Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2011

My family and I really liked this recipe. I added carrots and melted some cheddar cheese on the top the last 5 minutes of baking. Another addition that might be good would be polish sausage.

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Roger & Laura

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Puyallup, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 10, 2011

I'm not a big fan of ground beef so this recipe wasn't for me. My husband on the other hand loved this. I believe the word he used was "fantastic". The only changes I made were: I used 2 cans of tomato soup and drained the kidney beans. I will be making this again.

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LizUgalde

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Irvine, California, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2011

I made a number of modifications, but this gave me the basis for a GREAT recipe! This is like a baked potato smothered in chili topped with cheese and sour cream - YUM. I diced the potatoes (did NOT peel), sprinkled with Wahoo Chili seasoning and salt/pepper, layered with ground beef/onion, then whole can kidney beans, 1/2 LARGE can tomato soup, then repeated the layers. Cooked covered for 1.5 hours, then generously sprinkled shredded cheese on top and cooked for another 15 minutes uncovered. Served individual servings with cheese, sour cream and spring onions on top. Skipped the bacon altogether, but that would be great too. A new family favorite for sure!

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AMY BIRKNER

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Falls Church, Virginia, USA

Living In: Riverton, Utah, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2011

I just made this and it was FANTASTIC! But with my own twist. I made a few changes- I only used 1 lb ground turkey, 1 can of light red kidney beans, 1 can pinto beans, 1 can tomato paste, and 3/4 a can of enchilada sauce. Poured everything over the potatoes at the bottom and topped with bacon and cheese! This was so so good, the whole house loved it!

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CrunchyChicken

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Austin, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2010

From the "author": allrecipes takes "liberties" with the recipes, which is fine but if you want it to be the way I make it... I do not cook the ground beef and onion before adding to the recipe, and the potatoes are peeled and sliced approx 3/16" thick, not diced. It goes: Mix finely chopped onion into ground beef. Put a layer of half of the sliced potatoes, then half of the ground beef/onion mixture pulled into marble sized bits and scattered over the potatoes, then half of the kidney beans with juice, then salt and pepper, repeat layers. Top with condensed tomato soup then bacon slices. Then bake as directed. Hope this helps...

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WALTDOUD

Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2010

I made this yesterday with a few changes. 1st used only 1 lb. of ground beef plus 1/2 lb. hot Italian sausage. 2nd. 1 large red onion sliced 1/8-in. thick then quartered 3rd. 2cloves minced garlic. 4th. 2 (15-oz.) cans Bush's Chili Beans (We do not like kidney beans). 5th. 1 pkg. frozen Potatoes O'Brien. Browned the meats in a skillet useing extra virgin olive oil. Removed the meats then sauted the onion and garlic in the leftover oil until tender. Then layered as directed in a 4 quart slow cooker, covered and cooked on high setting for 4 hours. Came out great and was quite moist.

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Plain ole Bob

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Ute Park, New Mexico, USA

Living In: Huntington Beach, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2010

This is a great easy casserole. I subsituted the tomato soup for sloppy joe sauce. Wow! It delivered a punch of flavor and was delicious. During the last 5 minutes of cooking I added a layer of crushed tortilla chips for a topping.

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tfuller

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2010

Very bland, but I didn't use the bacon, I didn't want the extra fat, so I guess that is why my final product ended up somewhat dry. I think next time if I make without the bacon I will use a can of tomatoes in the liquid instead of the tomato soup. I also added garlic powder and garlic salt to give it more taste.

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BABIDOLL02

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: El Paso, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2010

This was OK. My husband seemed to like it more than our daughter. It seemed to me that the potatoes overwhelmed the dish and caused it to seem bland. Maybe I used to many potatoes. Maybe if it was made with pasta instead of potatoes. For me there was something just a little off and I am not sure what it was.

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