Tacos in Pasta Shells

Delicious and easy to make. The photo does show sliced black olives, yet there is no mention of them in the recipe. Assuming it is an extra garnish rather than being baked with the shells??

I liked the ingredients. I told the family its Mexican with an Italian twist. Not so much. disappointing. My wife is Hispanic and I’m Italian. I missed the boat on this. Thanks for Sharing

These were phenomenal. I used shredded chicken as the meat, and used 3 ounces of onion and chive cream cheese spread instead of regular cream cheese. The result was creamy and flavorful. We WILL be making these again. (Edit: This recipe hasn’t QUITE replaced tacos in our house, but has come close. These are delicious and easily customized to each individual’s taste. Very creative, as well.)

Made this exactly as instructed. The meat mixture was good but we just didn’t like the shell combo. Tacos would have been better.

This was delicious, after I made changes. Firstly, I live in Texas and I’ve never heard of Taco Sauce. We dint have it in our stores. Instead of chili powder, I used a packet of taco seasoning with 3/4 water. This made a sauce. I also added about 1/3 cup enchilada sauce to the meat.

I used taco seasoning instead of other spices. Put all together and refrigerate overnight then baked with cheese on top It was delicious and something different.

I have made this a few times and it is always nice. I soften onion with the meat (or veggie meat) with jalapeno then and add garlic….I use a good amount of taco seasoning, cumin and chili powder. Add a bit of broth(chicken or veg) and simmer for thirty minutes or so before adding the (limited) cheese…cottage and whatever I have seems to do well…never used cream cheese out of preference. I add a variety of toppings to the stuffed shells…cilantro, onion, olives, avocado, sour cream, queso or pico,…whatever you like! Thankyou!

I did a few things different, I only boiled the pasta for the minimum of 8 minutes so the shells held their shape, I used a packet of taco seasoning instead of the salt/chili powder, I also added a can of diced tomatoes w/green chili’s to the meat mixture. I spread salsa on the bottom of the pan before I placed the shells in. Topped with crushed chips and cheese.

Disappointing. I was excited to try this recipe but it ended up with the family hating it. I made no modifications to the recipe spite other review recommendations. Italian and Mexican food don’t mix well together. Pasta shells tasting the place of taco shells is the only thing not mix UCSB about this recipe. Having tortilla chips on top, it leaves one to wonder why if the pasta was to replace the taco shell. The shells turned out dry on the bottoms. Will not make again.

I used ground turkey instead of beef. It was a good shareable recipe.

My family loved this. I used only the listed ingredients but sort of doubled the recipe. 2lbs of beef and 6oz of cream cheese was enough to fill 32 jumbo shells. I put some sauce on the bottom so it didn’t stick. I forgot the toppings but it was delicious anyway. So easy!

We are starting with a 4. I believe there will forever be room for improvement always.

I different take on taco salad..my husband and kids loved it…great and fun recipe

Absolutely delicious!! I used taco seasoning instead of chili powder and salt as others suggested and it was delicious! Also used salsa instead of taco sauce bc I didn’t have any. This is a new family favorite!

We love this dish and there is never any left!

Excellent recipe! The cream cheese in the scrambled meat was new to me but my granddaughters, brother and I all loved it. I used 2/3 instead of 1/3 of the cream cheese block. 4 stars because, being a Mexican food lover, I knew that just chili powder was no where near enough spice so I added cumin and garlic powder (I only use California garlic powder because I like the colors in it and the heavier grit) and some salt. I didn’t have enough red taco sauce so I combined red and green. I didn’t measure the cheeses, just covered the dish… a lot! I served this with refried beans and a chopped salad topped with canned Mexi-corn. Next time I will try this in lettuce cups to lighten it up….SO delish!

I found this recipe to be too salty; however, the sour cream does cut that a bit.

I did add extra cheese on top, but next time I’d make a couple other changes. I thought as the recipe goes it was a bit dry. I would increase the liquid. more taco sauce or even diced tomatoes, and I would decrease the tortilla chips.

Clever and delicious recipe! I did tweak this to add my own spin. I added diced onions and green pepper to the beef mixture and drained the grease off before adding the cream cheese. I used ‘El Pato’ in place of the taco sauce and added a couple tablespoons to the beef mixture along with a sprinkle of cumin. I didn’t have the recommended cheeses, so I subbed a mix of pepper jack and cheddar. Definitely going in the rotation of regular dinners. Thanks!

Easy to make and the family loved it.

For those who are confused by all of the alterations to this recipe noted in the reviews, MAKE IT AS LISTED. This dish is fabulous as written. Glad I did. Hubby loved this one and so did I.