We made 3 pans of this last evening and was able to be a blessing to a couple families so they wouldn’t have to make dinner tonight. It goes together quick and is a nice change from lasagna or pizza casserole. Try it tonight with your family.
If you know me and my cooking, I cook by tasting everything to see how the flavors mold together, I suggest you do the same, experiment see what flavors and things you would like to add to this dish.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef with onion and garlic to taste
- 2 cans diced tomatoes
- 1/2 package of pepperoni cut up
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1 cup parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- flavorings, chopped onions, minced garlic, basil and oregano add all of these into it, start small and add more as you like
- 1box jumbo shells
- 1 jar of spaghetti sauce
start by browning your hamburger, at this point you can add onion and garlic. Add 1/2 of a chopped onion and a Tablespoon of minced garlic as your meat is browing.
Keep a low to medium heat, then add chopped up pepperoni slices.
Add 2 cans of diced tomatoes.
Add 1 cup parmesan cheese, and 1/2 cup bread crumbs to mixture.
then, 1 cup mozzarella
Stir
Meanwhile cook pasta according to package directions and rinse in cool water.
Fill your shells with the pizza ingredients
Layer into a baking dish
Top with 1 jar of spaghetti sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Very good.
Variations
- you can add chopped green pepper to the filling
- mushrooms would make a nice complement as well
Serve with some breadsticks and a veggie. A complete meal.
I can’t wait to try this! Putting on my menu now.
Do you bake it after you put in a pan? I’m teaching myself to cook and I don’t know much.
Yes put it in the oven just to melt the cheeses together. About a 1/2 hour at 350 degrees. covered in foil to prevent from losing all the liquid:)
Re: Taco Stuffed Shells
Do you drain the juice off the cans of tomatoes?
Do you dethaw this if you freeze it. before baking?
Could you add the baking directions with the recipes, please.
If you need it to be liquidy don’t drain them. I would thaw completely otherwise when you goto heat it up it will be harder:)
Re: Taco Stuffed Shells
Do you bake with foil on or off?
If frozen and need to cook…keep the foil on for a bit and then maybe last 20 minutes take off:)
Can this be frozen?
as long as you cover the pasta completely