Vegetarian Taco Squares

Superbowl XLV is around the corner and I am sure you will be serving lot of munchies. This is a quick delicious deep dish taco square recipe to replace the traditional pizza. This will go very well with your other appetizers like corn chips, salsa, mexican dips and guacamole. You can easily double the recipe and make it for party of more than 8. The following recipe yields ~6-8 serving.


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Ingredients:

* 1 cup corn flour

* 1 cup AP flour or Bisquick

* 2 teaspoons baking soda

* 1/4 teaspoon salt

* 3/4 cup milk

* 3 tbls butter

* 1 cup sour cream

* 1/2 cup Mayonaise

* 1/2 cup shredded chedder cheese + some extra to sprinkle on top

* 1/2 cup shredded pepperjack cheese + some extra to sprinkle on top

* 1/2 chopped yellow onions

* 1/2 cup chopped green onions

* 1/2 cup chopped green pepper

* 2 sliced tomatoes

* 1 (8 oz) bottle of taco sauce or enchilada sauce.

* 2 cans refried beans: prepared in following manner: Heat 1 table spoon of vegetable oil in pan, one chopped onion, and 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, saute until onions are translucent. Add 1 teaspoon cumin powder, 1 teaspoon taco seasoning, 1 teaspoon of Paprika powder. Add the refried beans from can and mix well until everything is well incorporated. This is your spread for taco squares.


Method:


* In a bowl mix sour cream, mayo, cheese and onions, set aside.

* Mix both flours, baking soda and salt with milk and butter, making dough like consistency.

* Pat and spread this dough in bottom of greased baking clear glass baking dish (7 x 11 rectangular).

* Spread prepared refried beans over the dough evenly.

* Layer this with green pepper and sliced tomatoes followed by sourcream, mayo, cheese and onion mix and top with taco or enchilada sauce.

* Sprinkle some more cheese on top.

* Bake this in 350 F preheated oven for 30-35 min or until the bottom dough layer is light golden brown. (if you bake this in a glass bakeware it is easy to see the bottom layer)

* Let it cool slightly so you can neatly cut serving size squares.

* Serve hot with Taco sauce, chips, Salsa, pickled Jalapenos and sour cream if desired.




Recipe modified by Surekha from a recipe given to her by her good friend Bhadra K.
Photograph of Recipe by Surekha Pending :)