I served Taco Soup at my Christmas Tea. It may not be a very tea-like soup, but it was danged good. It was so good that I'm going to write it down here before I forget. You see, I went to one of those female obligation parties where food is had and sold and whatnot. I purchased the Taco Soup and the Sea Salt Caramel Brownies. Now, I could live without the brownies for a few different reasons. First off, they had no actual sea salt. Hmm. I'm thinking that the name suggested and all. Thankfully, my MIL just gave me a sea salt grinder. Secondly, the caramel provided was nearly impossible to work with. Thirdly, the brownies didn't wow me. The soup, however, wow'd everyone. I was disappointed when I opened the soup mix and thought, "I paid $7 for that? I have the ingredients in my house!" Besides, I had to add an extra taco seasoning, because the original package didn't have enough flavor. With all that, here is my version of a more affordable Taco Soup.
Taco Soup
A cup or so of holiday soup mix beans, soaked overnight. -- You know the kind with 12-15 types of beans in there. Too lazy to count the beans listed out on my bulk bean label.
A pound of 93% fat free ground turkey. You could use beef if beef is your thing.
1 can of whole kernel corn with water
1- 14 oz can of diced tomatoes with juice
1/2 bag of matchstick carrots
2 packages of taco seasoning
3 cups of water
A couple of cranks with the sea salt grinder and of the pepper grinder
Pre-cook your meat, then add the rinsed beans (that you left soak overnight,) a regular size can of corn with the water (don't drain,) the diced tomatoes (don't drain,) the carrots, 2 packages of taco seasoning, water and salt and pepper. Bring it to a boil, then simmer for 1-2 hours. Do not cook in a crock-pot or slow cooker.
Voila! Done!
People raved. Not that I mean to toot my own horn, but it was dang good!
1 comment:
Sounds yummy! Saving :)
Post a Comment