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Taco Pie

4/18/2012

 
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This is it. This is the good stuff. It's super easy, delicious, and a wonderful change up to standard beef tacos. It involves a crescent rolls crust, taco meat, cheese, sour cream, chips, more cheese, plus any add-ons you want. Yum. Essentially it's tacos and then you get nachos on top too! We had this last week, and I told my husband that I thought the best thing about the recipe was the hint of sweetness from the crust. The hubs said the best thing about the recipe is the recipe. He's right.

I got this recipe from a cookbook that my mother in-law sent to me: The Grapevine House Bed and Breakfast Cookbook, which is in Ohio. The cookbook has recipes in it from people who have been to the B&B, and this one is from Peggy Burner. I think my husband would say she's a genius!

Taco Pie
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1 can of crescent rolls (I use reduced fat, and they taste great)
1 pound hamburger
2 tablespoons taco seasoning
1/3 cup water
2 cups cheddar cheese
16 ounces sour cream
Tortilla chips
Garnishes: pico de gallo, lettuce, black olives, tomatoes, onions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Press the crescent rolls into an ungreased pie plate. You may have to tear the corners off some rolls and press them into the sides. You also could use two cans, but I can make it fit just barely with one can. Place the pie plate in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. 

Meanwhile, brown the hamburger and drain the grease. Add in 1/3 cup water and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of taco seasoning on top. Cook for 5-10 minutes until the water is gone and the meat tastes great. OR...make your own taco meat how you normally make it. Pour the meat into the pie plate and even it out over the crust. Sprinkle 1-1 1/2 cups of cheese on top of the meat, covering it completely. Pop this back in the oven and bake for about 5 minutes or until the cheese has melted. 

Out of the oven, spread the sour cream on top of the cheese and place tortilla chips on the top of the pie. You can crush the chips into bite size pieces to make it easier to eat. Sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top of the chips, and bake for another 5-10 minutes until the cheese has melted and the crust is golden brown.

Note: If you aren't going to eat the entire pie for that meal, I recommend sprinkling chips only over what you'll eat. Otherwise the chips get soggy, and that's no good for anyone. When you reheat the leftovers, just add the chips and cheese on top before you bake or microwave it.
 
Serve with anything you like on your tacos: pico de gallo, tomatoes, lettuce, olives, onions, etc.  

Source: Peggy Burner in The Grapevine House Bed and Breakfast Cookbook
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Jen link
4/18/2012 10:19:22 pm

That looks scrumptious. So much easier to eat than taco's. :-)

Angie@angiesrecipes link
4/18/2012 11:00:52 pm

A fuss free and delicious taco pie!

Choc Chip Uru link
4/19/2012 11:23:38 am

How cool! I didn't even know you could turn taco into pie until now :D

Cheers
Choc Chip Uru

Jessica the baker link
4/20/2012 11:04:54 am

I never heard of a taco pie! How creative! Looks yummy!

Sasha link
4/24/2012 11:50:44 am

I love your blog!
And this recipe is genius. I am never one to order tacos in restaurants because they're hard to eat and that bothers me. But this recipe totally combats that problems. I'm so trying it :)


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