Beef / Pork

Taco Surprise is for Dinner.

Taco Surprise takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Taco Surprise takes 50 minutes to cook.

Taco Surprise makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Taco Surprise are:

2 packets Crescent Rolls, Trader Joe's (8 rolls each)
2.5 cups Cheese, Mexican, Fancy Shredded, Trader Joe's
1 packet Southwest Taco Mix, Simply Organic
1 cup Salsa, Mild, Old Fashioned, Amish Wedding
1 can Beans, Refried, Fat Free, Old El Paso
1 Large Onions, raw, diced
3 cloves Garlic, diced
1 lb Ground beef, extra lean
1 lb Ground Turkey Breast

For a lower calorie option, use low fat crescent rolls and low fat cheese.

Here is how you make Taco Surprise:

In a deep saute pan, heat olive oil and saute onions and garlic; add and brown meat. Add salsa, mix and cook for 2 minutes. Add Southwest Taco mix, mix well and cook on low for five minutes. Add refried beans and cook on low for an additional five minutes. Remove from heat and let cool while preparing crescent rolls. Spread 11 of the crescent rolls in a circle on the outer edge of the pizza stone, and five of the crescent rolls in an inner circle. Sprinkle about 1.5 cups of the cheese on the larger parts of all of the crescent rolls. Top each of the rolls in the inner circle with about 3 tbsp of the meat mixture and fold the dough over the meat mixture. Add 3 tbsp of the meat mixture to each of the dough pieces on the outer ring and fold the dough over the meat. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bake in at 375 degrees in a preheated oven until golden brown--about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for about five minutes. Cut into servings with a pizza cutter. Enjoy with black olives (optional) and/or sour cream (optional), an d serve with a vegetable on the side.Number of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NTSOHLTHNT.

The nutritional information for Taco Surprise is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 307.3

• Total Fat: 17.7 g
• Cholesterol: 46.4 mg
• Sodium: 730.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 17.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
• Protein: 18.0 g

Taco Surprise is Mexican cuisine.