Easy Ground Beef Dinners - Holiday Time Savers Recipe
Ingredients
- 1.25 lbs. lean ground beef
- 1/2 Tbsp. Adobo seasoning (Latin all purpose seasoning)
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- Black pepper to taste
- 1/2 tsp minced fresh garlic
- 1 Tbsp chili powder
- 1 cup plain bread crumbs
- 1 1/2 cups Pace Picante Salsa, divided
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbsp. dried parsley flakes
- 1 can Campbell’s cream mushroom soup
- 1/2 can no salt tomato sauce (2 ozs.)
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