Mexican Dinner Aka Taco Pie Food

EASY TACO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a large deep-dish pie pan with cooking spray.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Break ground beef into small pieces and add to hot skillet; cook and stir until the beef is crumbly and no longer pink, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease. Season drained beef with taco seasoning.
• Press refrigerated dough into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread refried beans in an even layer onto the dough. Spread sour cream into a layer atop the refried beans. Sprinkle ground beef evenly over the sour cream; top with salsa and Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bubbly and crust has browned, 25 to 30 minutes.

TACO PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the taco seasoning, water and olives. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes, stirring frequently., Sprinkle half of the corn chips into pastry shell. Top with meat mixture, sour cream and cheese. Cover with remaining corn chips., Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cut into wedges. Top with lettuce and avocado if desired.

TACO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Lay crescent dough flat on the bottom of a square cake pan and bake according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, brown the ground beef in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the taco seasoning and stir together well. When dough is done, remove from oven and place meat mixture on top, then layer with sour cream and cheese, and then top off with the crushed nacho chips.
• Return to oven and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 minutes, or until cheese has melted.

TACO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the tortillas and cook, flipping a few times, until golden, about 3 minutes. Remove with tongs and transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Add the onion to the skillet and cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cayenne and cook 30 seconds. Add the pork and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook, breaking up the meat, until browned, about 4 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, chiles and corn. Bring to a simmer and cook until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Season with salt. Remove from the heat and stir in the cilantro. Arrange half of the tortillas in the bottom of a 9-to-10-inch pie plate. Top with half of the meat mixture, then half of the cheese. Repeat with the remaining tortillas, meat and cheese. Cover loosely with foil and bake until the cheese melts, about 10 minutes.

VEGETARIAN TACO PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mash up black beans until they are a thick paste.
• In a frying pan, sauté the onion and pepper. Once cooked, add the veggie ground round and heat (do not overcook!)
• In a round casserole dish place one tortilla shell on the bottom. Spread the black bean paste over the shell then add some of the "meat" mixture. Top with cheese and another tortilla. Continue layer until bean and meat mixture is used up.
• On the top tortilla add the salsa and spread around. Sprinkle with cheese and green onion.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
• Serve with salsa and sour cream.

TACO HAND PIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix tomatoes, onion, cilantro, jalapeno pepper, and garlic salt together in a mixing bowl.
• Cook and stir beef in a saute pan over medium-high heat until no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain fat and return beef to the pan. Add water and taco seasoning; stir thoroughly until fully incorporated and water has been absorbed, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the tomato mixture and pepper Jack cheese,
• Lightly flour a work surface. Roll each empanada wrapper out to a 6-inch circle. Scoop 1/3 cup beef filling onto the center of each wrapper. Fold each wrapper in half to enclose the filling. Crimp edges with a fork to seal. Pierce the top of each pie twice with a fork. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
• Whisk egg and water together to make egg wash. Brush egg wash over the tops of the pies.
• Bake on the middle rack of the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes.

TACO PIE

Steps:

• Bake the pie crust according to package directions.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Brown ground beef and drain.
• Add taco seasoning, following package directions.
• Mix the beans and the salsa in a bowl.
• Spread the bean mixture in the bottom of the baked pie crust.
• Add half the ground beef.
• Top with half the tortilla chips.
• Top with half the cheese.
• Repeat ingredient layering to make a second layer.
• Bake at 350 for approximately 20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted to your liking.
• Cool for 10 minutes to allow pie to set.
• Slice and top with whatever optional toppings you would like.

IMPOSSIBLY EASY TACO PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Grease 9-inch pie plate. Cook ground beef and onion in 10-inch skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain. Stir in seasoning mix (dry). Spoon into pie plate; top with chilies.
• Stir milk, eggs and Bisquick mix until blended. Pour into pie plate.
• Bake about 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 8 to 10 minutes longer. Cool 5 minutes. Serve with salsa and sour cream.

TACO PIE

Steps:

• Prepare ground beef in 10 inch skillet as you would for tacos according to taco seasoning packet.
• Layer tortilla chips over ground beef.
• Spread cheese over chips.
• Cover and cook about 5 minutes until cheese is melted.
• Serve with sour cream on side.

MEXICAN DINNER AKA TACO PIE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. Grease and flour a 9" or 10" pie pan (not deep dish) or spray w/non stick cooking spray.
• Crust:.
• Combine the crust ingredients, stir until blended, batter will be lumpy.
• Pour into prepared pie dish. Spread batter thinly to within 1/4 inch of the rim - sometimes it likes to slide down, adding the filling will push it back up some.
• Filling:.
• Brown the beef and chopped onion together then drain.
• Stir in all the other ingredients, mix well then spoon into crust.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes.
• Let cool for few minutes, serve with your favorite toppings.
• Note: The original recipe called for buttermilk, or plain yougurt, or sour half and half, I misread it the first time I made it and used sour cream, it worked so it's what I had always used, but I finally tried it with buttermilk and it was great.