I made this a few weeks ago and we ate until we were ready to pop. And then we ate some more. This is definitely not a healthy meal, but some days, you just don’t care.
Ingredients
1 lb. ground beef (ground turkey would work, too)
1 packet taco seasoning powder
1 15oz can whole kernel corn (I prefer white shoepeg)
1 15oz can black beans
appx 2 cups cooked brown rice (I use the family size boil-in-bag variety)
16 oz shredded Mexican cheese blend
appx 1/4 cup taco sauce, any flavor
Tortilla/corn chips (any variety)
Directions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees
Brown ground beef in a skillet, drain, then add taco seasoning powder, following cooking instructions on packet. Continue to simmer until most of the liquid has cooked out of the pan. You can cook the rice and beef at the same time.
In a large bowl, combine beef, corn, black beans, rice, taco sauce, and roughly half of the shredded Mexican cheese blend. Spoon mixture into 9 x 9 pan, filling it halfway. Top with cheese. Spoon remaining mixture on top of cheese layer, and top with remaining cheese.
Spread tortilla chips on a cookie sheet, avoiding overlap. Bake casserole and chips until cheese is bubbly, roughly 20-25 minutes. Feeds at least six (or four hungry, greedy adults).
I apologize for the cell-phone quality picture…I’ll be using a camera shortly!
Great recipe! I like the changes you made.