Taco Casserole

[makattak]

Wanted tacos tonight, but didn't have shells, so I decided on a casserole.

Found this on Allrecipes.com- absolutely amazing:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/taco-casserole/detail.aspx

Ingredients

    1 pound lean ground beef
    8 ounces macaroni
    1/2 cup chopped onion
    1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
    1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
    1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
    2 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
    2 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese
    1 cup crushed tortilla chips
    1/2 cup sour cream (optional)
    1/4 cup chopped green onions

Directions

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
    Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water until al dente. Drain.
    In a large skillet, cook and stir ground beef and chopped onion over medium heat until brown. Mix in tomato soup, diced tomatoes, and taco seasoning mix. Stir in pasta.
    Spoon beef mixture into a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle crumbled taco chips and grated cheese on top.
    Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the cheese is melted. Serve with chopped green onions and sour cream, if desired.

I switched in diced tomatoes and green chilies for the diced tomatoes. Gave it a little more kick.

My wife absolutely loved it, too.

[Brad Johnson]

Sounds delicious!

I'm having some of this right now...

Bachelor's Green Chili Chicken Casserole

In a large bowl mix:
2 cans (13oz) chunk white chicken, undrained and heavily flaked
1 can condensed Cream of Chicken condensed soup
1 can condensed Cheddar Cheese soup
2 cans (4oz) green chilis
1 block (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1 can yellow corn, drained
1/2c dried onion, flaked or diced
2T garlic poweder
2t ground red pepper
1/2 block SPAM, cubed fine

Reserve about 2 cups of mix.

Layer the following in a larger casserole:
Mix (spread thin, about 1/2" layer)
6 corn tortillas
6 slices American cheese
6 slices meunster cheese
Make three layers total, topping with remaining mix

Bake at 350 deg F for 30 minutes.  Top with 1c shredded colby jack and bake another 20 minutes or until bubbly.  Let stand 15-20 minutes before serving to cool and set.

Yes, it's good.  No, it's not diatetic.  Filling as heck, too.

Brad

[Chuck Dye]

If that worked for you, you should pursue the tamale pie recipes that are out there.  

[Boomhauer]

*files recipes away in favorites folder for when I move into my own house next month* (I don't often get to try new things because here at home generally what gets cooked is what Dad wants to eat. And he's not exactly an adventurous sort when it comes to culinary aspects...pigs in a blanket is about as wild as he gets, otherwise it's almost always burgers, steaks, pork chops, cube steak, spaghetti, pizza and such unimaginative meals...I don't want to have the same exact thing on a certain day repeating week after week...)

[Brad Johnson]

*files recipes away in favorites folder for when I move into my own house next month*

SPAM is your friend.  So is a crock pot.

Learn a couple of basic sauces, too.  Most sauces are dirt-easy to make.  Amazing what you can doo with chicken, some pasta, and three or four good sauce recipes.  Might also bookmark the Campbells Soup web site.  Casseroles out the wazoo and enough things you can do with three or four soups to keep you in new recipes for months.

Brad

[MrsSmith]

Those both sound great! Next time consider serving with these:

Mrs. Smith's Guacamole

2 avacadoes, slightly soft
1/2 of a small onion (vidalia if you can get it, otherwise sweet onion), diced
1 sm - med tomato, diced
onion powder
garlic powder
sea salt
lime wedge

Cut avacado in half, remove seed, scrape meat into a bowl and be sure to get it all, the best part is closest to the skin. Mash with a fork but don't overdue it, you aren't making mashed potatoes. Add onion and tomato, couple shakes of garlic and onion powder, squeeze lime. Stir, cover, and chill for about an hour before eating. Salt to taste.

Mrs. Smith's Pico de Gallo

1 large tomato, diced but not too finely
1 small onion, diced as small or large as you prefer
1 handful of cilantro, leaves only, chopped
Mix together, cover, chill for an hour.

These should both work well with your casseroles boys. The pico is also really good on black beans and rice and both are good on fish tacos.

Avenger, let me know when you get settled and I'll send you some recipes. Just let me know if there's anything you don't like.

[Brad Johnson]

Yum!

Brad

[MrsSmith]

SPAM is your friend.  So is a crock pot.
Brad

Spam is never your friend Brad. You're a man. You have a gun. There's no earthly reason you should ever have to eat meat out of a can.
 

[Scout26]

Spam is never your friend Brad. You're a man. You have a gun. There's no earthly reason you should ever have to eat meat out of a can.
 

Pure WIN !!!!

[Brad Johnson]

Spam is never your friend Brad. You're a man. You have a gun. There's no earthly reason you should ever have to eat meat out of a can.
 

Hey, you have no idea what I went though to get that can.  It was a great hunt, I tell you - dodging Jazzy Power Scooters and sleep-deprived soccer moms with Lethal Strollers of Doom.  I stalked my prey, up and down the aisle, until just the right moment...

Brad

[French G.]

So the top three threads remain.
-Taco Casserole
-Plumbing Question
-Food and Pain

wish I was smart and could post a screen shot.

[seeker_two]

So the top three threads remain.
-Taco Casserole
-Plumbing Question
-Food and Pain

wish I was smart and could post a screen shot.

No need....our own imaginations will suffice.....