Taco Cornbread Bake

This was super easy to make and delicious.  Another yummy ground beef recipe!  I made this for the first time tonight and it was so good.

Ingredients:

1 lb ground round
1 packet taco seasoning
1/3 cup water
1 can Rotel tomatoes and green chiles
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 box Jiffy corn bread mix, plus ingredients to make cornbread
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
sour cream
salsa

In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the water and taco seasoning. Simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup of cheese, Rotel tomatoes and black beans. Spoon into a greased 8x8 baking dish.

Prepare corn bread mix according to package directions for corn bread. Spread over beef mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20 minutes.

Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 3-5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.  Serve with sour cream and salsa.

** I didn't have a can of rotel tomatoes and green chiles.  I used a can of diced tomatoes and another can of green chiles.  I did not use sour cream or salsa on top and it was super bueno! Kid friendly recipe.  My kids liked it at least.  Ages 17, 5.5, 3.5 and 9 months.

Texas Hash

There are a ton of "Texas Hash" recipes. Sandy Hendren gave me the idea. She makes it a lot. You can really be pretty creative with this and just tailor it to whatever you have or want to use. I make a large batch and then freeze some for another meal. Actually, to start I brown double the amount of ground beef called for and then pull out half and use it for spaghetti (Somewhere John cringes. He doesn't like spaghetti) and tacos for our next couple of meals.

TEXAS HASH

1 lb. ground beef 1 can stewed tomatoes 1 can tomato sauce 1 lg. green pepper 1 lg. onion 1 sm. can mushrooms 1/2 c. raw rice (rinsed) 1 tsp. chili powder 1 clove garlic, chopped 2 stalks celery Brown onion and meat. Cut up (in strips) green pepper and add to meat. Also add chopped celery, tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes. Add rice, mushrooms, chili powder and chopped fine garlic. Place in casserole and bake 350 degrees 1 hour or until rice is done.

So that's how the recipe reads but I haven't used mushrooms or celery before although I'm sure it would be good. I make it even simpler. I cook the rice in a rice cooker and then mix all the ingredients together in the skillet. I don't even mess with the oven.