Fumbling Toward Culinary Talent: Taco Meat Maid-Rite Sliders

You read that right.

I'm touting a recipe that combines my nostalgia of Maid-Rite burgers (or what my Mom likes to call "loose burgers") and the bite-size brilliance of White Castle sliders.

It's simple. Use leftover taco meat, heat it up, and use wheat dinner rolls as little burgers. I topped the taco meat with some shredded taco cheese, which melted nicely. Then eat.

Fumbling Toward Culinary Talent: Taco Meat Cheese Fries

Yes, you read that title correctly. I linked "culinary" and cheese fries.

Lately the Nasty family has been observing Sunday as "Taco Night." Routinely, we have taco meat left over. And when a man's out of tortillas, you gotta make do. Since I was making some frozen crinkle fries this evening, I created the concoction in the title.

First I'll provide the ingredients and recipe for the taco meat I've been making lately:

Ingredients:
I bell pepper, diced
1/2 of a red onion or 2 large shallots, diced
1 lb. lean ground turkey
Healthy smidge of Penzey's Salsa seasoning, maybe a teaspoon
Healthy smidge of Penzey's Adobo seasoning, maybe a teaspoon
4-5 dollops of salsa
Ground black pepper to taste

Taco meat process:
Sweat down the pepper and onion/shallots and then add in the ground turkey. Break up as usual and add the salsa and adobo seasoning along with black pepper. Once the meat starts browning a bit, add the salsa and cook until ready.

Once you have that meat and once you've baked your store-bought frozen crinkle fries per the package's directions, plate the fries, scatter however much taco meat you want atop the fries, and then top with shredded cheese of your liking.

If it's not already available, you might find this dish coming to a stadium or ballpark near you.