Baked Taco Ring

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb lean ground beef, cooked (can use more ground beef)
• 1 (35 g) package taco seasoning mix (or kittencal's taco seasoning mix)
• 1 -1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 (8 ounce) packages crescent roll dough
• 1 whole medium green bell pepper (do not chop)
• 1/2 head lettuce, shredded
• 1 large tomato, coarsely chopped, for garnish
• 1 small onion, chopped, for garnish
• 1 cup whole pitted black olives, for garnish
• 1 cup salsa (or more if desired)
• sour cream (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 375°f.
• 2 in a bowl, combine the cooked ground beef, taco seasoning mix, cheese and water.
• 3 on a lightly greased pizza pan, or round baking stone, arrange the crescent triangles in a circle, with the larger sides of the dough overlapping each other a bit in center, and the points to the outside (you should have a 5-inch diameter circle in the center).
• 4 spoon a small amount of meat mixture over rolls.
• 5 fold points of triangles over the filling, and tuck under base at center (filling will not be completely covered).
• 6 bake 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 7 cut off the top of the bell pepper.
• 8 fill the pepper with salsa, and place in the center of the baked ring, (use salsa to spoon over taco rolls).
• 9 mound lettuce, onion, tomato and olives around the pepper.
• 10 garnish with sour cream -- serve!