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Enchilada Stuffed Shells are my MOST POPULAR recipe!Full of cheese and enchilada flavor, it makes a dinner everyone will love!
Enchilada Stuffed Shells is my most popular recipes for good reason! They are delicious, easy and everyone loves them! It is one of my most pinned recipes so check it out and make it for your family, you will love it too!!!
Every year for my birthday I used to ask my grandma to make stuffed shells for my birthday dinner and I loved them. Then I grew older and I started asking for tacos for my birthday instead and from then on I always choose tacos or anything mexican over traditional stuffed shells.
Then I met my husband and he loves my enchiladas and he usually orders stuffed shells when we eat out. So one night I had the genius idea to put them both together and this recipe was born. He loved it! My friends loved it. Strangers around the world loved it! And you will too!
These are a great kid friendly meal because kids love pasta and they love cheese and this dish is full of both.
Enchilada Stuffed Shells are a great way to get kids in the kitchen to help with dinner. They can help you stuff the shells which will help get this yummy dinner on the table even faster!
This dinner can come together in minutes and is a great way to use up leftover tacofixins. If you have leftover taco meat and cheese this is the dish to use them in! It will taste like a whole new dinner!
These Enchilada Stuffed Shells are my favorite thing to take when anyone I know has a baby. They are so happy for a home cooked meal and then are even happier when they see these shells. They are my favorite thing to take because they can either eat them right away, save them for another night (they only get better the next day) or pop them in the freezer for the next crazy night.
Can I freeze these?
Of course, these freeze great when properly stored!
Can I use any enchilada sauce?
Sure!! I’m super busy so it is easier for me to grab a can of pre-made enchilada sauce but feel free to use homemade or even green enchilada sauce.
Can these be made without meat?
This is a perfect recipe toswitch out the meat in. You can simply skip the ground beef and just use extra refried beans or add in some black beans and corn, that would be delicious!
Ingredients –
- Pasta Shells – You want to use the jumbo pasta shells that are made for stuffing.
- Hamburger – I like to use a lean ground beef for these.
- Refried Beans – You could also use black beans if you prefer.
- Colby Jack Cheese – I like this blend but use what you have on hand.
- Pepperjack Cheese – This adds a good melty cheese with just a little kick.
- Enchilada Sauce – I prefer to use red in this recipe but you can use green if you like.
- Scallions – These are for topping and they are so good on this recipe!
How to make these enchilada stuffed shells –
- Spoon a little enchilada sauce on bottom of 9×13 pyrex dish.
- Mix refried beans, cooked drained hamburger and 3/4 of the shredded cheese.
- Spoon bean, cheese, meat filling into the boiled and cooled shells.
- Place into dish.
- Cover shells with remaining enchilada sauce and cheese.
- Bake covered at 350 for 40 minutes or until bubbly.
- Top with chopped scallions and serve.
Like this recipe? Here are some more ground beef dinners!
- Slow Cooker Beef Ramen
- Copycat Taco Bell Mexican Pizza
- Copycat Meximelts
- Sloppy Joe Sliders
- Chicken Enchilada Bowl
Enchilada Stuffed Shells are my MOST POPULAR recipe! Full of cheese and enchilada flavor, it makes a dinner everyone will love!
Ingredients
- 12 ounce Box of Pasta Shells, stuffing size
- Boiled to al dente and cooled
- 2 Pounds Hamburger browned, drained (seasoned with taco seasoning optional)
- 31 ounce can of Refried Beans
- 8 oz Block of Colby Jack Cheese, shredded
- 8 oz Block of Pepperjack Cheese, shredded
- 2 (10 ounce) cans Enchilada Sauce
- Scallions chopped, optional
Instructions
- Spoon a little enchilada sauce on bottom of 9x13 pyrex dish.
- Mix refried beans, cooked drained hamburger and 3/4 of the shredded cheese.
- Spoon bean, cheese, meat filling into the boiled and cooled shells.
- Place into dish.
- Cover shells with remaining enchilada sauce and cheese.
- Bake covered at 350 for 40 minutes or until bubbly.
- Top with chopped scallions and serve.
Items used to make this dish…
9×13 baking dish: Everyone should 1 or 4 of these in their kitchen, so versatile!
Cheese grater: A good cheese grater is your best friend in the kitchen, I love this one!
Enchilada Sauce: I don’t always have time to make everything from scratch and this is my go to for enchilada dishes!
This is a super simple dish to make and again it freezes well, and it fabulous to take to a potluck or bring a new mama who needs a homecooked meal. Just check out my video below and see just how easy it is to make these Enchilada Stuffed Shells for any night of the week!
