Mexican Stuffed Shells

Stuffed pasta shells filled with seasoned taco flavored beef and topped with cheese! These are great if you're looking for something different for Taco Tuesday night.

I was very tired today and really wanted to come home and take a nap. Instead, I ended up cooking and made three things. A frozen key lime pie, banana bread muffins, and this dish for Mexican stuffed shells. I am home alone this weekend and decided to make these Mexican stuffed shells since there was cheese on top and cream cheese in the middle. Boy let me tell you something, these Mexican Shells did not disappoint. I used lean ground beef and low-fat cream cheese to keep these a tad on the lighter side. For garnish used some tomatoes and parsley. One of the best pasta dishes I've made in a long time. Will definitely make this dish again.

Recipe adapted from Like Mother Like Daughter

Mexican Stuffed Shells

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★★★★★

5 from 4 reviews

• Author: Jenna
• Prep Time: 15min
• Cook Time: 30min
• Total Time: 45min
• Yield: 8 1x

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Stuffed pasta shells filled with seasoned taco flavored beef and topped with cheese! These are great if you're looking for something different for Taco Tuesday night.

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Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef (93% lean)
• ½ cup yellow onion, diced
• 2 TBS taco seasoning
• 4 oz fat free cream cheese
• 24 jumbo pasta shells
• 10 oz enchilada sauce
• 1 cup salsa
• 1 cup reduced fat colby jack cheese

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Instructions

1. Bring a large pot of water to boil.
2. Boil your pasta shells for about 10 minutes until cooked al dente. Rinse shells when done cooking.
3. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
4. Meanwhile, cook up your ground beef and onions over medium high heat until cooked thoroughly.
5. Drain the excess grease from the pan.
6. Add in taco seasoning and stir to mix.
7. Add in cream cheese and cook over medium heat until cheese is mixed in and melty throughout. Set aside.
8. Combine your enchilada sauce and salsa in a small bowl.
9. Pour about half of your enchilada sauce salsa mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 pan and spread around.
10. Fill each jumbo shell with a heaping 1 TBS of meat mixture and place into pan with sauce.
11. Repeat until all shells or meat mixture is gone.
12. Pour the remaining enchilada sauce salsa mixture over the tops of the shells.
13. Wrap pan in aluminum foil.
14. Bake for 30 minutes.
15. Remove foil and top with cheeses.
16. Return to oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.

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Notes

Points Plus: 9

myWW points: Blue 8; Green  8; Purple 8

My WW Personal Points: 9 Click here to see in recipe builder (will have to log in) 

• Category: Easy
• Method: Oven
• Cuisine: American

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 3 shells
• Calories: 323
• Sugar: 3.5
• Fat: 11.21g
• Saturated Fat: 4.8
• Carbohydrates: 32.27g
• Fiber: 2.4g
• Protein: 23.36g

Keywords: mexican stuffed shells

I am not affiliated with WW formerly known as Weight Watchers in any way. I am just a member who likes to create WW recipes and share them with everyone. Freestyle is the name of the current program of WW and smart points are calculated for the recipes. Some blogs list them as freestyle smart points and some list them as smart points. There is no difference between the 2.