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Taco Tuesday!: Taco Bake Casserole
Hey, Ya’ll! Welcome to Simply Paradise &Haven!
Welcome to the first Tasty Tuesday! On at least one Tuesday a month, I’ll be posting a recipe, either sweet or savory, cooking or baking. There may be more than one a month but I can’t guarantee that just yet and I don’t like making promises I can’t keep. So for now, know there will be at least one. There will be a second one for February as I have a baking recipe specifically for the romance theme of the month. But I thought, being a Texan that loves spicy food, a Taco Tuesday recipe would be perfect for the first Tasty Tuesday.
Today I’m sharing a savory recipe. If you like spicy foods, you’ll love this recipe. It’s also very easy as you just have to mix and cook the sauce long enough to warm it, then layer it much like a lasagna. Bake for 20 minutes and you’ve got at least one dinner, maybe more if there’s only 1-2 of you.
Ingredients
- 1 lb of ground beef
- 1 cup chopped white onion
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 package taco season mix(1 oz)
- 1 can refried beans (10 oz)
- 1/2 salsa (I personally use PAce Picante but I know everyone has their preference)
- 1 can of diced green chiles (4 oz)
- About 15 taco shells, broken up
- 3 Cups Shredded cheese- 1/2 Mexican Taco shredded cheese and 1/2 Fiesta Blend shredded cheese (I chose the two kinds of cheese to add flavor and gooeyness to my taco bake as the taco cheese has taco seasoning on a cheddar and Monterrey jack blend and the Fiesta cheese blend has Monterrey jack, cheddar, Queso quesadilla cheese, and asadero cheese.)
Steps
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F(190 degrees C). Spray a 9×13 baking pan with cooking spray.
- Cook ground beef and onion in a pan over medium heat until beef is brown and onions are cooked, about 7-10 minutes. Drain grease.
- Stir in water and taco seasoning, cook, stirring often, until thickened. Add refried beans, salsa, and green chiles. Cook and stir over low heat until ingredients are warmed through, about 3-4 minutes.
- Place half of the taco shells in the bottom of the baking dish, breaking the shells first. (I broke them in half and layered them similar to a lasagna.) Pour in half of hte ground beef mixture; sprinkle with half of the cheese.
- Repeat with remaining taco shells, ground beef mixture and cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bubbly, about 20-25 minutes. (Mine took only 21 minutes but my oven bakes hot and fast)
As you can see, you’ll have a taco lasagna and mmm, I’m sure you can see the ooey gooey cheesiness. Please comment down below if you make this and your thoughts on it or perhaps something similar. I’m always looking for new recipes. Even comment either below or on the new community page if you don’t make it yet but are totally interested in making it.
Enjoy!
Til Next Time!
~Paula
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