Raid The Pantry Shells N Cheese Taco Casserole Recipes

TACO SHELLS AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to the package directions. Drain and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil and 2 tablespoons of the butter in a pan over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and cook, crumbling it with a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in the chili powder, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder and paprika. Stir in the diced tomatoes and chiles, hot water, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and bring to a simmer. Cook until the sauce thickens, 2 to 3 minutes, then remove to a bowl (it will still be a little juicy).
• In the same pan over medium heat, add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and the milk and cook until hot and bubbling. Add the processed cheese and cook, stirring, until melted. Do the same with the Cheddar jack. Pour in the cooked pasta, add the taco meat and stir to combine. Taste and adjust the seasoning, thinning with a splash of milk if needed. Stir in the cilantro.
• Top each serving with some sour cream and salsa if desired.

TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Let the sour cream come to room temperature while you prepare the meat. This will prevent it from curdling when baked as it won't be going from cold to hot right away.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Add the ground beef and diced onions to a large pan and cook and crumble over medium heat until the meat is cooked through.
• Drain excess grease.
• Add ¾ cup water and taco seasoning.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
• Spread the refried beans in an even layer within a casserole dish. (Mine was 9 x 13" but varying sizes are fine.)
• Spread the sour cream over the refried beans.
• Top with cooked ground beef mixture, then with cheese.
• If you're preparing this head of time, let it cool and cover and refrigerate until ready to bake.

CONTEST-WINNING TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add cheese, salsa, tomatoes and taco seasoning. Drain pasta; stir into beef mixture., Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Cover and bake 20 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with tortilla chips. Bake until heated through, about 10 minutes longer.

TACO BAKE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Cook ground beef and onions in a skillet over medium heat until beef is browned, 7 to 10 minutes; drain grease. Stir in water and taco seasoning; cook, stirring often, until thickened, about 2 minutes. Add refried beans, salsa, olives, and green chiles. Cook and stir over low heat until ingredients are warmed through, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Place half of the taco shells in the bottom of the baking dish. Pour in half of the ground beef mixture; sprinkle with half of the Cheddar cheese. Repeat with remaining taco shells, ground beef mixture, and Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes.

TACO RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef, celery, and onion in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly and vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Stir tomatoes, water, rice, salsa, chilies, olives, bouillon granules, chili powder, Worcestershire, and pepper into beef mixture. Bring to a boil. Transfer to a 2-quart casserole dish.
• Bake, covered, in the preheated oven until rice is tender, 45 to 50 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

"PANTRY RAID" CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x9-inch baking dish.
• Mix tomato sauce, water, taco seasoning mix, and chili powder together in a saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat and brown chicken tenderloins on both sides, about 5 minutes per side. Pour tomato sauce mixture over the chicken, bring to a simmer, and cook over medium-low heat until chicken tenderloins are no longer pink inside, about 8 minutes. Transfer chicken to a bowl and shred; return shredded chicken to the sauce. Mix in black beans and cream cheese until thoroughly combined.
• Pour chicken mixture into prepared baking dish. Top with shredded Mexican cheese. Whisk corn bread mix, egg, and milk in a bowl, and spoon the batter over the chicken mix.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the casserole is bubbling and the corn bread topping is browned and set, about 30 minutes.