Skillet Taco Pie

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 tablespoons taco seasoning mix
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 3/4 cups biscuit mix
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
• 3 cups shredded lettuce
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup sliced black olives

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400º.
• 2 in an 10 or 11-inch ovenproof skillet, brown ground beef; drain.
• 3 add taco seasoning mix and tomato sauce to ground beef.
• 4 simmer 5 minutes.
• 5 spread mixture evenly in skillet.
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 in a mixing bowl, blend biscuit mix and milk.
• 8 on a lightly floured surface, pat dough to form a circle about 1 inch smaller than the skillet.
• 9 transfer dough to top of beef mixture.
• 10 bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 11 place a large platter or pizza pan upside down on skillet.
• 12 using pot holders, carefully turn skillet and platter over to transfer taco pie onto platter.
• 13 assemble taco pie by sprinkling cheese to within 1 inch of edge of beef mixture.
• 14 distribute lettuce to within 1 inch of edge of cheese.
• 15 place tomatoes in center of cheese layer.
• 16 make 6 dallops of sour cream on pie.
• 17 garnish with olives.
• 18 cut into 6 wedges.
• 19 yield: 6 servings.