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This Taco Bake was a go to recipe at our house when the kids were young. A delicious crust filled with seasoned ground beef and all your favorite taco toppings.
Dome of our other favorite go to dinner ideas include Sesame Chicken, Easy Oven Baked Riblets and Spaghetti with Meat Sauce.
Go To Dinner Ideas
I think every mom has their “Go To” dinner recipes. I know I do. Now that we are empty nesters my “Go To” dinner recipe is sometimes take out!!
When I was a mom of four little kids those go to recipes usually included Boboli pizza, BBQ Chicken Wingettes and tacos. I remember one of my mom’s go to recipes was also tacos. We liked those crispy shells. This recipe for taco bake was also one of my go to dinner ideas when I wanted a variation on the standard taco!
The nice thing about Taco Bake is the ingredients are ones I usually have on hand. A pound of hamburger in the freezer, taco seasoning, cheese, lettuce, tomato and some tortilla chips.
How to Make Taco Bake
Taco Bake Crust
For Taco Bake you start with a crust rather than a tortilla. One of my favorite parts of Taco Bake is the crust. It is more like bread than a tortilla. There are crushed up tortilla chips in the crust for some nice crunch and texture.
I browned up a pound of hamburger and added some taco seasoning and a bit of water, letting it simmer for a few minutes and then add it into the unbaked crust.
After it bakes for about 30 minutes remove it from the oven and then top it with your favorite taco toppings. We used grated cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce and some chopped tomatoes. We also liked sliced olives but I didn’t have any this time.
All you have to do is slice it up and serve. You can also top it with some ranch dressing or any favorite dressing for more of a taco salad effect.
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Taco Bake Recipe
Taco Bake Recipe
Ingredients
Filling
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 2 Tbsp dried minced onion
- 1 package taco seasoning
- 1/2 cup water
Topping
- 1 cup grated cheese
- 1 cup chopped lettuce
- 1 cup chopped tomato
- Any other taco toppings of your choice
Crust
- 1 3/4 – 2 cups flour
- 2 1/4 tsp pkg quick rise yeast
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp dried mince onion
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2/3 cups warm water
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cups crushed tortilla chips
Instructions
- Combine 1 C flour, yeast, sugar, onion and salt and mix well.
- Add warm water (110-115 degrees) and oil to flour mixture
- Mix by hand until almost smooth.
- Stir in chips and enough flour to make a stiff batter.
- Spread in a greased 10 inch pie pan and form a rim
- Cover and let rise for about 10 minutes.
- Cook hamburger with diced onion, until meat is cooked through
- Add in taco seasoning. Stir to combine.
- Add meat mixture to crust after it has risen for 10 minutes.
- Bake at 375 for 30- 35 minutes.
- Sprinkle with cheese, lettuce and tomatoes
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Barb says
Delicious & an easy meal to make. Definitely recommend! Thank you for sharing.
. Pam says
lov it
Melinda says
Do you cook the beef before putting it in the filling?
Leigh Anne Wilkes says
Yes you do. Sorry the directions were a little vague, I have updated them.
Connie @eat healthy says
Sounds so delicious. Any suggestions for gluten free crust? I love taco bake recipes. Looking forward to take it to church movie night.
Leigh Anne says
Connie, I would just try using some gluten free flour mix to make it gluten free. Enjoy!
Kelly @ Kelly Be Well says
Oh my Leigh Anne. I hope you have more “go-to” recipes up your sleeve to post because once again this was FANTASTIC! We absolutely loved it. I was full, but kept going back for more! LOL
Thanks again for such a delicious, and easy weeknight dinner!
Leigh Anne says
So glad you liked it!! I’m sure I’ve got a few more up my sleeve!!
Cat says
I thought I had minced onions so just used finely chopped fresh and also added an extra 3/4-1 cup grated cheese grated cheese to the meat—cheesy and so good! Highly recommend doing this. My adult son said three times it was so good! He loved the crust…me, too!
Cat says
Sorry … not double cheese … lol. Typed grated cheese twice!
Cat says
Oh…should have mentioned I topped with shredded lettuce, cheese and sour cream.
Leigh Anne says
So glad you enjoyed it!