Last month in the Everyday with Rachel Ray magazine, this recipe caught my eye. I would never have thought of mixing taco meat and their flavors with pasta. So, I decided to give this Turkey Taco Pasta Toss recipe a try.
The original Rachel Ray recipe calls for using ground beef but decided to substitute ground turkey instead. My husband is not a big spicy eater either so I also left out the jalapeño.
I must warn you that this recipe makes a giant amount of food. The two of us barely made a dent into it.
So if I make this one again, I’m either going to cut the recipe in half or make sure we have other hungry eaters to help us out.
This simple and easy recipe is a tasty and fairly healthy recipe to try. It tastes just like tacos without the mess of eating with your hands.
Ingredients:
- 1 pound penne or whole grain penne pasta
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 pound ground beef (I used ground turkey)
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 & 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 1 & 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 2 cups shredded cheddar, monterey jack or any Mexican semisoft cheese
- 2 small plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- 1/4 head iceberg lettuce or 1/2 small heart romaine lettuce, chopped
Directions:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil, salt it, add the pasta and cook until al dente. Drain and return to the pot.
- While the pasta is working, in a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook until browned, about 5 minutes.
- Add three-quarters of the onion, garlic, chili powder, coriander and cumin; season with salt and pepper. Cook until the onion is softened, 6 to 7 minutes.
- Stir in the tomato paste for 1 minute, then stir in the chicken stock.
- Add to the pasta and toss together. Spoon into a serving dish, top with the cheese and tent with foil to melt the cheese, about 1 minute.
- Top with the remaining onion, the tomatoes and lettuce - just like tacos!
Recipe from Everyday with Rachel Ray.
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