Taco Meatball Ring

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 -4 tablespoons taco seasoning
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 1/2 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
• 1 medium tomato, chopped
• 4 green onions, sliced
• 1/2 cup sliced ripe olives
• sour cream
• 2 small jalapeno peppers, seeded and sliced
• salsa

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine cheese, water, and taco seasoning; crumble meat over mixture and mix well.
• 2 shape into 16 meatballs; place 1 inch apart in an ungreased 15 x 10 inch baking pan.
• 3 bake, uncovered, in a preheated 400° oven for 12-15 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.
• 4 drain meatballs on paper towels.
• 5 decrease oven temperature to 375°.
• 6 unroll crescent roll dough and separate into triangles; place triangles on a 14-inch pizza pan, forming a ring with pointed ends facing outer edge of pan and wide ends overlapping.
• 7 lightly press wide ends together.
• 8 place a meatball on each roll, fold point over meatball and tuck under wide end of roll (meatballs will be visible).
• 9 bake for 15-20 minutes or until rolls are golden.
• 10 fill center of ring with the lettuce, tomato, onions, olives, remaining cheese, sour cream, jalapenos, and salsa, if desired.