Monday, April 7, 2014

Grande Tostada

The Recipe: From this cookbook, Pillsbury's Annual Recipes 2009

The Food: It's sort of like a taco pizza. It's a lot like the Taco Casserole I make, actually.

What You Need:
1 lb ground beef or turkey
2 T taco/chili seasoning (I keep a jar of the seasoning mix from this recipe handy. It works great for anything that needs some spicing up. If you don't want to mix your own seasoning mixture, you can use 2 T from a packet of chili or taco seasoning mix.)
1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce
1 can (4 oz) green chiles, drained
1 can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1 C refried beans
1 C shredded mozzarella
1-2 C chopped lettuce
1/4 C chopped black olives
1/2 C chopped tomato
sour cream

Your Turn:
Brown 1 lb ground meat in a large skillet.

Drain fat.

Add 2 T taco seasoning, 8 oz tomato sauce, and 4 oz green chiles.

Cook until hot and bubbly. Reduce heat and simmer about five minutes.

Heat oven to 400.

Remove biscuits from tube and press into a lightly greased pizza pan so that they cover the bottom of the pan. The tube I used had 8 biscuits so I placed one in the middle and used the rest to circle it.

Spread 1 C refried beans over the crust you've created.

Top with meat mixture.

Bake 16-20 minutes, until edges of crust are golden brown. Top with 1 C mozzarella cheese as soon as you remove it from the oven.

Sprinkle lettuce, olives, and tomatoes on top. Serve with sour cream on the side. 

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