Stuffed Taco Shells. Shredded Mexican cheese, ground beef, taco seasoning and crushed tomatoes combine to make the best stuffed shells filling you never thought of, and one you'll want to make again and again. Taco Stuffed Shells are an easy dinner of stuffed jumbo pasta shells with ground beef. With just the addition of taco seasoning, salsa and cheese your family will be asking for this dish to go in your regular rotation.
Taco Stuffed Shells Recipe (Easy Dinner Idea For The Family) This Mexican inspired main dish is great for picky eaters!
Everyone, including the kids, will love it.
It's quick, easy and made with simple ingredients: ground beef, cream cheese, sauce, pasta shells and more cheese.
You can have Stuffed Taco Shells using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Stuffed Taco Shells
- Prepare 1 of large pack ground turkey (3 lbs.).
- You need of Olive oil.
- Prepare 1 of onion, chopped.
- It's 1 of green pepper, chopped.
- It's 6 cloves of garlic, minced.
- It's 1/8 teaspoon of black pepper.
- It's 1/4 teaspoon of ground cumin.
- It's 3 tablespoons of taco seasoning mix.
- Prepare 1 can of diced tomatoes (14.5 ounce).
- Prepare 1 can of Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilis (10 ounce).
- You need 1/2 cup of water.
- Prepare 1 box of jumbo shells (12 ounce).
- Prepare of Salt for boiling water.
- You need 2 cups of sharp cheddar cheese, shredded.
It's also cheap and budget friendly! I found this recipe in a magazine a couple of years ago and it is a favorite at our house. We love cream cheese so I usually add a bit more than what the recipe calls for. I haven't tried that but if you do, let me know.
Stuffed Taco Shells step by step
- In a large pot coat bottom of pan with olive oil, heat on low heat......
- Brown ground turkey in olive oil until almost browned, drain any excess liquid from ground turkey.......
- Add to ground turkey your chopped onion, green pepper and garlic, sauté for several more minutes.......
- Next add in your black pepper, ground cumin, taco seasoning and both cans of diced tomatoes, bring to a boil, then add in your water, continue to boil for several more minutes......continue to cook for about 20 minutes, then remove from heat.......
- Meanwhile boil your jumbo shells in a large pot until al dente, remember to add salt to your boiling water 💧!!!!.
- Drain shells well.......
- In a large baking pan spread about a few tablespoons of turkey meat mixture onto bottom of pan........
- Carefully spoon turkey mixture into each jumbo shell, then place shells onto meat sauce in baking pan, repeat until all shells are filled with turkey meat.......place any remaining turkey meat mixture over shells........
- Add your shredded cheddar cheese over shells.......
- Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes........
- Serve and enjoy 😉!.
Serve with sour cream and onions. Be sure to purchase jumbo-size pasta shells, so they'll hold all the filling. Shells also come in small and medium sizes. Taco stuffed pasta shells are a great twist on classic stuffed shells! Jumbo pasta shells are filled with a creamy seasoned beef & vegetable mixture and topped with cheese.