If you’re looking for a fun main course to feed your family Halloween night, try this fun and delicious Jack O’Lantern beef pot pie.  The kids will get a kick out of this unusual way their dinner is served!

1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1/2 cup onion, diced
2 tsp flour
1 cup favorite salsa
1/2 cup of chili sauce
1 cup frozen corn
1 (4 oz.) can green chilies, chopped
2 Tblsp. brown sugar
1 sheet refrigerated pie pastry

1 egg
Orange paste food coloring

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In large skillet over medium heat, brown beef and onion together until beef is no longer pink. Drain any fat or moisture from the beef.
Place the flour into a bowl and stir in the salsa and chili sauce and blending together well.
Stir the salsa/chili sauce mixture into the beef in the skillet, then add the corn, green chilies and brown sugar, stirring until well combined, and reheating until everything is hot.

Pour the mixture into an ungreased 9 inch pie plate, spreading mixture out evenly.
Unroll the pastry and place over the top of the pie plate.
With a small sharp knife, cut a Jack O’Lantern face into the pie crust.  Flute the crust along the edges of the pie plate.

Mix together in a small bowl, the egg and enough food coloring to reach the desired orange color.  Brush the egg over the pie crust.
Bake 9 or 10 minutes or until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbly.

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