Ground Beef Crescent Taco Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic (or to taste)
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 -2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped (optional)
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix (or use kittencal's taco seasoning mix)
• 1 (4 ounce) can green chilies (drained or undrained, or to taste)
• 1 (14 ounce) can pinto beans, undrained (or use black beans)
• water (only if needed)
• salt and black pepper (to taste)
• 1 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 2 cups crushed tortilla chips, divided (can use a little more)
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet brown the ground beef with onion, garlic, bell pepper and jalapeño pepper until meat is no longer pink; drain fat.
• 2 add in taco seasoning mix, undrained beans and green chilies; mix to combine and simmer for about 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally (adding in only a small amount of water if the mixture is too thick (do not add too much water or the mixture will become thin).
• 3 season with salt and pepper to taste; remove from heat.
• 4 separate the crescent roll dough into 8 triangles.
• 5 place the triangles in an ungreased 10-inch deep dish pie plate, pressing perforations to form a pie crust (if you are using a square baking dish leave the crescents in square rectangles and fit into pan).
• 6 sprinkle 1 cup crushed tortilla chips over the crescent crust.
• 7 spoon the filling over the crust and corn chips.
• 8 spread the sour cream over the meat mixture.
• 9 sprinkle the cheddar cheese over the sour cream, then top with remaining 1 cups crushed tortilla chips.
• 10 bake at 375 degrees f (bottom oven rack) for about 20-25 minutes.