Contributed By: jlbabyiris
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You can add jalapenos, hot sauce or green chilies to this to add a real kick! **edited on October 24 to add instructions for Once a Month Cooking. I usually make these during a cooking blitz and freeze until I need them**
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Total Preparation Time: Less than 15 minutes
Ingredients: Rice, Pasta & Bread
Actual Cooking Time: 1 hour
Number of Servings: 8
Meal Type: Entree
Ingredients
12 -18 large pasta shells, cooked
1 lb Ground beef
3 tablespoons Taco seasoning, I use recipe # 4292
1/2 cup Water
1 Onion, chopped
1 1/2 cups Salsa, divided
1 cup Grated cheese, divided (jalapeno Monterey Jack is especially good, but cheddar will work well too.)
750 ml Tomato sauce
Chili powder, to taste
Green onions, for garnish
Preparation
Brown ground beef and drain.
Add seasoning, water,onion, and 1/2 cup of salsa and 1/4 cup cheese.
Mix together reamining salsa, tomato sauce,and chili powder.
Spread a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 12 baking pan.
Fill each shell with the ground beef mixture and place in pan.
Pour remaining sauce on top. Sprinkle on the rest of the cheese on top and garnish with green onion. Cover and freeze at this point.
Defrost overnight and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. (Cook from frozen for 2 hours at 300 degrees.).
If desired sprinkle additional cheese on top after baking and return to oven for 5 minutes longer or until cheese melts.
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