Cheesy Taco Stuffed Shells

Cheesy Taco Stuffed Shells made with jumbo pasta shells, salsa, cheese and taco meat are the perfect EASY weeknight meal that you can prepare ahead of time too!

Taco Stuffed Shells are an easy dinner of stuffed jumbo pasta shells with ground beef. With just the addition of taco seasoning, salsa and cheese your family will be asking for this dish to go in your regular rotation. This is the XL take on my super popular Cheesy Taco Pasta!

I love using either my Guapo’s Famous Fresh Pico de Gallo in this recipe or incredibly easy, store bought jarred salsa. You can also swap out the salsa in this recipe in a 1 to 1 ratio with my favorite Homemade QUICK Enchilada Sauce to make them taco stuffed shells with enchilada sauce.

If you’re looking for alternate to the shredded cheese or to mix things up a little you can absolutely make the taco stuffed shells with velveeta or nacho cheese as well. Even better you could just double the shredded cheddar cheese and have the ultimate cheesy taco stuffed shells.

MY OTHER RECIPES

LOOKING FOR MORE GREAT CHEESY PASTA DISHES? LOOK NO FURTHER:

• Cheesy Taco Pasta
• Bacon Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper
• Pepperoni Pizza Hamburger Helper
• Philly Cheesesteak Hamburger Helper
• Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Bake

Thinking of some other stuffed shells ideas?

• Pepperoni Pizza stuffed shells with marinara sauce, pepperoni and mozzarella.
• Chicken Bacon Ranch Stuffed Shells with the Cheddar Bacon Ranch Pinwheels filling and baked with alfredo sauce.
• Philly Cheesesteak stuffed shells with the Philly Cheese Steak Sloppy Joes filling but with double the cheese!
• Chicken Parmesan Stuffed Shells with chicken nuggets, marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese.

Tools Used in the making of these Taco Stuffed Shells:
Jumbo Pasta Shells: Make sure you buy these and not the large ones. Also, husbands may inadvertently think “large” is the right size…not saying mine did that! 😉
Jarred Salsa: Cuts the prep time down to just a couple of minutes and the flavors are still outstanding.
Taco Seasoning: I’ve use my homemade taco seasoning recipe if you’d prefer not to use a packet. This is the packet I’d recommend if not using homemade.

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Yield: 6 servings

Taco Stuffed Shells

Prep:5 minutes

Cook:25 minutes

Total Time:30 minutes

Taco Stuffed Shells made with jumbo pasta shells, salsa, cheese and taco meat are the perfect EASY weeknight meal that you can prepare ahead of time too!

Ingredients:

12 ounces jumbo pasta shells
1 pound ground beef
1 packet taco seasoning
2/3 cup of water
1 1/2 cups jarred salsa, divided
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cook the pasta shells according to the directions on the box and drain.
3. Add the ground beef to the pan and brown well.
4. Drain the fat.
5. Add the taco seasoning and water, stir and cook until water is gone.
6. Stir in 1 cup salsa and 3/4 cup cheese.
7. Scoop into the jumbo pasta shells and top with the remaining salsa and cheese.
8. Bake in a covered pan for 15 minutes.

Nutrition Information

Yield: 6 servings, Serving Size: 4 shells

• Amount Per Serving:
• Calories: 374 Calories

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