Nacho Stuffed Shells
Nacho Stuffed Shells

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Place filled shells in prepared baking dish, top with remaining sauce. Serve topped with cilantro and sour cream (optional). Combine salsa and tomato sauce in a small saucepan and cook until heated.

Nacho Stuffed Shells is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Nacho Stuffed Shells is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook nacho stuffed shells using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Nacho Stuffed Shells:
  1. Get 20 jumbo shells
  2. Make ready 15 oz can tomato puree
  3. Prepare 1 1/4 cup fat free salsa
  4. Get 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  5. Take 2 tbsp reduced sodium taco seasoning
  6. Make ready 1/2 cup water
  7. Take 1/4 cup reduced fat cream cheese spread
  8. Take 16 oz reduced fat refried beans
  9. Make ready 4 oz diced green chiles
  10. Make ready 1/3 cup reduced fat mexican shredded cheese
  11. Get 1/2 lb ground turkey

Rinse with cold water and drain. Taco stuffed pasta shells are a great twist on classic stuffed shells! Jumbo pasta shells are filled with a creamy seasoned beef & vegetable mixture and topped with cheese. All you need to add to this delicious taco inspired casserole is a simple tossed salad, or some roasted broccoli!

Steps to make Nacho Stuffed Shells:
  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. In large bowl, stir together tomato puree, salsa and garlic powder. Spread 3/4 cup sauce mixture in bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Reserve remaining sauce.
  3. Cook pasta according to package directions until al dente. Rinse with cold water and drain.
  4. Cook turkey in a large skillet sprayed with cooking spray, over medium heat, breaking pieces up until turkey is no longer pink. Stir in taco seasoning, water and cream cheese, stirring until cream cheese is melted; simmer until thickened. Stir in refried beans and green chilies.
  5. Fill shells with bean mixture, using 2 tablespoons filling per shell. Place filled shells in prepared baking dish, top with remaining sauce.
  6. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes; sprinkle with cheese and cilantro, if desired. Uncover and bake 5 to 10 more minutes.

If you're looking for alternate to the shredded cheese or to mix things up a little you can absolutely make the taco stuffed shells with velveeta or nacho cheese as well. Even better you could just double the shredded cheddar cheese and have the ultimate cheesy taco stuffed shells. Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Stir in the shell pasta, and return to a boil. Believe it or not, I was able to reduce the fat, and it still came out delicious.

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