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Macaroni Recipes

Taco Stuffed Shells

By Kyetra Belton ~ Palm Coast, FL September 7, 2011

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 pkg. taco seasoning
  • 1 {14 oz.} pkg. cream cheese
  • 12 large pasta shells
  • 1 cup salsa
  • I cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
  • (can just use a blended pack of cheese!)
  • 1/2 cup tortilla chips, crushed
  • 3 green onions, chopped {we left these out}
  • 1 cup sour cream

In a fry pan cook ground beef and add taco seasoning and prepare according to season package. Add cream cheese cover and simmer until cheese is melted. Blend well. Set aside and allow to fully cool. While the meat is cooking cook the pasta shells.

Pour salsa in the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.

Stuff each shell with the meat mixture. Place the stuffed shells in the baking dish and cover the tops of the shells with a little salsa.

Cover with foil and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, uncover, and sprinkle crushed chips and shredded cheddar and Monterey jack cheeses on top. Cook for about 15 more minutes. Serve with sour cream and chopped onions.  Our just about anything that you like with tacos.