of it!) My son said, "This is an amazing good meal! I think it's one of the best meals I ever had!"


by Sheri on Tue, 2006-08-01 23:27
10
out of 10
Many good reasons to serve this recipe!

See the recipe above for my complete review! Thanks! ~Tammy


by Tammy on Mon, 2006-07-24 12:27

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