Wednesday, July 2, 2008

5 Item Meal:

Thanks, Shannon, for hosting today's Works For Me Wednesday! I am always looking for easy meals, and you can't get much easier than 5 items or less!

Taco Soup:
1 lb. ground beef, cooked and drained
1 packet taco seasoning
1 packet dry ranch seasoning
corn
beans

Put in crockpot and stir it up! Cook on low 4-5 hours, or high 3. This also works on the stovetop. I personally like it better the next day, once the flavors are really blended. This is easy to put on the stove or in the crockpot while you are making tonight's dinner, then enjoy it tomorrow!

This recipe is very flexible. Add what your family likes, leave out what they don't! We like veggies in our soups, so we add 2 cans of corn and 1 can of pinto beans, sometimes two. Also, if you have it on hand, feel free to add green beans or another kind of bean, I bet black beans would be good. Also good with a can of rotel, a little different flavor. Is this cheating? It's more than 5 ingredients if you add all that stuff, but it can be very simple!

To eat, we like it with tortilla chips, a little cheese, and if it seems too spicy, a little sour cream.

Enjoy!

4 comments:

Jen S said...

Thats my all time favorite soup! J hates it tho so I never reallly make it bc I can't eat ALL of it! Ditto on the double corn!! Its the best!! I've even put some maccaroni noodles in before! Just for something different!

Anonymous said...

I love Taco Soup! Your version sounds so easy!! :)

Anonymous said...

That sounds really good! I am going to have to try it! How are you?

American Chomper said...

We make the same stuff except it is by no means soup consistency, it is thick and delicious and we serve it over rice. We call it "yummy stuff over rice".