A co-worker brought this dish to work one day, and it smelled wonderful, so I immediately asked for the recipe. Not only does it smell great, but it’s really easy to throw together, and you can let it simmer all day if you’d like. I love making soups/chili during the cooler months, so this will be perfect around mid-October throughout the winter.
What you’ll need:
- Rotel with chilies – 2 cans
- Black beans – 2 cans
- Mexican corn – 2 cans
- Taco seasoning – 1 package
- Dry Ranch dressing mix – 1 package
- 2 lb. ground beef*
- 1 onion
- Fritos (optional)
- Shredded cheese, sour cream (optional)
- Cayenne pepper (optional)
*If you’re a vegetarian, try it without the ground beef and let me know how it is!
Cooking directions:
- Brown ground beef and onions.
- In the meantime, combine black beans, rotel with chilies, and Mexican corn in a crockpot OR large pot. (We used a large pot because we don’t own a crockpot right now. That’ll be our next purchase!) Mix everything together.
- Once the meat and onions are browned, put them in the pot. Mix everything. Now, add the taco seasoning and ranch mix; once again, mix everything together.
- Cover and cook on low heat all day or medium-high for a couple hours. (We started by cooking on medium-low heat until the soup began to boil, then we let it simmer on low heat for a few hours.)
- Remember to stir throughout the process. We added some cayenne pepper after cooking for a while, but this is completely optional. Add as much as you’d like.
- When ready to eat, serve topped with shredded cheese, sour cream, and/or fritos. Completely optional, but the cheese is wonderful with it.
What’s your favorite recipe for the fall months?
P.S. If you’d like this as a feature on my blog, let me know. I plan to blog about monkey bread next.
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Ok so I would totz make this cuz it looks SOOOO good…but I’m not a chowder kind of gal.
My favorite fall recipe of my pumpkin roll.
Oh nice! I love making baked mac and cheese because it’s so bad for you but soooo good lol
Home made cheese sauce and I are tight.
Soups are wonderful for the fall and winter seasons! I’m rather looking forward to all the piping hot recipes I can concoct. Cheesy Potato soup is always one of my favorites. I’ll be sharing that recipe come colder weather!
Yummy!! This looks good! I’m a veggie so I’m totally going to try making this without the meat, anything with beans,cheese & fritos is A-ok in my book! ;D
Oooo, how did you know I was just wondering what to make for my housewarming on Friday??
This is one of my favorite dishes! I have a variation that is called “Taco Soup,” but looking at the ingredients it’s pretty similar! Please do keep this as a feature on your blog if you have time =)
I’m now incredibly hungry!
This looks amazing. Thanks for sharing. I just might have to make this. I love this kind of food.