Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2011

I was not overly thrilled with this recipe. It just didn't have enough flavor and I thought that the peas were kind of weird in it. I know that it is chili but it seemed like it was kind of mexican so the peas threw it off. I do think that it has good potential. Next time I will try with taco seasoning and eliminate the peas. Maybe add some salt & garlic.

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jennifer_95

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2010

This didn't do it for us. I used an extremely high-quality chili powder and followed the instructions exactly,but this was a pretty "blah" dish. It was so flavorless that we had to sprinkle taco seasoning on it at the table to make it taste like anything. I took the leftovers to work the next day, but I couldn't bring myself to eat them.

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JBOITX

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2010

I used every ingredient mentioned and added some more. I added some crushed garlic, salt and pepper. I even added more chili powder and red pepper flakes b/c I like my food spicy. I bought a small jar of sour cream to top it off. It's an easy recipe to follow. I used a rod iron steel skillet instead of a casserole dish and changed the servings from 4 to 6. A serving is huge! Next time I'd add some chopped jalapenos, less corn and add more beef. i also added cheese on both layers and I used sharp chedder.

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Moosehead

Reviewed: Jun. 8, 2009

Not that great.

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ecalderone

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2009

pretty good. Re-heats well for leftovers.

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trublemkr

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2009

VERY good! Followed the recipe to a *T* and it was a surprise hit. When I do it again I will add a touch more tomatoes, but that is a personal preference. This dish is just great as listed.

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Bruce

Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2008

Here are the changes I made. I omitted the olive oil and cooked the onions with the ground beef. I omitted the peas and green peppers. I raised the amount of chili powder to 1 tsp. I used flour tortillas instead of corn. I also used 2 c. of mexican shredded cheese. When I put it all together, I put about 1/2 c. on bottom of pan. Then layered the tortillas, beef mixture and cheese. I repeated the layers and then sprinkled a little more cheese on top. It turned out pretty good, but could use some spicing up.

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Mom22GreatKids

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Pensacola, Florida, USA

Living In: Newburgh, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: May 20, 2008

very good as is, the only change i made was using sharp chedder, not low fat

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wild mountain

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Medford, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Wayne, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: May 14, 2008

Skipped the peas (that's just wrong) and used salsa for the tomato paste, substituted black beans (very nice) and doubled the spices adding garlic & cumin to the beef mixture. Also cut the onion in half, didn't miss the other one. Have to add more cheese too! Really good, my two college boys finished it off.

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Leslie

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Dallas, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2007

This was a pretty good dish. Good for cleaning out the pantry! If you are feeding a large crowd I recommend it. We had leftovers and it wasn't as good the second time around.

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