Crazy Crust:
1/2 cup flour1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4. solid shortening
1/2 cup sour cream
1 egg
Filling:
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. chili powder
16 oz. can (2 cups) kidney beans
6 oz. can tomato paster
1/2 cup chopped lettuce
1 medium tomato
1/2 to 1 cup shredded cheese
Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour bottom and sides of a 9 inch metal or 10 inch glass pie pan. (Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off.) In bowl, combine all Crazy Crust ingredients. Stir together until blended (batter will be slightly lumpy). Spread batter thinly on bottom and thickly up sides to within 1/4 inch of pan rim.
In skillet, brown ground beef. Add onion; cook until tender. Drain excess fat. Stir in remaining ingredients, except lettuce, tomato and cheese. Spoon into crust. Bake 20 to 30 minutes until crust is deep golden brown. Sprinkle with lettuce, tomato and cheese . Serve with taco sauce, if desired. Makes 6 servings. (crust may be covered and refrigerated, unfilled, up to 13 hours before filling and baking).
This meal was good, but our original one is better. I knew that I would have a hard time with just tomato paste and chili powder, so I added in a packet of taco seasoning. The crust was really good, and I would probably use it in our original recipe in place of just a regular old pastry crust. Little and Baby Chubb were undecided about it.
I interested in what is different about your similar dish. I like the fact that this has lettuce on the top.
ReplyDeleteOur other recipe has a regular crust, refried beans mixed in with the meat, and a salsa sour cream mixture. You layer them in the crust. If you have the Costco cookbook it is in there. It is really sloppy this way, so I would probably just keep the refried bean and meat mixture of this one and add it into the crust of the other one, plus the toppings on the top. We always added those ones because that is what you eat with Mexican food.
ReplyDeleteThe sour cream and salsa mixture added some good flavor though. I could also see me mixing up a smaller amount of it and putting it in with the bean and meat mixture.
ReplyDeleteI may have just made that more confusing. If you have the Costco cookbook look in there.
The sour cream and salsa mixture added some good flavor though. I could also see me mixing up a smaller amount of it and putting it in with the bean and meat mixture.
ReplyDeleteI may have just made that more confusing. If you have the Costco cookbook look in there.