Taco Casserole
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Recipe: #11661
December 31, 2013
Categories: Comfort Food, Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish, Beef, Ground Beef, Dairy, Cheese, Pasta, Mexican, 5-Minute Prep, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Quick Meals, Birthday, Cinco de Mayo, Entertaining, Fall/Autumn, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Potluck, Summer, Winter, Weeknight Meals, Stove Top, No Eggs, Processed Cheese, Cream Cheese, Spicy, Spring more
"This for me is pure comfort food. It is creamy and has just the right amount of heat for me. I make this with rice pasta but regular pasta works just fine. If gluten free make sure your taco seasoning is gluten free."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (329.4 g)
- Calories 751.8
- Total Fat - 44.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 19.8 g
- Cholesterol - 182 mg
- Sodium - 390 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 47.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6 g
- Sugars - 5.1 g
- Protein - 40.3 g
- Calcium - 145.7 mg
- Iron - 4.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step 1
Cook pasta according to package directions.
Step 2
Meanwhile, mix the ground beef, garlic and pickled jalapeno in a large skillet; cook until ground beef is no longer pink.
Step 3
Add the water and taco seasoning and cook until seasoning starts to stick to the meat and still a bit saucy,
Step 4
Add the cream cheese and stir until melted; stir in the milk and cook just until warmed through.
Step 5
Drain pasta and rinse with warm water, drain again and stir into the meat and cheese mixture.
Step 6
Enjoy!
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.