Beef and Mushroom Crunchy Taco Bake
Beef and Mushroom Taco Bake is an easy and delicious one-dish meal that’s sure to please the entire family. This classic dish combines ground beef, mushrooms, tomato sauce, and flavorful spices into a savory filling that’s nestled between layers of tortilla chips.
Topped with cheese, it bakes until golden brown and bubbly. Serve the taco bake with sour cream and guacamole for a complete meal. Perfect for weeknight dinners or weekend parties, this dish is an instant crowd-pleaser. With its simple ingredients and delicious flavors, it’s sure to become one of your go-to meals.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces crimini (baby bella) mushrooms
- 1 pound ground beef
- ¼ cup taco seasoning (or 1 packet)
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- ½ cup water
- 11 ounces tortilla chips, coarsely crushed
- 15-ounces black beans, rinsed and drained
- 15-ounce can corn, drained
- 8 ounces 4-blend Mexican cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a casserole dish with nonstick spray.
- Chop crimini mushrooms into small pieces. Place mushrooms and ground beef in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until ground beef is thoroughly cooked.
- Add taco seasoning, tomato sauce, and water. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Place ⅓ of crushed tortilla chips in the bottom of the casserole dish.
- Layer with ½ of the meat mixture. Sprinkle black beans over the meat, then top with ⅓ of the cheese.
- Layer ½ of the remaining tortilla chips on top of the cheese, then the remaining meat mixture, corn, and the remaining cheese.
- Top with remaining tortilla chips and finish with cheese. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
If you loved this hearty Crunchy Taco Bake, you’ll definitely want to check out a few more crowd-pleasing dinners from around the blog. For bold, globally inspired mushroom flavor, the Brazilian Portobellos bring juicy, spice-kissed goodness to the plate. Pair rich comfort with creamy satisfaction in my Beef Stroganoff, or keep things a little lighter with the Flatbread Pizza with Spinach and Mushrooms – it’s pizza night, but make it vegetable-forward. And if you’re craving soup that tastes like lasagna in a bowl, you won’t want to miss the cozy Lasagna Soup.
Crunchy Taco Bake
Ingredients
- 8 ounces crimini baby bella mushrooms
- 1 pound ground beef
- ¼ cup taco seasoning or 1 packet
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- ½ cup water
- 11 ounces tortilla chips coarsely crushed
- 15 ounces black beans rinsed and drained
- 15 ounces corn drained
- 8 ounces 4-blend Mexican cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° degrees. Lightly spray casserole dish with nonstick spray.
- Chop crimini mushrooms into small pieces. Place mushrooms and ground beef in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until ground beef is thoroughly cooked.
- Add taco seasoning, tomato sauce, and water. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Place ⅓ of crushed tortilla chips in bottom of casserole dish.
- Layer with ½ of meat mixture. Sprinkle black beans over meat and top with ⅓ of cheese.
- Layer ½ of remaining tortilla chips on top of cheese, followed by remaining meat mixture, corn, and ½ of remaining cheese.
- Top with remaining tortilla chips and finish with cheese. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
About Mushrooms
- People who eat mushrooms have better diet quality. It’s true. Mushrooms are little powerhouses full of nutrition- they are low in calories, fat-free, cholesterol-free, and gluten-free, and they provide essential nutrients, including vitamin D, B vitamins, antioxidants, and potassium.
- Mushrooms can easily mimic meat when cooked properly.
- Blending mushrooms with meat adds a serving of veggies to your plate.
- Mushrooms = umami without added salt!
- Blending mushrooms with meat is better for the planet. They require minimal growing space and water and are ready for harvest within days.
The Trend is to Blend
It is easy to blend mushrooms with ground meat. Here are three simple steps:
- Chop them up small. You want the pieces to be the consistency (size) of ground meat.
- Blend them with your ground meat.
- Cook the mushroom-meat blend as you normally would to complete your recipe.
Become a Blend•i•tar•i•an / ,blend-ǝ-‘ter-ē- ǝn / noun / – one who believes that the mighty mushroom has meaty powers to make meals more delicious, nutritious, and sustainable, enabling us to do better for people, palate and planet!
Click here to learn more about mushrooms from the Mushroom Council. You will also find nutrition information, recipes, and guidance on selecting, storing, and preparing mushrooms.
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Last Bite
This Crunchy Taco Bake is one of those easy dinners you’ll come back to again and again—crispy, cheesy, and totally weeknight-worthy. Leave a comment below and tell me how it turned out for you, or what toppings you added to make it your own.
