EASY FIESTA PASTA BAKE
This easy fiesta pasta bake is full of creamy cheese, spices, and ground beef. My family loves this dish. It really makes the perfect weeknight dinner and it’s budget-friendly. It’s quick and full of flavor. It’s also super versatile in that you can add in or take our what your family likes and dislikes. I love dishes like this because they are simple, no fuss and delicious!
Fiesta Pasta Bake Ingredients Needed:
Ground beef
Wide egg noodles
Mild Rotel tomatoes
Can of Campbell’s condensed Fiesta Nacho cheese soup
Whipping cream
Diced onion
Garlic powder
Cumin
Chili powder
Shredded Fiesta cheese (taco blend)
Recipe Notes: We make this dish with lean ground beef but you can easily use ground turkey or even ground chicken. If you want to make this dish spicy, you can use hot Rotel tomatoes. You can also use any flavor of shredded cheese that your family enjoys.
If you like this recipe, you may want to try our sloppy joe pasta casserole. It’s also super easy and very budget-friendly.
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Easy Fiesta Pasta Bake
Ingredients
- 1 lb of lean ground beef
- 12 ounces of wide egg noodles
- 1 10 ounce can of mild Rotel tomatoes
- 1 10 ounce can of Campbell's condensed fiesta nacho cheese soup
- 1 cup of whipping cream we use heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup of diced onion
- 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder
- 2 cups of shredded fiesta cheese taco blend
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9X13 baking dish. Brown onions and ground beef over medium heat. Add garlic powder, cumin, and chili powder to the meat mixture. Drain off any grease.
- Cook noodles according to package and drain. In a bowl, mix together ground beef, Fiesta soup, Rotel tomatoes (do not drain tomatoes), and whipping cream. Stir in noodles and a cup of shredded cheese.
- Pour mixture into a greased 9X13 casserole dish and top with remainder of cheese. Bake for 15-20 minutes until warmed through and cheese is melted.
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Is this spicy? My husband can’t really tolerate spicy. It sounds delicious though.
I wouldnt call it spicy but if you wanted to lower that, you could use canned diced tomatoes instead of rotels and you could use just a little chili powder or sprinkle in some taco seasoning.
what is the whipping cream in this recipe?
It is a cream you find in the grocery store. You can use heavy whipping cream or regular. Is that what you are asking?
Can this be made the day before and refrigerate overnight
I would think you could easily do that!
I made this DELICIOUS dish this past weekend! It DID NOT disappoint! I made absolutely no changes to the recipe. My hubby and I LOVED it!! This will definitely go in my FAVORITE DISHES recipe binder! 🙂
That’s wonderful! We’re thilled you and the hubby enjoyed it. Thank you for the kind comment!!
This recipe is easy and delicious. I use organic ground beef or ground bison. I have also made it with ground turkey sausage it doesn’t matter what meat you put it’s delicious I highly recommend.
It that heavy whipping cream or or whipped cream already whipped
It’s heavy whipping cream, not whipped cream. Thanks!
This recipe is delicious!!!!!! Thank you
2 thumbs up! My second favorite pasta recipe.
Well, this is a keeper! My son came back for seconds and said “This is a winner!” I said “Winner, winner Mexican dinner!” This will be in my monthly rotations.
Thank you!!
So glad it was such a hit!!!
I am unable to find the fiesta soup. Is there a substitute you could recommend?
Hi Kay,
You can use regular canned cheese soup or some melted queso for this dish. Hope that helps! Thanks!
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Could you use chicken instead of ground beef?
I would think so.
Made it over the weekend! Delicious! This dish is a definite keeper. Thanks!!
Could I sub sour cream for whipping cream?
You can certainly try it. Thanks!