Pasta of any kind is an absolute favorite at our house, and so are tacos. Who would have thought of putting pasta and tacos together in the same dish!? This recipe actually amazed me with how delicious it turned out! I bought Better Homes and Gardens Pasta Volume 2 at a library book sale for less than a dollar, and found this recipe which combined these two of our family’s favorite types of food, pasta and tacos into one very special dish.
The flavors were so well combined and smokey, and even my hubby thought it was delicious, and he isn’t always a fan of trying new culinary concoctions.
Anyway, if you would like to try this delicious dish, here is what you need:
A pound of ground beef
5 oz. spaghetti noodles broken in smaller pieces
1/2 chopped onion (I used dried minced onion.)
3/4 cup of water
2 Tablespoons of taco seasoning
11 oz. can of corn (if you like the corn with sweet peppers, you can use that), drained
1 cup of cheddar cheese, shredded
3/4 cup of salsa
4 cups of lettuce, shredded
1 large or 2 small tomatoes
A cup of broken up tortilla chips
Options: 1 cup of pitted sliced olives, 4 oz. of green chili peppers (drained and diced), sour cream
Make your pasta, rinse and drain.
In a large pan brown your ground beef and cook the onion also. Drain out any fat, and then add the taco seasoning and water. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat, simmer for a couple of minutes, stirring a few times so it won’t stick to the pan.
Add the pasta, corn, salsa, half a cup of cheddar cheese, and if you like, the olives and chili peppers.
Lightly mix and then pour into a greased 2 quart casserole dish.
Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Top with the other 1/2 cup of cheese, and you are ready to serve with the lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Now this recipe says it serves six, but when I made it, it only served 3 hungry adults.
I really can’t express how yummy this dish is, and I hope you will try it and enjoy!
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This looks yummy!
I don’t think I’ve ever had anything like that before- Taco Spaghetti. Looks really delish.
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Like the others, I have never heard of such a fab mix of dish’s! My girls love a little spice so this is going on my meal plan this week, thanks
What a great idea! I am definitely going to give this a try soon. We love spaghetti around here, and it would be nice to mix it up a little.
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I’m going to have to try this! Looks great! Thank you for linking to Wicked Awesome Wednesday!
Great recipe. Thanks for sharing!
This looks really good, but I’d probably leave out the corn. Did the noodles get crunchy at all in the oven?
This one sounds good, and simple! I love it. I will have to try it sometime. Thanks for sharing!
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I love to feature this recipe next week! Thanks so much for linking to Thrifty Thursday!
Sounds good, and I could make it gluten free! Thanks for sharing!
hey this is like spaghetti tacos from icarly
my girls and husband would love this might make it for him and figure out how to make it vegan for me
This represents all of our favorite foods, too! I’m going to make this tonight, as we already had a more expected pasta dish last night but I don’t have any flour tortillas in the house. Problem solved! Dinner planned! Thank you for this idea, and for linking to Food on Fridays!
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This looks great. I can’t wait to try it!
You know, this looks wonderful… wonder how it would taste with ground turkey? We are not beef eaters so I’ll give it a try!
Thank you for posting this. Always nice to try something different!
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Sandy
Hi Margo,
What a great find in the book and the recipe. We would really love this Taco Spaghetti, it looks like a great meal. Hope you have a great week end and thanks for sharing with Full Plate Thursday!
Come back soon,
Miz Helen
That looks great! Definitely not something I would have thought of. Thanks for the share! Found you on a blog hop!
Looks really tasty, I would have to try this sometime.
Really appreciate you linking up this awesome masterpiece at the Creative Bloggers’ Party & Hop
This looks yummy! I know dh would love it because he loves Mexican food and enjoy a good pasta.
This sounds so good! We love to eat Mexican food! Thanks for sharing
That looks really good! When I read the title, I wasn’t sure…but I am definitely going to try it! Thanks for sharing. YUM
I love spaghetti and tacos and the combination sounds wonderful! I’ll be making this very soon, if you have time – please stop over and link up at my party which goes on every weekend…
Oh yum! I am sooooooo making this!
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That looks very good! I love spaghetti and I’ve tried a bunch of variations, but not this one!
Oh my! My husband would be quite happy if I made this for him. Thanks!
What a great find – book and recipe! It combines two of my favorites – spaghetti and tacos
Looks delicious! I am going to try this next week! Thank you for the tip!
Leticia
I just made this and it was delicious!!! I crushed my chips and mixed them in for texture.
Ok, going to have to try this one! Sounds yummy!! Thanks for sharing!
I made this for dinner tonight and yum, yum, yum! I was so glad there was a little bit left over so that I got to have it for lunch today!
I added Borracho (sp) beans!
Margo, Love this recipe. 2 of my favorite foods mashed together! This recipe looks awesome AND easy!
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I would be honored if you would share it on my Recipe of the Week #2 PASTA post! There is a gift card giveaway
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PS… thanks for making me super hungry at 8:00am in the morning! HA
Thank you so much for sharing this at Recipe of the Week! I really am excited to try this one out! If you have any other pasta recipes you would like to share, please add them! The more pasta the merrier! hehe
I cant believe I haven’t thought of this before!! Brilliant. Can’t wait to try it!!
P.S. Im pinning this!
I just discovered your blog through iheart Organizing and just happened to see this on your sidebar! It looks so yummy! I think I’m going to make it tonight since I already have almost ALL of the ingredients!
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We tried it last week! I doubled the recipe since I had 2 pds ground beef thawed. We had enough for 2 meals (and we are 5, incl. three grown kids) and 2 extra freezer portions for the hub. SOOOOO yummy, even my picky younger son liked it. Thank you!
Sue
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