My husband and I only got to sample a very little bit of this at that party because we were so busy entertaining. We later talked about how good it was and how we wished that we could have gotten to eat a little more. The following weekend I made up a nice casserole dish of it just for us. We sat and relaxed and watched movies with a plate of this between us. That was a good day with a great appetizer.
You’ll be having your own little personal party with a plate of this yummy dip in front of you.
Ingredients
1 lb ground round; browned and drained (sometimes I add a chopped onion to burger cooking prior to adding mix)
1 pkg Old El Paso taco seasoning mix
2 can(s) refried beans (no lard); or choose your favorite pinto or black
2 jar(s) Chi-Chi’s salsa, hot or mild or one of each; 16 oz.
12 oz Kraft cheddar cheese; shredded
As desired sour cream, olives, green onion, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, jalapenos
Instructions
After browning and draining beef, add taco seasoning mix, continue as directed on taco package. While cooking, preheat oven to 350˚.
Using two casserole dishes, adding the same ingredients and amounts to each, into an approximate 1 1/2 qts layer as the following: About 2 inches of refried beans (about 1/2 can for each layer).
Add 1/2 cup salsa, hot in one dish, 1/2 cup mild in the other. You want a good cover layer over beans.
Next, 1 cup shredded cheese evenly layered over salsa.
Place 1/2 of seasoned ground beef, divided between two casseroles, evenly layered over cheese.
Repeat layer of beans for each dish. Repeat layer of salsa – one hot, one mild. Repeat cheese layer. Repeat layer with remaining the seasoned ground beef.
Top with final layer of cheese, generously covering beef.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until hot and bubbly.
Serve with corn tortilla chips, or cut wedges of flour tortillas and bake until crispy and golden. Use as dipping chips. Can serve with sour cream and jalapenos. Also, can set on side additional add-ins: chopped tomato, shredded lettuce, green onion, olives.
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Quick Tip: For parties, make two separate batches to satisfy everyone’s palette.
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