Monday, February 18, 2008

Mexican Pile-Up

We had Scott's 9th grade guys over at our house for D-Now this weekend. There were about 13 of them. Reece now has 2 new holes in his wall where one of the guys accidentally got pushed a little too hard in some rough-housing. It's part of welcoming that many kids into your home, that's why we have a well used house, instead of a new one.
They ate here Saturday night and I made Mexican Pile-up for them. This recipe is really easy to feed a crowd with.

meat sauce
1 onion, diced
2 lb ground beef or turkey
2 28 oz cans crushed tomatoes
2 cans black beans
1 can tomato sauce
1 can tomato paste
1 Tbsp garlic salt
4 Tbsp chili powder
2 Tbsp cumin
brown the onion and meat, add the rest, and simmer till thickened.

cook 2 boxes minute rice (8 cups)

Set up:
3 bags Fritos, rice, meat sauce, lettuce, chopped pecans, shredded coconut, shredded cheese, sliced black olives, picante sauce, sour cream.

I know the pecans and coconut sound strange, but you really should try it, it's really yummy. This is for a crowd of 12 big eaters, 16 if they aren't all boys, half the recipe for less. You could make the big recipe and freeze half of it for another time.

2 comments:

Kim said...

Just served your recipe tonite for 18 adults! Got many raves! Thx

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