Kyanabelle's Mexican Meat Filling

KyanaBelle's Note:

Multi-purpose freezer meal. Tastes like restaurant Mexican meat filling instead of a "taco seasoning packet" homemade filling. Use it for filling tacos, burritos, topping nachos, mixing into a hot cheese dip. Let me know what YOU can come up with to use it for. Oh, it's a huge kid pleaser, too. You can use a combination of ground meats (pork, turkey, ground round, hamburger) according to your health goals/family preferences. Salsa Verde is a salsa that is green and made of green chilis. This is not a real spicy mixture.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 18

Yield: 6.0 packages

• 6 lbs ground chuck
• 2 large yellow onions , diced
• 4 teaspoons salt
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon Wondra Flour
• 2 (7 ounce) cans salsa verde
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies

Directions:

1. Brown the meat, breaking it up finely in the process.
2. Drain the juices through a strainer into a bowl and refrigerate til fat solidifies.
3. Remove the fat and return the juices to a 2 quart saucepan.
4. Add onions to the juices and simmer til onions are tender.
5. Add salsa verde, green chilis, salt, garlic powder, and ground cumin to sauce.
6. Bring to boil and sprinkle with the flour, stirring constantly, boil til slightly thickened.
7. Return the sauce mixture to the ground meat and combine thoroughly to distribute evenly.
8. Divide the meat mixture between the 6 ziplock bags and seal.