Taco Roni Recipes

TACO BAKE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Cook ground beef and onions in a skillet over medium heat until beef is browned, 7 to 10 minutes; drain grease. Stir in water and taco seasoning; cook, stirring often, until thickened, about 2 minutes. Add refried beans, salsa, olives, and green chiles. Cook and stir over low heat until ingredients are warmed through, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Place half of the taco shells in the bottom of the baking dish. Pour in half of the ground beef mixture; sprinkle with half of the Cheddar cheese. Repeat with remaining taco shells, ground beef mixture, and Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes.

EASY TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease. Stir salsa, onion, mayonnaise, chili powder, and cumin into the beef. Remove from heat.
• Spread about half the ground beef mixture into the bottom of a 2-quart casserole dish. Spread about half the tortilla chips in a layer atop the beef mixture. Layer about half of each of the Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses over the tortilla chip layer. Repeat layers with remaining ingredients, ending with Monterey Jack cheese. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until the cheese is melted in the middle, about 30 minutes.

TACO-RONI

Steps:

• In large deep skillet, brown ground beef and onion (until meat is no longer pink).
• Drain and return meat to skillet.
• While beef is browning, cook pasta according to package directions.
• While pasta is cooking, add taco mix and water to ground beef; cook for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed (medium heat).
• When pasta is done, drain. Pour into meat mixture and add pepperoni.
• Add cheese, milk, salt and pepper.
• Stir until cheese is melted and pasta is covered with meat mixture.
• Dot with sour cream if desired.

TACO-RONI

Steps:

• Place beefaroni, drained tomatoes, beans, corn and cumin in large saucepan; stir to combine.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese and broken chips just before serving.

MEXICAN RICE A RONI SKILLET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In large skillet, cook Rice-A-Roni according to directions on package. At the same time in another skillet, brown ground beef and add taco seasoning according to direction on package.
• Combine Rice-A-Roni and taco meat along with corn, chilies and diced tomatoes. Top with shredded cheese.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with sour cream and additional toppings.