Maid Rite Crescent Braid
Maid Rites are one of my absolute favorite Iowa meals. For this recipe - I took the delicious Maid Rite meat and made a crescent braid. Plus I added cheese, pickles & more to the filling! It's a great weeknight meal that the whole family will love!
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 tsp Better than Bouillon Beef Base or 1 beef bouillon cube
- 1/2 cup water or 1/2 cup broth and eliminate bouillon
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1.5 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1.5 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 can crescent roll sheet dough
- 2 cups Land O'Lakes American Cheese shredded
- 1/3 cup sliced dill pickles
- ketchup
- mustard
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Brown ground beef in skillet for 3-4 min until partially browned - still some pink.1 lb lean ground beef
- Add bouillon, water, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire and soy sauce. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat and cool slightly.1 tsp Better than Bouillon Beef Base, 1/2 cup water, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1.5 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 1.5 tbsp soy sauce
- Roll out crescent roll sheet vertically on the baking sheet1 can crescent roll sheet dough
- Spread ¾ of the maid rite meat down the center of crescent rolls. Top with 1 cup of cheese and half the pickles. Squirt mustard and ketchup down the meat as well.ketchup, mustard
- Cut 10 strips on each side of the dough. To braid, lift strips of dough across the mixture to meet in the center. Continue alternating strips to form a braid.
- Bake for 20 minutes – until lightly browned.
- Remove braid from oven and top the braid with remaining Maid Rite meat mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Bake the braid for an additional 10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the crescent rolls are golden brown.
- Top with remaining pickles1/3 cup sliced dill pickles
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 550kcalCarbohydrates: 21.7gProtein: 42.3gFat: 34.9gSaturated Fat: 15.6gCholesterol: 116mgSodium: 1577mgPotassium: 378mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 7.2gCalcium: 296mgIron: 4mg
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