We ate these the other night and they were so good! My kids gobbled them up, even my picky eater, so this one is a definite home run. Makes a great freezer meal! If you haven’t been following along all week then you can catch up on all of my posts on freezer cooking including my getting started freezer cooking post!
Now here is the Stuffed Taco Shells Freezer Meal Recipe! Make a double batch tonight and eat one now and freeze one for later!
Taco Stuffed Shells Freezer Meal Recipe
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
55 mins
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
Yummy mexican stuffed pasta shells recipe that even picky eaters will love! Makes a great freezer meal!
Course:
Entree
Cuisine:
Mexican
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Ground Beef
- 2 Pkg Taco Seasoning
- 1 1/2 C Water
- 8 Oz Cream Cheese
- 24 Jumbo Shells cooked al dente
- 1/4 C Butter Melted
- 1 C Salsa
- 1 C Taco Sauce
- 1 C Cheddar Cheese
- 1 C Monterey Jack Cheese
- 1 1/2 C Crushed Tortilla Chips
- 1 C Sour Cream
- 3 Green Onions Chopped
Instructions
- Cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink.
- Drain grease and return beef to pan.
- Stir in taco seasoning and water and simmer until liquid evaporates.
- Stir in cream cheese until melted.
- Let cool.
- Spoon salsa into 9" baking dish and cover bottom with thin layer.
- Fill each jumbo shell with 3T meat mixture and place on top of salsa in pan.
- Top with taco sauce.
- Cover with saran and then foil and freeze.
- Package cheese, chips and green onions in a plastic bag and freeze with shells package.
- Cooking Day:
- Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
- Uncover and sprinkle with cheese, chips and green onions.
- Bake 15 minutes longer.
- Serve with sour cream.
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I had no idea that tacos could be made into a freezer meal. Our family loves tacos also and I love the convenience of serving them with this method. Thank you.
What is the melted butter used for?
Sorry, to stir into the noodles after cooking so they don’t stick. You can also use a bit of olive oil instead.
I will have to try this recipe on the days I have to work. Thank you for sharing.
Oh this looks so good! We love stuff like this for dinner! I have never heard of stuffing shells with it! Oh cant wait to try it! Pinned it to my recipes!
I’ve made this recipe a ton but I have never frozen it. Now I want to freeze it for one of my post party’s meals. Cream cheese often gets gross and gritty when it freezes. Does it do ok in the freezer when it’s mixed in with the meat and taco seasoning in this recipe? I also use a little less meat and add in half a can of black beans to the meat mixture. 🙂
Do you thaw before cooking? What are the cooking instructions if you are not freezing the meal and are going to bake it right away?
You can cook from frozen or if you’d like them to cook faster you can thaw in the fridge the night before. It’s similar to cooking frozen lasagna. If baking right away I would bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes then uncover and bake til cheese is melted and bubbly.