{"id":23879,"date":"2026-10-18T10:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T17:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=23879"},"modified":"2026-10-18T11:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T18:34:15","slug":"taco-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/taco-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>\u2026quick and easy favorite, and to that I say, Oskaloosa Ol\u00e9!<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Taco Soup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>2 pounds ground beef or turkey<\/li>\n<li>1 large onion, diced<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, chopped fine<\/li>\n<li>2\u20133 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 envelope taco seasoning<\/li>\n<li>1 envelope Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing and Seasoning Mix<\/li>\n<li>1 can (16 ounces) chili beans, not drained<\/li>\n<li>1 can (15 ounces) pinto beans, not drained<\/li>\n<li>1 can (15-1\/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, not drained<\/li>\n<li>1 can (14-1\/2 ounces) stewed tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1 can (10 ounces) diced tomato with green chilies<\/li>\n<li>1 can (4.5 ounces) chopped green chilies<\/li>\n<li>2 fresh Anaheim chiles, roasted, skinned and chopped (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Flour or corn fresh tortillas for garnish (or use chips)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a Dutch oven, saut\u00e9 onion in olive oil until soft and golden brown. Add garlic and cook for another few minutes. Add beef or turkey and cook until browned. Drain fat if there is an excess.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Add taco seasoning and ranch dressing packets and mix well. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Recipe yields about 2 quarts. Makes about 8 (1\u00bd cup) servings.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If soup is too thick, add a little water to thin out.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>For the tortilla garnish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Heat about \u00bd cup vegetable oil in skillet. Slice 4 medium tortillas into thin strips. Carefully add them to the hot oil and cook for 1\u20132 minutes until strips are golden brown. Drain on paper towel. Sprinkle on top of soup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026quick and easy favorite, and to that I say, Oskaloosa Ol\u00e9! Taco Soup Ingredients 2 pounds ground beef or turkey 1 large onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, chopped fine 2\u20133 tablespoons olive oil 1 envelope taco seasoning 1 envelope Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing and Seasoning Mix 1 can (16 ounces) chili beans, not drained &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/taco-soup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Taco Soup&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23880,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23879\/revisions\/23880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}