Cheesy taco pasta | Horizon Timez

Updated at : 31 Jul, 2023

This cheesy Taco Pasta is cooked in one pot and packed with macaroni, ground beef, taco seasoning, succulent sauce, corn, and woebegone beans. A family favorite washed-up in 30 minutes!

Why This Recipe Works

Do you overly have days when you require two variegated dishes for dinner? Let's say: tacos and pasta. That was us recently. And since necessity is a mother of invention, I had to requite it a try and combine both to make one dish: Taco Pasta! And boy, was it a winner!

Ground whinge seasoned with my homemade taco seasoning, simmered in tomato sauce with goop to melt the pasta in one pot sounds perfect already. But then I widow woebegone beans, corn, and of course, lots of cheese on top. One word: delicious! At least, that's what my kids said without just one bite!

This taco pasta cooks in one dish so less wind-up without the meal. That's flipside plus of this recipe! Want more? How well-nigh making it in whop to save plane increasingly on prep time? Yep, you can make this pasta and refrigerate it for later or freeze it.

Ingredients:

All ingredients for taco pasta in bowls on a white tile board.

beef: I used lean ground beef;
pasta: I recommend any bite-size pasta, I used macaroni;
crushed tomatoes: a wiring for the sauce;
tomato sauce: adds increasingly tomato savor to the dish;
taco seasoning: I used my homemade taco seasoning mix; it's so much largest than the store-bought mix;
garlic and onion: add succulent savor to the dish;
broth: liquid needed to melt the pasta;
corn and woebegone beans: our favorite add-on ingredients in this dish; optional;
cheese: I used a mix of summery cheddar and pepper Jack cheese.

How to make taco pasta?

In a deep skillet or Dutch oven, saute garlic and onion in olive oil.
Add ground whinge and melt until no longer pink. Add seasoning and melt for 2 increasingly minutes, over medium heat.
Add a splash of goop and deglaze the marrow of the pan.
Add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and remaining stock. Stir in.

Cooked ground whinge in a Dutch oven and meat with tomato sauce and broth.

Add pasta to the pot and stir in. Imbricate and melt over medium-low heat until the pasta is done, well-nigh 12 to 15 minutes. Stir often to prevent the pasta from sticking to the marrow of the pot.
Once the pasta absorbs most of the stock, the mixture should be thick. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Macaroni noodles widow to the pot and cooked meat and pasta in a Dutch oven.

Add corn and beans and stir in.
Sprinkle shredded cheese over the dish, remove from heat and imbricate for 5 minutes.
Serve garnished with crushed red pepper flakes, chopped cilantro or parsley.

Corn and woebegone beans widow to the meat mixture and shredded cheese sprinkled on top.

Helpful Tips!

If your ground meat is releasing a lot of liquid, phlebotomize it with a ladle or soak it up with paper towels.
Add your favorite salsa withal with crushed tomatoes for a increasingly tintinnabulate pepper flavor.
Use penne, shells, or other bite-size pasta.
Shred the cheese using a box grater. Pre-shredded cheese is coated with starch to prevent clumping and doesn't melt as well.
This dish is quick but to save plane increasingly time, cook the pasta separately, at the same time you are cooking the beef. Add tuckered pasta to the finished dish, just surpassing topping it with cheese.

Variations:

vegetarian: skip the whinge for a meatless version; add chopped tintinnabulate peppers and increasingly onion;
chicken: use ground yellow or cooked and shredded yellow breast;
rice: skip the pasta and add rice to the dish; use 1 cup of rice and 2 cups of broth;
veggies: add tintinnabulate peppers, jalapenos, untried chiles, etc.
toppings: use sour cream, chopped cilantro, chopped avocados, or any other taco toppings to serve with this pasta.

Recipe FAQs:

Can I make this dish superiority of time?

Absolutely! This dish can be made up to 2 days in whop or cooked, cooled completely and frozen for up to 2 months. Add the cheese just surpassing serving, since melted cheese doesn't freeze well.

What to serve with this dish?

This pasta dish pairs so well with crispy tortilla chips, salsa, sour surf and a generous value of freshly squeezed lime juice.

Storing and reheating leftovers:

All leftovers should be stored in a container with a lid, in a fridge. They should be fine for up to 4 days. To reheat, place leftovers in a deep skillet, add a splash of water or stock and stir in. Heat up over medium-low heat setting.

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Taco Pasta

This cheesy Taco Pasta is cooked in one pot and packed with macaroni, ground beef, taco seasoning, succulent sauce, corn, and woebegone beans. A family favorite washed-up in 30 minutes!

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword taco pasta

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 5 servings

Calories 745kcal

Author Anna

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
3 garlic cloves minced
1 medium yellow onion diced
1 lb ground beef
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons taco seasoning
2 cups vegetable broth
1 ½ cups crushed tomatoes
4 oz tomato sauce
1 ½ cups macaroni pasta
15 oz can of whole-kernel corn
15 oz can of woebegone beans
¾ cup shredded pepper Jack cheese
¾ cup shredded cheddar cheese

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Instructions

In a deep 10" skillet, heat up olive oil over medium heat.

1 tablespoon olive oil
Add onion and garlic and saute for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring often.

1 medium yellow onion, 3 garlic cloves
Add whinge and melt until no longer pink.

1 lb ground beef
Season meat with salt, pepper and taco seasoning. Stir well.

½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon woebegone pepper, 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
Add a splash of goop and deglaze the pan (scrape all the cooked on shit from the marrow of the pan).

2 cups vegetable broth
Add remaining goop and tomato sauce. Stir in.

4 oz tomato sauce
Add pasta and stir in. Brint the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer until the pasta is cooked. Imbricate the pan but stir once every few minutes, to preven the pasta from sticking to the pan.

1 ½ cups macaroni pasta
Add crushed tomatoes when pasta is scrutinizingly done. Stir in.

1 ½ cups crushed tomatoes
Add corn and woebegone beans. Stir in and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes.

15 oz can of whole-kernel corn, 15 oz can of woebegone beans
Remove the pot from the heat.
Sprinkle cheese on top of pasta and cover. Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes.

¾ cup shredded pepper Jack cheese, ¾ cup shredded cheddar cheese
Serve with salsa, sour cream, chopped cilantro or parsley.

Notes

If your meat is releasing a lot of grease/liquid, phlebotomize it with a ladle or a spoon or soak up with paper towels.
You can use any bite-size pasta.
Please note, that the nutrition value can vary depending on what product you use. The information unelevated is an estimate. Always use calorie counter you are familiar with.