Taco Ring (From Pampered Chef)

strawberryjane's Note:

I attended a Pampered Chef party and had this taco ring. I had ate them many times but was always to scared to make one. It's so easy--took me a few times to make it look pretty but it's really simple to do, just experiment around with it. My kids now request these instead of regular tacos. I was out of black olives tonight, so I used green--the toppings are your personal choice really! Makes 16 rolls but we can't eat just one!

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4-6

Yield: 16.0 pieces

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (4 ounces)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 1 medium bell pepper
• 1 cup salsa
• 3 cups lettuce, shredded
• 1 medium tomato
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped (optional)
• 1/2 cup pitted ripe black olives (optional)
• sour cream (optional)

Directions:

1. Cook ground beef in large skillet over medium heat 7-9 minutes or until beef is no longer pink; drain.
2. Remove pan from heat.
3. Stir in taco seasoning mix, cheese and water.
4. Preheat oven to 375°F.
5. Unroll crescent dough; separate into triangles.
6. Arrange triangles in a circle on Classic Round Pizza Stone with wide ends overlapping in center and points toward outside. (There should be a 5 inch diameter opening in center.) I use my Pampered Chef pizza stone, but any flat round pan should work--perhaps even a pizza sheet, but I'd spray it with Pam before adding the crescent rolls.
7. Scoop meat mixture evenly onto widest end of each triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends of dough at center of ring. (Filling will not be completely covered).
8. Bake at 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
9. Shred lettuce and chop tomato, onion, olives, and bell pepper (if desired).
10. If you want to do something fancy, scoop out a bell pepper and fill with salsa and put into center of ring.
11. Add your toppings to top of ring and finish with more shredded cheese and sour cream.
12. This is great with a salad.

Reviews

[mysteryshoppingteacher]

This recipe was just okay for us. It was a decent meal but nothing was really special about it. It was missing something that I can't quite put my finger on. It looked nice, though.

[Meghan at Food.com]

This was a fabulous dinner. We're definitely going to have it again soon, and I'm really looking forward to having the leftovers for lunch today! The only thing I'll do differently next time is cook the onion with the meat - and take a picture!