Prep Method: Baking, Boil
Ingredients
- Water, boiling-12 cups
- Mashed potato pearls-2 pounds
- Milk, low-fat, 1%-2 quarts
- Garlic powder-2 tablespoons
- Salt (1 tablespoon+ 1 teaspoon) 1⅓ tablespoons
- Onions, yellow, diced-2½ cups
- Beef, ground, (85/15) (12 pounds + 10 ounces)-2⅝ pounds
- Chili powder (¼ cup + 2 tablespoons)-0.38 cup
- Cumin-¼ cup
- Oregano-2 tablespoons
- Corn, kernels, yellow-6 cups
- Tomatoes, crushed-5 quarts
- Chilis, green, diced-3 pounds
Instructions
- Preheat standard oven to 400°F / convection oven to 375°F.
- Mix mashed potato pearls in mixer with boiling water.
- Combine milk, garlic powder and 1 tbsp salt; heat to 135°F in steamer or oven.
- Add milk mixture to mashed potatoes.
- Brown the ground beef in a steam jacketed kettle or braising pan.
- Add diced onions to ground beef and cook until onions are softened.
- Add chili powder, cumin, oregano, garlic powder and 1 tsp salt to ground beef.
- Add corn, tomatoes and green chiles to ground beef mixture and bring to a simmer.
- Divide ground beef evenly between four (4) 12″x20″x 2½” food pans.
- Top ground beef mixture with mashed potatoes, dividing evenly; spread to edges.
- Divide cheese evenly between each pan and sprinkle over potatoes.
- Bake 15 minutes; 400°F in standard oven or 375°F in convection oven.
- Serve by dividing the pan 6×4 for 24 even portions per pan.