(This dish of Grandma’s was one of the three favorite dishes when we were growing up!)
(This is the original recipe given to me by Grandma YEARS ago – before Mexican food was eaten across the country, before they sold tortillas on the East Coast, AND before they sold tortilla chips at the grocery store.)
Ingredients
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2 lbs.
1 large 1 12oz can 2 cans 3 Tbsp Some 1 10oz. bag 1 sm can ½ lb. |
Ground beef - See Uncle Rick’s vegetarian mix below to substitute for beef! Onion, diced Corn, creamed Tomato sauce Chili powder Pepper Corn chips (not tortilla chips) Olives, sliced, w/liquid Cheese, cheddar, grated
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Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350o.
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Prepare (pam) a 10 X 12” pyrex cooking dish.
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In large frying pan: Fry ground beef & onion together until meat is browned.
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Add tomato sauce, chili powder & pepper to the ground beef mixture in frying pan and cook for 5 minutes.
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In large bowl: mix corn chips, creamed corn, olives & MOST of the cheese – save some cheese to sprinkle over the top.
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Add meat mixture to the corn chip mixture and stir to mix ingredients.
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Spoon into the pyrex dish.
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Sprinkle with the remaining cheese
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Bake about 30 – 40 minutes uncovered.
Vegetarian Beef Substitute ala Rick –
To substitute for ground beef, use equal parts of carrots, celery & onion and grind them to the texture of ground beef. Add some beans –either grinding them up or use refried.
Cook all this in soup stock until cooked down a bit, then follow the directions for putting the casserole together without the ground beef.
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Tags: Cheddar Cheese, Corn Chips, Ground Beef