Recipe: Tasty Easy!! Taco Stew

Easy!! Taco Stew. Brown the beef and onion in a dutch oven, then drain. Add all ingredients to the beef/onion mixture, except for the tortilla chips and cheese. Cook over medium heat until thoroughly heated.

Easy One Pot Taco Stew Perfect for winter entertaining, or just to empty out the pantry, this Easy One Pot Taco Stew will definitely hit the spot for dinner. Filled with delicious vegetables like green beans, carrots, and corn, and a hearty dose of spicy Tex-Mex seasoning, this is a taco soup that will easily find itself in your meal planning. Brown the beef, add the seasonings to taste, NOT the taco seasoning yet!! You can have Easy!! Taco Stew using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy!! Taco Stew

1. It's 1 of Couple dashes of meat tenderizer, garlic salt, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder.
2. You need 1 lb of ground beef.
3. It's 1 can of pinto beans or refried beans.
4. You need 1 of onion.
5. Prepare 1 envelope of taco seasoning.
6. It's 1 can of any kind of tomato sauce, I used garlic and herb sauce..
7. Prepare 1 cup of water.
8. It's 1 of cheddar/colby jack cheese.
9. You need 1 can of corn.
10. Prepare 2 medium of russet potatoes (you dont have to use these).
11. Prepare 8 of baby carrots (you can also choose not to use these..).
12. It's 1 bag of of nacho cheese doritos or corn chips.

Open the can of corn, drain most of the juice and put in small pot on low heat. Add a thin slice of butter to it, and a dash of garlic salt.if you want. Chop the onion to very small pieces. Brown the beef and onion in a dutch oven, then drain.

Easy!! Taco Stew step by step

1. Rinse and cut potatoes into small pieces (breakfast potato size) You can peel them if you wish. Boil potatoes until tender, (while doing the next steps) drain potatoes and set aside..
2. Brown the beef, add the seasonings to taste, NOT the taco seasoning yet!!.
3. Open the can of corn, drain most of the juice and put in small pot on low heat. Add a thin slice of butter to it, and a dash of garlic salt..if you want..
4. Chop the onion to very small pieces. You can add to the corn or put onions on small saucepan and saute them with butter and salt..
5. Thinly slice carrots and put on small pan for a few minutes on setting 3-6..
6. Open can of tomato sauce and add that to another pot on low heat. Do the same with the beans, but turn the heat up a little..to 3 or 4..
7. Once the meat is brown, drain the fat. Turn the heat down!! To about 3 or 4. Add the water and taco seasoning to meat and mix well..
8. Then add corn, onions, (potatoes, carrots) and beans to the meat. Mix well, then add the desired amount of tomato sauce and mix well..
9. Crush however many doritoes or tortilla chips you want and place at the bottom of a bowl..
10. Add meat mixture to bowl, cheese on top and enjoy!! You can use the chips to dip into the stew also :-) ..
11. I also added some hidden valley ranch to the stew..

Add all ingredients to the beef/onion mixture, except for the tortilla chips and cheese. Cook over medium heat until thoroughly heated. TO SERVE: Crumble a handful of either tortilla chips or Doritos in individual serving bowls and cover with a generous helping of stew. This easy taco stew is packed with protein and flavor and has no cheese or milk products. It's also so flavorful that my own family didn't miss putting cheese over the top.