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TACO RING

<3 making this! Below you'll also find a link to show you instructions for making this step by step with photos! TACO RING Ingredients 1 pound 97% lean ground turkey ½ cup chopped onion ¼ cup chopped green peppers 1 package taco seasoning mix 4 ounces reduced fat Mexican blend cheese, shredded 2 tablespoons water 2 tubes (16 rolls total) Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 1 egg white, lightly beaten, for wash Instructions Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Brown ground beef with onion and green peppers in large skillet, breaking into crumbles. Drain any grease or liquid, then remove from heat. Stir in taco seasoning mix, cheese, and the water. Mix well and set aside. Unroll crescent dough separate into 16 triangles. Arrange triangles in a circle on a 13 inch round baking stone with wide ends of triangles overlapping in the center and points toward the outside. (There should be a 5-inch diameter opening in the center of stone.) Scoop filling evenly over the widest end of each crescent roll triangle in the ring, then finish assembling the ring by bringing the outside points of triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends of dough at center of ring. (Filling will not be completely covered.) Brush wreath with egg white. Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Fill cooked ring center with toppings of choice, such as: shredded lettuce, salsa, chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, sour cream, or a black bean and corn salad. *** Are you a FAN? Be sure to "LIKE" me while you are here at www.facebook.com/CookingWithChip -- and be sure to check out all the hundreds of recipes below! Check out my website where you can get your own pizza stone or any of the tools to prepare and serve these wonderful recipes - at http://www.pamperedchef.biz/ChipLines Find a recipe you simply LOVE and want to come back to? EASY! Just click "SHARE" and share it to your own page OR tag yourself in it. Then, when you need it again, it will be on YOUR page in your photos. *** For step by step instructions with photos, click here: http://www.thetasteplace.com/2011/05/01/a-lighter-version-of-pampered-chefs-taco-ring/" width="403" height="375" />

Ingredients
1 pound ground beef OR 97% lean ground turkey
½ cup chopped onion
¼ cup chopped green peppers
1 package taco seasoning mix
4 ounces Mexican blend cheese, shredded (reduced fat OK)
2 tablespoons water
2 tubes (16 rolls total) Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
1 egg white, lightly beaten, for wash

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Brown ground beef with onion and green peppers in large skillet, breaking into crumbles. Drain any grease or liquid, then remove from heat.
Stir in taco seasoning mix, cheese, and the water. Mix well and set aside.
Unroll crescent dough separate into 16 triangles. Arrange triangles in a circle on a 13 inch round baking stone with wide ends of triangles overlapping in the center and points toward the outside. (There should be a 5-inch diameter opening in the center of stone.)

Scoop filling evenly over the widest end of each crescent roll triangle in the ring, then finish assembling the ring by bringing the outside points of triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends of dough at center of ring. (Filling will not be completely covered.) Brush wreath with egg white.

Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Fill cooked ring center with toppings of choice, such as: shredded lettuce, salsa, chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, sour cream, or a black bean and corn salad.