MINI TACO!
2011-03-17 18:53:37 ET

They had a potluck at work today, and I decided to try something I've had in mind for a while. I'm sure someone has already done it, but everyone at work thought it was a good idea (also tasty!)



Mini Taco Bites

Recipe:
Tostitos Scoops Tortilla chips (or similar bowl shaped chips)
Finely chopped lettuce
Refried beans
Mexican Rice
Taco Sauce or Salsa
Sour Cream
Shredded Cheese
Grape Tomato slices
Jalapeno slices

All I did was place the chips in a cake pan in a single layer, put lettuce in each one. Put the refried beans in a sandwich bag, cut the corner off and piped it on top of the lettuce. Spooned on the rice, taco sauce and sour cream. Sprinkled with cheese and placed a tomato and jalapeno slice on each one.
I put some wax paper on top and did another layer. You can fit just over 50 into a 9x13 pan. It took just under an hour to prep and put everything together.
I made them vegetarian because I like to do that for potlucks, but you can, of course use meat instead.
People exclaimed at how cute they were - they look like they take a lot more work than they actually do.
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2011-03-17 18:57:49 ET

Nom-licious. Sign me up for 20. Kthxbai.

2011-03-17 19:01:25 ET

This is going to be my new go-to appetizer, so freaking good. Everyone loves tacos, and mini-sized makes it even better!

2011-03-17 19:04:50 ET

that looks awesome. at first glance, i thought you meant you brought ONE mini-taco, which would have been hilarious.

2011-03-17 19:31:28 ET

oooh, i know how to make mexi rice from scratch! =)

2011-03-17 19:31:36 ET

that certainly would have made for an interesting fight to the death.

I was considering making the rice from scratch, but went with the old el paso box mix to cut time.

2011-03-17 19:43:36 ET

Looks good, but did anyone mentioned how difficult it is to read your journal? I have my browser overloading your style but what about the others?

2011-03-17 19:46:54 ET

you should try the goya mexi rice. it's almost as good as scratch, and pretty authentic tasting!

2011-03-18 05:11:09 ET

machawk1 - I can change the font - nobody has said anything yet. Thanks for letting me know :)

SOFA - cool, I'll keep an eye out for it. I grabbed the old el paso kind last minute, because it was the first one I found that didn't have chicken in the ingredients. For at home, I don't care, but I wanted to keep this one veggie.

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