Quixotic Bravado by Josh Babetski

NOTE: I’ve been looking through the stats to see what people are still looking for that was on the previous version of the blog. I’ll try and report some of the more popular ones.

This one in particular is a good post because it yields a very nummy concoction. Soooo…, pulled out of the archives, here’s my recipe for: “Pieracos”. (Last posted: April 6, 2006)

Ingredients:

• 1 package Taco Seasoning
• 1-1/2 packages pierogies. Regular size works fine, but the Mrs. T’s mini-sized are better.
• 1lb ground beef
• 1lb sausage
• 1lb bag of frozen mixed vegetables
• 1 24oz and 1 16oz jar of Salsa (mild or hot)
• 1 can red kidney beans
• chopped green onions
• some chopped garlic
• 1 lb bag of shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

• Bring large pot if water to a boil
• Once boiling, add frozen pierogies and continue to boil for about 8 minutes
• Drain pierogies
• In a deep pan, brown ground beef
• Once beef is browned, add 3/4-cup of water and taco seasoning and cook for 5 more minutes
• Remove ground beef; replace with sliced-up sausage and brown that
• Open kidney beans and drain (optional ingredient)
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In a about a 15”x11” casserole dish, add pierogies, beef, sausage, 1/3 of the bag of cheese, mixed veggies, kidney beans, onions, and 1/2 of the salsa
• Mix around, try not to break the pierogies
• Pour rest of salsa on top
• Pour rest of cheese evenly on top of salsa
• Bake for about 40-45 minutes
• Eat!

Let me know how it turns out.

For the vegetarians out there, replace the beef and sausage with chopped mushrooms and black olives. Put like a 1/4 pouch of the taco seasoning in before mixing with the rest of the ingredients as above.