I cooked up a storm this weekend to make up for not cooking all of last week. I told you about the tacos I made on Friday night, and I decided to make a Mexican casserole on Sunday in the crock pot.
I got up on Sunday morning and started preparing the ingredients I was going to put in the crock pot because this recipe said it needed to cook on low for 8 to 9 hours. Halfway through chopping a green pepper I remembered that I already had dinner plans for Sunday night, so this would be a great lunch. I figured I would cook it on high for half that amount of time. I mean, it’s hard to screw up a crock pot recipe, I didn’t think that would really effect the taste.
To make a casserole you brown ground turkey on the stove with an onion. I did this, but when I went to drain the grease out of the skillet, my grip on the lid slipped and POOF! All of my ground turkey and onion went straight into the sink. I didn’t freak out like I normally would, because moments before, I had gotten the urge to clean the sink out because I knew I was going to have to soak my large skillet in it when I was done. So yes, I picked up the turkey and onion that was salvageable from the sink and put it in the crock pot. Whatever, I wasn’t about to go out and buy more turkey on a Sunday morning.
To compensate for loosing half of the meat in the casserole I added more rice to the pot. Then I added a can of diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, a chopped green bell pepper, taco seasoning, chili powder, and water. I added more water too since I added more rice.
Three hours later, the rice was very crunchy. Whoops, that didn’t really work out. Then I decided to switch it to low, added some water and another two hours later the rice must of absorbed all of the water because it was one huge clump of rice in the pot. I didn’t really care, I still ate it and it tasted really good. The taco seasoning and the chili seasoning gave it plenty of flavor to the two pounds of rice I ended up cooking. I threw it in a tortilla shell with some cheese and I had myself a nice Mexican casserole burrito.
