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Speedy Beef Taco Mac 'n' Cheese
with Peppers
Get ready for the ultimate comfort food mashup! This beef taco and mac-n-cheese fusion combines all your favourites—seasoned beef, creamy cavatappi pasta, and gooey cheese, topped with fresh tomato, green onions and a dollop of sour cream.
Ingredients: Ground beef • Cavatappi (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Sweet bell pepper • Roma tomatoes • Sour cream (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, modified cornstarch, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, carrageenan, locust bean gum, guar gum, microbial enzyme, bacterial culture) (milk) • Tomato sauce (water, tomato paste, modified corn starch, soybean oil, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, bacterial culture, salt, annatto, beta-carotene, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, cellulose, natamycin) (milk) • Green onion • Tex mex paste (tomato paste, tomato blend (tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), salt, water, vegetable oil, sugars (sugar, maltodextrin), chipotle peppers, onions, chili peppers, vinegar, smoked paprika, paprika oleoresin, modified corn starch, garlic powder, mustard, cocoa powder, rice vinegar, onion powder, seasoning, spices, herbs, natural flavour, xanthan gum, acetic acid) (mustard) • Hot sauce (aged cayenne peppers, white vinegar, water, salt, spice, garlic powder, xanthan gum, acetic acid) • Enchilada spice blend (spices, sugar (sugar, maltodextrin), salt, garlic powder, tomato powder, paprika powder, citric acid, canola oil, oleoresin paprika, silicon dioxide) (sulphites) • Garlic.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
170 g
Cavatappi
(Contains Wheat)
250 g
Ground Beef
1 tbsp
Tex-Mex Paste
(Contains Mustard May contain Gluten, Fish, Sesame, Egg, Crustaceans, Milk, Wheat, Sulphites, Soy)
1 tbsp
Enchilada Spice Blend
(Contains Sulphites May contain Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Tree nuts, Wheat, Milk)
1 unit(s)
Sweet Bell Pepper
4 tbsp
Tomato Sauce Base
(May contain Mustard, Milk, Tree nuts, Fish, Egg, Sesame, Crustaceans, Gluten, Sulphites, Soy, Wheat)
1 unit(s)
Tomato
½ cup
Cheddar Cheese, shredded
(Contains Milk)
2 unit(s)
Green Onion
2 unit(s)
Sour Cream
(Contains Milk)
2 unit(s)
Garlic, cloves
1 tbsp
Hot Sauce
(May contain Gluten, Milk, Mustard, Sulphites, Fish, Sesame, Tree nuts, Soy, Crustaceans, Wheat, Egg)
Not included in your delivery
½ tbsp
Oil*
¼ tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- To the boiling water, add cavatappi. Cook uncovered for 8-9 min, stirring occasionally, until tender.
- Reserve 1/2 cup (1 cup) pasta water. Strain cavatappi, then return to the pot, off heat.
- Meanwhile, core, then cut pepper into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high. When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil and peppers. Cook for 3-4 min, stirring often, until tender.
- Season with salt and pepper, then transfer to a plate.
- Reduce heat of the same pan to medium.
- Add beef and Enchilada Spice Blend. Cook for 3-5 min, breaking up beef into smaller pieces, until no pink remains.** Carefully drain and discard excess fat, then season with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, cut tomato into 1/4-inch pieces.
- Thinly slice green onion.
- To the same pan, add garlic, Tex-Mex paste and tomato sauce base. Cook for 2-3 min, stirring often, until fragrant.
- Add reserved pasta water. Cook for 2-3 min, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened. Season with salt and pepper.
- To the pot with strained cavatappi, add beef mixture, peppers and cheese. Stir to combine.
- Divide pasta between bowls.
- Dollop over sour cream.
- Sprinkle tomatoes and green onions over top.
- Drizzle with hot sauce, if you like.