Taco Casserole Surprise Food

TACO CASSEROLE SURPRISE

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef with the onion and drain.
• Add the taco seasoning and the water.
• Simmer until water is cooked away.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spray 13x9 inch casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Crunch taco shells into pan.
• This will be the crust.
• Spread beef and onion over taco shells evenly.
• Add tomatoes evenly over beef.
• Add about 1/2 of the jar of taco sauce.
• Spread over tomatoes.
• Cover with cheese.
• Bake for approx.
• 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
• Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

TACO SURPRISE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook beef and add taco seasoning.
• Mix both cans of refried beans with the jar of salsa, set aside.
• Layer the bottom of a 13" x 9" (lasagna) pan with taco chips.
• Place the cooked ground beef on top of the taco chip layer.
• Add any remaining liquid to the bean and salsa mixture, mix together.
• Place this mixture over the ground beef.
• Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30-40 minutes in preheated oven.
• Uncover, crumble taco chips and cheese over the top and bake for another 5-10 minutes.
• Enjoy!

FANTASTIC TACO CASSEROLE!

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• 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.
• Layer HALF of broken shells on bottom of greased 13x9 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).
• 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.

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.