Taco Soup

Ok… I got this third party from someone else, so her notes are in brackets and mine are in brackets BOLDED

Ingredients:

1 to 2 pounds ground beef (I used 1 lb ground beef and 1 lb ground pork)
1 packet taco seasoning
1 packet ranch dressing mix
2 cans of whole corn - undrained
1 can of mexicali corn - undrained (just any corn with like, onions/peppers mixed in) (I couldn’t find these either so I just used the 2 cans of corn)
1 to 2 cans of Rotel (if you don’t have it, use regular canned tomatoes) (I bought chili style peppers at Walmart—yummy!)
2 cans of Ranch style beans - undrained (I can’t always find these, so I substitute canned black beans) (I couldn’t find any of those kinds of beans so I just used good ol’ Kidney beans)

Directions:

Cook the ground beef (I always brown my hamburger meat with onions and garlic - but that’s clearly your choice), drain the grease and return to the pot. Add the taco seasoning package and the ranch seasoning package and mix until the meat is thoroughly coated. Add all the corn (and juice), beans (and juice) and Rotel (or undrained diced tomatoes). Mix well and bring to a boil and serve. 15 minute meal.

(D Note:) NOW. When I make it, I usually add water to it as well to make it more like a soup. Especially if the cans of corn don’t have a lot of water in them. Allie says she’s also made it and let it simmer down until there was nearly NO fluid left in it and served on chips like nachos. That sounds good too, just haven’t tried it yet.

It’s easy to double or triple or whatever. And, it freezes well. And I suppose you could also make it with some other ground meat - chicken, turkey, etc if you were so inclined (I have not been so inclined....LOL).

I usually dip this up and coat the top of the bowl with shredded cheddar, plop a spoonful of sour cream in the middle of it and eat it with tortilla chips.


Tracy’s NOTE: I made it adding 2 tomato cans of water to it, and I simmered it all day. When serving I put the sour cream, cheese and crunched up the tortilla chips on top… so yummy!!!

Posted by Tracy on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 11:37 PM
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