Baked taco macaroni

Name: Baked taco macaroni
Total time: 3600 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb Ground turkey/beef; 1 box small pasta (macaroni, shells...); 1 can black beans; 1 can tomatoes with green chiles; 1 can corn; 1 chopped onion(optional ); 2 cup milk; 1/4 cup butter; 1/4 cup Flour; 2 cup grated cheese; 1 envelope Taco seasoning; 2 cup broken/crushed tortilla chips; dash salt (optional ); 3/4 cup water

Alicia Hamilton @cook_3046794

Washington

Baked taco macaroni

Alicia Hamilton @cook_3046794

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Ingredients

1 hour

1 lbGround turkey/beef
1 boxsmall pasta (macaroni, shells...)
1 canblack beans
1 cantomatoes with green chiles
1 cancorn
1chopped onion(optional )
2 cupmilk
1/4 cupbutter
1/4 cupFlour
2 cupgrated cheese
1 envelopeTaco seasoning
2 cupbroken/crushed tortilla chips
dashsalt (optional )
3/4 cupwater

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Steps

1 hour

1

Preheat oven to 350°.
2

Bring a pot of water to boil for pasta.
3

In large frying pan sauté ground meat and onions. (Drain if using beef, lean turkey doesn't necessarily need to be drained)
4

When the meat has browned, add tomatoes, corn, and beans on medium to heat through.
5

*Remember to add pasta to boiling water! Drain when tender. * :)
6

Turn up the heat on meat mixture and add the water and taco seasoning. Bring to a boil and reduce to let simmer.
7

In saucepan melt the butter over medium.
8

Whisk in flour and turn up the heat a little. Slowly whisk in milk. Bring to a nice simmer.
9

Add about a cup and a half of cheese and whisk well to melt and incorporate. Remove from heat. add cheese if too thin.
10

Mix cheese sauce with meat mixture and add the pasta. Taste and season with salt if necessary.
11

Pour into a 13x9 casserole dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
12

Sprinkle tortilla chips and reserved cheese on top. Bake for a half hour.
13

Let sit for 10 minutes and dig in. :)