Teresas Taco Casserole Food

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.

MAZ'S TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 deg.
• Spray 12 x 8 casserole with Pam.
• Brown beef and onions, then add the garlic, tomatoes, olives, chilies, beans, corn, salsa and taco flavoring.
• Let simmer for 5 min.
• Crush about 1 cup or so of tortilla chips and sprinkle over bottom of baking dish.
• Add half of meat mixture.
• Sprinkle half of cheese over all.
• Repeat process.
• Bake for 20-25 min.

LOW FAT TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Grease 11x7 inch baking dish.
• Brown turkey and chopped onion in frying pan.
• Drain and return to pan.
• Add water, taco sauce, taco seasoning,and chiles. Stir.
• Simmer for 4-5 minutes.
• In greased baking dish, layer half of the taco shells in the bottom.
• Layer half of the meat on top of shells.
• Sprinkle the mild and sharp cheddar cheese over meat layer.
• Layer remainder of taco shells over the cheese.
• Layer remainder of meat on top of shells.
• Sprinkle Monterey/Colby mix on top.
• Arrange tomatoes, green onions, and orange pepper on top.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, until bubbly and cheese is melted.
• Remove from oven.
• Serve with jalapenos and sour cream.

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.

TERESA'S TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat oil in skillet.
• Cook onion in oil until softened.
• Add garlic and turkey; cook until browned.
• Add tomatoes, taco seasoning, chilis (with juice) and olives.
• Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Spray 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (or grease with crisco, your choice) Layer 1/2 of the doritos on bottom of dish.
• Add meat mixture, then sour cream, and top with Mozzarella.
• Cover with another layer of Doritos.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Sprinkle with cheddar cheese; return to oven for 5 minutes, or until cheese has melted.