Cheesy Taco Pasta Salad takes your favorite taco ingredients and wraps them up with tender cheese tortellini for a fusion of flavors, in the ultimate taco salad. It is sure to be your next potluck favorite!
How to Make Taco Pasta Salad:
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This Taco Tortellini Pasta salad includes seasoned ground beef, sweet bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, black olives, green onion, and the best part—crushed Nacho Cheese Doritos!
They add that cheesy crunch that makes this salad incredible.
To make things super easy, we’re using bottled Catalina Dressing to dress this tortellini salad. It adds a sweetness and tang that compliments the rich cheese tortellini and ground beef and really makes the flavors in this salad pop.
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Helpful Tips to make Taco Pasta Salad:
- Make sure to cook the tortellini just until tender. Overcooked tortellini will be more likely to turn soggy and fall apart in your salad.
- Add the Doritos to the salad just before serving so they stay crunchy. If you’re taking this salad to a potluck, crush the chips in a big layer on the top so every serving gets a good helping. If keeping in your fridge for individual servings, take a handful of chips and crush them over the top of your plate before eating.
- Drain your cooked ground beef well. Make sure to remove any excess fat from your cooked ground beef before seasoning. Since this is a cold salad, ground beef that has not been drained can taste gritty and undesirable.
What you will need to make Taco Pasta Salad:
- Large slotted spoon- Use this to remove the cooked tortellini from the cooking water to avoid broken pasta and uneven draining.
- Wooden Spoon- You’ll want a nice, sturdy spoon to help you stir this hearty salad together
- Mixing Bowl- This tortellini salad is perfect for a crowd and will need a large bowl to mix and store it in.
Enjoy!
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Taco Pasta Salad
food, recipe, Pasta
American
Yield: 8-10
Taco Pasta Salad
Taco Pasta Salad takes south-of-the-border ingredients and wraps them up with tender cheese tortellini for a fusion of flavors, sure to be your next potluck favorite!
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/2 packed taco seasoning
- 16 ounces frozen cheese tortellini
- 1/2 cup sliced black olives
- 1 orange bell pepper, chopped
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 1 bottle catalina dressing
- 1/2 bag Nacho Cheese Doritos, Crushed
Instructions
- Cook Cheese tortellini according to packaged directions. Remove from cooking water with a slotted spoon and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
- Meanwhile, in a medium skillet over medium high heat cook ground beef until cooked through. Add taco seasoning (about 1 1/2 tablespoons). Stir to combine. Add 1/4 cup water and cover. Allow to cook for 5-7 minutes. Remove cover and cook until the liquid cooks off. Set aside.
- Combine tortellini with cooked and seasoned ground beef, olives, bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, and green onions.
- Dress salad with Catalina Dressing, adding just enough to coat all of the ingredients. Taste and add additional dressing as needed.
- Top salad with crushed Doritos just before serving.
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