Cheesy Taco Bake Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large skillet cook ground beef until no pink in meat.
• Add tomato paste and use the 6 oz. can to add 1 1/2 cans water (totals 9 oz.), also add taco seasoning and simmer on low, uncovered for 5 minutes.
• Grease pan, roll crescent rolls into 9X13 pan up the edges. Seal seams. It will be long one continuous piece in the pan.
• Spread one cup of the crushed corn tortilla chips on top of the crescent rolls.
• Then spread meat, add sour cream on top of meat, then cheese.
• Last, spread remaining cup of chips on top.
• Bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes, crust will be lightly browned.
• I leave sour cream and cheese off a small portion for my son who does not like cheese or creamy.
• Can make vegetarian by using veggie crumble instead of ground beef.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Prepare dinner as directed on package.
• While macaroni is cooking, brown meat and drain.
• Add taco seasoning mix and water to the meat; simmer 5 minutes.
• Stir sour cream into prepared dinner.
• Spoon half of the dinner mixture into 8-inch square baking dish; top with layers of the meat mixture, 1 cup of the cheese and remaining dinner mixture.
• Cover.
• Bake 15 minute.
• Top with salsa and remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.