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Fantastic Taco Casserole

Here's how you make Fantastic Taco Casserole
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 35m
  • Cook: 55m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
  • 1 yellow onion (medium onion, finely chopped)
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 bell pepper (seeded and chopped, use red or green)
  • Seasoning salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 cup water (or beef broth)
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed chili flakes, or adjust to heat level
  • 1 bottle (215 ml) taco sauce
  • 2 cans (4 ounces each) green chilies
  • 1 can (14 ounce) sliced olives (drained and divided, can use green or black)
  • 1 package (1 1/4 ounce) taco seasoning mix
  • 1 package (4 1/2 ounce) taco shells ( or one 4 1/2 ounce white corn tortillas, broken into pieces)
  • 4 cups cheddar cheese, shredded (divided)
  • 1 tomato (large tomato, can use 2 tomatoes)
  • 3 sliced green onions (optional)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.

  • Step 2: Cook beef, onion, bell pepper, chili flakes and garlic until beef is no longer pink; drain then season with seasoning salt and black pepper (or cayenne pepper). Stir in water, taco sauce, green chiles, half of the olives and taco seasoning mix (you can use 2 packages of seasoning mix if desired for this). Cook over low heat for about 6-8 minutes.

  • Step 3: Layer HALF of broken shells on bottom of greased baking pan; cover with HALF of meat sauce, then sprinkle with 2 cups (or to taste) cheddar cheese. Repeat with remaining broken taco shells, meat sauce and then top with remaining cheese (to prevent the cheese from getting hard, you can sprinkle on the last 10 minutes before the end of baking time and return to oven until melted).

  • Step 4: Bake for 20 minutes or until bubbly, and cheese is melted. After baking, sprinkle with remaining olives, tomatoes and green onions. **NOTE** I sometimes drizzle bottled salsa sauce (mild or spicy) on top of the ground beef and then on top before baking. DELICIOUS!

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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