Taco shells and cheese

I don’t know about you but I absolutely love the Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond, her way of cooking is my style and not to mention…

by 

I don’t know about you but I absolutely love the Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond, her way of cooking is my style and not to mention her line at Walmart!!!!

on our way home from vacation I saw her post this recipe on IG and thought it would be easy and yummy to fix once home from a week away.

like any recipe I put my own spin on it, that is the beauty of recipes; tweaking a few of the ingredients making it your own!

find the original Pioneer woman recipe here

Taco shells and Cheese

Recipe by The Closet CookCourse: Uncategorized
Servings

4-6

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 pound of shell noodles or your favorite pasta

  • 1 pound ground beef

  • seasonings 1 tsp of each; garlic powder, salt, onion powder, cumin, chili powder, cumin

  • 1 medium onion diced

  • 1 green onion diced

  • 2 tbsp cilantro chopped

  • 1 pound Velveeta cheese

  • 2.5 cups cheddar jack cheese

  • 4 tbsp butter split

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • garnish: salsa, sour cream, tortilla chips, cilantro, guacamole

Directions

  • in a medium pot filled with water generously salt and bring to a boil, add pasta and cook through, drain and set to the side.
  • In a skillet add olive oil and 2 tbsp butter saute onions until clear and tender… add ground beef breaking up into small crumbles until fully cooked.
  • add seasoning mix and stir
  • add can of rotel with green chilies(I used a motor boat to make a salsa consistency, this is especially nice if you dont care for tomato chunks)
  • in a large soup pot add 2 tbsp butter, Velveeta cheese, melt over medium heat stirring constantly so not to stick
  • add 1 cup of milk stir in 2.5 shredded cheddar jack cheese
  • add 1 cup milk and stir
  • add meat mixture stir into cheese
  • Stir in cooked noodles
  • add milk by tbsp to thin to desired consistency

Leave a Reply

%d bloggers like this: