Taco Pasta

A delicious Taco Pasta recipe with taco meat, penne pasta, cheesy sauce, and corn. Don’t forget the salsa and sour cream topping!

When it comes to easy, family friendly dinners, this Taco Pasta recipe is perfect. If your family is as obsessed with taco night as mine is, they are in for a treat with this dinner. Bonus point for how easy and quick it is to prepare – no taco shells or flour tortillas needed!

What type of pasta is used in this recipe?

I like to use penne pasta for this recipe because it holds the cheese sauce really well. You could substitute for equal amounts of ziti or rotini pasta if that’s what you have on hand.

Can Taco Pasta be frozen?

Yes! Individual leftover portions can be frozen as well as the entire recipe as a prepared meal for later. This is a great one to double the ingredients, stick one batch in the freezer, and eat one batch that night!

How to make Taco Pasta:

• While pasta is cooking, brown ground beef in a pan. Drain, add taco seasoning and water, and cook until liquid is absorbed (just like you would prepare regular taco meat for tacos). Drain pasta and add cooked meat to pasta.
• In a saucepan, melt butter and whisk in flour until smooth. Add milk and bring to a boil for 2 minutes.
• Add cheese and stir until melted. Pour cheese sauce over pasta and meat. Stir in fresh steamed corn.
• Serve with your favorite taco toppings!

Can canned corn be used in this recipe?

Yes, substitute a can of drained corn for the bag of steamed corn.

Topping suggestions:

• Salsa
• Sour cream
• Fresh parsley or cilantro
• Sliced avocado
• Prepared guacamole

More favorite taco recipes:

• Taco Mac Casserole
• Homemade Taco Helper
• Can Can Taco Soup
• Ground Beef Tacos

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Taco Pasta

A taco pasta recipe with taco meat, penne pasta, cheese sauce, and steamed corn.

5 from 1 vote

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Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: taco pasta recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 1182kcal

Author: Kelly Miller

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 lb ground beef
• ▢ 1 packet taco seasoning
• ▢ 2/3 cup water
• ▢ 16 oz box penne pasta cooked and drained
• ▢ 4 tbsp butter
• ▢ 4 tsp flour
• ▢ 1 cup milk
• ▢ 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• ▢ 12 oz bag frozen corn steamed according to package directions
• ▢ toppings: salsa, sour cream, avocado

Instructions

• Brown and drain ground beef.
• Stir in taco seasoning and water.
  
• Bring to a boil and then reduce heat and simmer until all the liquid is absorbed.
  
• Add to cooked pasta.
  
• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
  
• Whisk in flour.
  
• Slowly whisk in milk.
  
• Bring to a boil a cook while stirring 2 minutes.
  
• Add in cheese and continue cooking until cheese is melted.
  
• Pour cheese over cooked pasta and taco meat.
  
• Add in corn. Stir to combine well.
  
• Serve immediately with preferred toppings.

Nutrition

Calories: 1182kcal | Carbohydrates: 114g | Protein: 53g | Fat: 57g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Cholesterol: 176mg | Sodium: 1273mg | Potassium: 944mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1840IU | Vitamin C: 10.1mg | Calcium: 527mg | Iron: 5.3mg

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