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Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• cooking spray
• ham steak
• salsa
• apricot nectar
• apricot preserves
• brown sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Coat a large skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat. Fry ham in skillet until browned and heated through, 5 to 6 minutes per side. Drain any excess grease. Add salsa, apricot nectar, apricot preserves, brown sugar, and taco seasoning to skillet.
2. 2 Reduce heat to low and cover skillet. Simmer until sauce is hot and bubbly, turning ham steak once, about 5 minutes.
3. 3 Transfer ham steak to a platter and cover with sauce.

By tea and honey

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• canola oil
• onion
• garlic
• lentil
• chicken broth
• salsa
• taco shell

Instructions

1. 1 Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes. Add lentils and taco seasoning; cook and stir 1 minute.
2. 2 Add chicken broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until lentils are tender, 25 to 30 minutes.
3. 3 Uncover the skillet; cook until mixture is slightly thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Mash lentils slightly; stir in salsa.
4. 4 Serve about 1/4 cup lentil mixture in each taco shell.

By MK!

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• onion
• butter
• ground beef
• garlic powder
• tomato sauce
• salsa
• hamburger bun

Instructions

1. 1 Mince enough onion to get 1/4 cup. Set remaining onion aside.
2. 2 Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add 1/4 cup minced onion and 1 teaspoon taco seasoning. Cook until onion is translucent and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
3. 3 Transfer onion to a medium bowl; add ground beef, 2 teaspoons taco seasoning, and garlic powder. Mix well and shape into 4 hamburger patties.
4. 4 Pour tomato sauce into a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add salsa and remaining 1 teaspoon taco seasoning. Mix to combine.
5. 5 Shave remaining onion into thin slices using a mandolin. Add to tomato mixture. Add hamburger patties and cook in the sauce until internal temperature reaches 170 degrees F (76 degrees C), about 5 minutes per side.
6. 6 Toast the hamburger buns if desired. Top buns with hamburger patties and sauce, and other desired toppings.

By thedailygourmet

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• chicken broth
• cream of chicken soup
• green chile pepper
• chicken breast
• great northern bean
• white corn
• sour cream
• pepper jack cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Gather the ingredients.
2. 2 Layer chicken, great northern beans, and corn in a slow cooker.
3. 3 Mix chicken broth, condensed soup, chile peppers, and taco seasoning together in a bowl. Pour broth mixture over top.
4. 4 Cover and cook on Low until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 8 to 10 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
5. 5 Transfer chicken to a cutting board. Shred with two forks or cut into bite-sized pieces. Return to the slow cooker.
6. 6 Stir in sour cream and pepper Jack cheese; cover and cook on Low until cheese is melted, 3 to 5 minutes.

By Rjcunigan

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• pepper jack cheese
• hamburger bun
• sour cream
• salsa
• cilantro
• tomato
• avocado
• onion

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
2. 2 Mix ground beef and taco seasoning together in a bowl with your hands. Separate mixture into 5 equal portions. Form into patties.
3. 3 Cook patties on the preheated grill for 5 minutes. Flip, top with pepper Jack cheese slices, and continue to grill until no longer pink or to desired doneness, about 5 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a patty should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
4. 4 Spread sour cream and salsa on buns. Add patties; top with cilantro, tomato, avocado, and onion.

By Anabelen

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• salsa
• corn
• salt
• black pepper
• shell pasta
• colby monterey jack cheese
• green onion
• cheddar cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Add salsa, corn, and taco seasoning. Season meat sauce with salt and pepper.
2. 2 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
3. 3 Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in pasta and return to a boil. Cook pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain.
4. 4 Combine the meat sauce, pasta, Colby-Jack cheese, and green onions in a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese on top.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 25 minutes.

By Sarah Jayne Jeffries

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• onion
• green chili
• cream of chicken soup
• sour cream
• flour tortilla
• cheddar cheese
• lettuce
• tomato
• black olive

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Cook and stir ground beef, onion, 1 can green chiles, and taco seasoning in a large skillet over medium-high heat until beef is crumbly and browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain excess fat. Set aside.
3. 3 Combine canned soup, sour cream, and remaining 1 can green chiles in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until warm, about 10 minutes; transfer ½ to a 9x13-inch baking dish.
4. 4 Spoon ground beef mixture in a line across middle of each tortilla; roll up tortillas. Place into the baking dish on top sour cream mixture; pour remaining ½ sour cream mixture over enchiladas. Top with Cheddar cheese.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until hot and bubbling, about 35 minutes.
6. 6 Top enchiladas with lettuce, tomatoes, and olives.

By farmerbrown

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• biscuit
• ground beef
• water
• onion
• red bell pepper
• sour cream
• mayonnaise
• cheddar cheese
• tomato
• jalapeno pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
2. 2 Place and press biscuit dough into the bottom of the baking pan and halfway up the sides.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Leave the oven on.
4. 4 Meanwhile, heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and cook ground beef until browned and crumbly, about 5 minutes. Drain fat. Stir in taco seasoning and water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Transfer cooked meat to a bowl and wipe out the skillet.
5. 5 Add onion and bell peppers to the same skillet and cook over medium heat until slightly tender, about 5 minutes.
6. 6 Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, 1/2 of the Cheddar cheese, and 1/2 of the onion-pepper mixture in a bowl.
7. 7 Layer browned meat, tomatoes, onion-pepper mixture, jalapeño peppers, and sour cream mixture on top of prebaked biscuit dough. Sprinkle with remaining Cheddar cheese.
8. 8 Bake uncovered in the preheated oven until cheese is lightly browned and bubbly, 30 to 40 minutes.

By EAForsythe

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• chicken thigh
• salt
• black pepper
• oil
• butter
• hatch chile pepper
• onion
• garlic
• heavy cream

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
3. 3 Heat oil in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken in the hot oil without moving to blacken skin, about 4 minutes. Turn chicken and cook about 2 more minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate.
4. 4 Add butter to the skillet. Cook chile peppers and onion in the melted butter until crisp-tender, 5 to 6 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in cream until combined. Season with taco seasoning, salt, and pepper.
5. 5 Place chicken on top of onions and chiles and cover with foil.
6. 6 Place in the preheated oven and cook until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 20 to 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

By Yoly

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ziti pasta
• vegetable oil
• onion
• green bell pepper
• chicken breast
• salsa
• cream cheese
• black bean
• corn
• cheddar cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Add ziti and return to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 10 minutes. Drain.
2. 2 Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and green pepper; cook and stir until soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a bowl.
3. 3 Cook chicken in the same skillet until no longer pink in the center, 7 to 10 minutes.
4. 4 Combine salsa, cream cheese, and taco seasoning in a saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until cream cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
5. 5 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
6. 6 Combine ziti, chicken, salsa mixture, onion mixture, black beans, and corn in a large bowl. Add 1/2 of the Cheddar cheese and mix until combined. Pour into a baking pan.
7. 7 Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Sprinkle remaining Cheddar over top. Continue to bake until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.

By Sharon M

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• salt
• black pepper
• onion
• garlic
• red pepper flakes
• canola oil
• pizza dough
• cheddar cheese
• green onion

Instructions

1. 1 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add yellow onion, garlic, taco seasoning, and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until onion is tender, about 10 minutes.
2. 2 Heat oil in a separate skillet over medium heat.
3. 3 Roll dough into a thin crust onto a work surface; cut into 6 equal pieces.
4. 4 Fry each piece of dough in the hot oil until golden, about 1 minute per side. Transfer cooked flatbread to a paper towel-lined plate.
5. 5 Top each flatbread with ground beef mixture, Cheddar cheese, and green onion.

By samlawali

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• olive oil
• onion
• riced cauliflower
• egg
• heavy cream
• pepper jack cheese
• zucchini
• yellow squash
• tomato
• salt
• black pepper
• lime
• cilantro

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Oil a 7x10-inch, 2-quart baking dish.
2. 2 Warm 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet until it shimmers. Add onion and taco seasoning; cook and stir until onion begins to soften, 3 to 5 minutes.
3. 3 Remove from heat and stir in riced cauliflower. Pour mixture into the prepared baking dish.
4. 4 Stir together eggs and cream in a bowl until well blended; pour over the cauliflower mixture and gently work it in until it surrounds the cauliflower mixture. Sprinkle 1/4 cup grated pepper Jack cheese on top.
5. 5 Place alternating slices of zucchini, yellow squash, and tomato on top of the cheese layer. Drizzle vegetables with remaining olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup cheese on top of the vegetables and bake for 10 more minutes. Garnish with lime and cilantro.

By Bibi

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• cooking spray
• ground beef
• black bean
• water
• salsa
• three cheese pizza
• pepper jack cheese
• sour cream
• hot sauce
• lettuce
• tomato
• jalapeno pepper
• cilantro
• tortilla strip

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2. 2 Grease a large skillet with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Cook ground beef in the hot skillet until browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain off grease. Add black beans, water, salsa, and taco seasoning; cook for about 2 minutes more.
3. 3 Unwrap pizza and place on a baking sheet. Spread meat-bean mixture evenly over crust. Sprinkle with pepper Jack cheese.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes.
5. 5 While pizza is baking, stir together sour cream and hot sauce in a small bowl. Transfer to a small zip-top bag and place in the refrigerator.
6. 6 Top pizza with lettuce, tomato, jalapeño, cilantro, and tortilla strips.
7. 7 Snip off a corner of the zip-top bag and drizzle sour cream-hot sauce mixture over pizza.

By My Hot Southern Mess

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• olive oil
• onion
• garlic
• ground venison
• mushroom
• cabbage
• lime juice
• cilantro
• salt
• black pepper
• corn tortilla
• salsa
• blue cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Heat olive oil in a saute pan over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook 2 minutes more. Add venison and mushrooms; saute until venison is cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes more. Season with taco seasoning.
2. 2 Toss cabbage, lime juice, cilantro, salt, and pepper together in a bowl.
3. 3 Place about 2 tablespoons cabbage mixture onto a tortilla and top with about 2 tablespoons meat mixture. Top with salsa and blue cheese. Repeat with remaining fillings, tortillas, and toppings.

By Stephen Williams

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• cauliflower
• olive oil

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 380 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. 2 Toss cauliflower with olive oil and taco seasoning in a bowl until well combined. Transfer to the air fryer basket.
3. 3 Air-fry cauliflower for 7 minutes. If you like your cauliflower extra crispy, air-fry for an additional 7 to 8 minutes. If your florets are small, keep an eye on them, otherwise they may burn.

By thedailygourmet

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• cheddar cheese
• hamburger bun

Instructions

1. 1 Mix ground beef and taco seasoning together in a bowl. Set in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to let taco mix infuse into the beef.
2. 2 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
3. 3 Remove meat from the refrigerator and make 6 very thin patties. Place a slice of Cheddar cheese into the center of 3 patties. Place the remaining patties on top of the cheese patties and seal together by pinching the ends.
4. 4 Cook on the preheated grill for 6 to 7 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until no longer pink, 6 to 7 minutes more. Place on hamburger buns.

By spattimore

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• baked bean
• hamburger bun

Instructions

1. 1 Place the ground beef into a skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring to crumble, until completely browned. Mix in taco seasoning. Reduce heat to low and stir in the baked beans, simmering until thoroughly hot. Serve on hamburger buns.

By Wrightone

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• onion
• chipotle pepper
• adobo sauce

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
2. 2 Use your hands to thoroughly mix ground beef, onion, chipotle peppers, and taco seasoning together in a bowl; shape into 4 patties.
3. 3 Cook burgers on preheated grill until firm, hot, and grey in the center, 7 to 10 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

By Lori Fisher

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground pork
• cheddar cheese
• jalapeno pepper
• coriander
• hamburger bun

Instructions

1. 1 Combine ground pork, Cheddar cheese, jalapeno, taco seasoning, and coriander in a large bowl. Using your hands, mix well until evenly combined. Form into 4 patties.
2. 2 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
3. 3 Grill patties for 4 minutes. Flip and grill for 3 minutes more. Remove from grill and let rest for 5 minutes. Serve on buns.

By Soup Loving Nicole

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• onion
• jalapeno pepper
• garlic
• ground turkey
• green bell pepper
• flour tortilla

Instructions

1. 1 Place onions, jalapeno, and garlic in a grill pan over medium heat; cook and stir until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Stir in ground turkey, taco seasoning, and green bell pepper. Cook and stir until turkey is completely cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes. Divide turkey mixture among the tortillas.

By Pegah Motaleb

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• pasta shell
• ground turkey
• green chile
• water
• salsa
• cheddar cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta shells in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.
2. 2 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. 3 Combine turkey, chopped green chiles, water, and taco seasoning in a large saucepan; cook and stir until turkey is cooked through and moisture is absorbed, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
4. 4 Spread salsa in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking pan.
5. 5 Stuff each pasta shell with some of the turkey mixture and arrange on top of the salsa in the baking dish. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese on top. Cover pan with aluminum foil.
6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bubbly, about 30 minutes.

By arnandlor

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• shrimp
• jalapeno pepper
• olive oil
• cheddar cheese sauce
• corn tortilla
• refried bean
• cooking spray

Instructions

1. 1 Combine shrimp, jalapeno, taco seasoning, and olive oil in a large bowl. Stir until evenly coated. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp mixture and cook for 4 minutes. Turn heat off and stir in cheese sauce. Let cool for 5 minutes.
2. 2 Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
3. 3 Wrap tortillas in a damp paper towel and microwave on high until warm, about 20 seconds.
4. 4 Spoon 1 tablespoon refried beans and 1 tablespoon shrimp mixture into the middle of each tortilla and roll up. Working in batches, place a single layer of taquitos in the air fryer basket, seam-side down. Spray the tops with cooking spray.
5. 5 Air fry for 6 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Repeat with remaining taquitos.

By Soup Loving Nicole

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• chicken breast
• corn
• black bean
• salsa

Instructions

1. 1 Place chicken, corn, beans, salsa, and taco seasoning into a slow cooker.
2. 2 Cook on Low until chicken is tender and flavors have combined, about 8 hours.
3. 3 Shred chicken meat using 2 forks.

By BusyMomTo4

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• onion
• chili bean
• corn
• salsa
• black olive
• corn chip
• mexican cheese blend

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef and onion in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
3. 3 Stir chili beans, corn, salsa, olives, and taco seasoning into beef mixture and simmer until heated through and flavors blend, 10 to 15 minutes.
4. 4 Spread about 2/3 the crushed corn chips into a baking dish and top with the beef mixture. Sprinkle remaining chips over beef.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, about 25 minutes. Sprinkle with Mexican cheese blend and continue baking until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes more.

By SBrazingto

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• onion
• water
• crescent roll
• mexican cheese blend

Instructions

1. 1 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef and onion in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add water and taco seasoning to beef mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until water is evaporated, 10 to 15 minutes.
2. 2 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
3. 3 Remove crescent roll dough from the packaging and separate into individual triangles.
4. 4 Arrange crescent roll triangles in a circle with the points facing outward on a pizza stone or pan. Spoon ground beef mixture into the center of each dough piece, creating a ring shape. Sprinkle cheese over ground beef mixture. Fold crescent roll points toward the middle, sealing dough together.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until dough is lightly browned, 11 to 13 minutes.

By kissthechef

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• tomato sauce
• margherita pizza
• cauliflower crust
• refried bean
• cheddar cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2. 2 Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet until browned and crumbly, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain grease from skillet, stir in tomato sauce and taco seasoning, and cook for about 2 minutes. Set aside.
3. 3 Place frozen pizza on a pizza or round baking pan. Spread refried beans evenly over the crust, followed by a layer of the ground beef mixture. Sprinkle the pizza with shredded Cheddar cheese.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until crust is crispy, edges are golden brown, and cheese is melted, 15 to 17 minutes.

By lutzflcat

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• great northern bean
• tomato
• green chili
• chicken
• chicken broth
• cayenne pepper
• cumin
• oregano
• marjoram
• garlic

Instructions

1. 1 Combine the Great Northern white beans, crushed tomatoes, green chilies, cooked chicken, chicken broth, taco seasoning, cayenne pepper, ground cumin, ground Mexican oregano, ground marjoram, and minced garlic in a slow cooker.
2. 2 Cook on Low until the flavors are thoroughly blended, about 8 hours.

By jedipunk

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• water
• white rice
• tomato soup
• tomato
• mushroom
• red onion
• feta cheese
• green onion
• green bell pepper
• kalamata olive

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add water and taco seasoning to ground beef; cook and stir until until water evaporates, about 5 minutes.
3. 3 Mix ground beef mixture, rice, tomato soup, tomato, mushrooms, red onion, feta cheese, and green onions together in a bowl; spoon into green bell peppers. Arrange stuffed peppers in a baking dish.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until peppers are softened and filling is cooked through, about 1 hour. Serve with kalamata olives on the side.

By crystal419

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• ready rice garden vegetable
• water
• cheddar cheese
• tomato
• avocado

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil a 10-inch round baking dish.
2. 2 Heat a 10-inch non-stick skillet over medium heat. Cook ground beef, breaking up chunks, until until browned throughout, about 10 minutes. Drain off fat.
3. 3 Stir in tomatoes, taco seasoning, and water and bring to a low simmer; simmer about 5 minutes.
4. 4 Cook rice according to package directions.
5. 5 Stir together ground beef mixture, rice, and 1/4 cup cheese. Spread into prepared baking dish.
6. 6 Top with remaining cheese and bake until cheese is melted and bubbly, about 10 to 15 minutes .
7. 7 Serve with your favorite toppings such as chopped tomatoes or avocado slices, if desired.

By Uncle Ben's

Ingredients

• ✓ taco seasoning
• ground beef
• water
• mexican rice mix
• butter
• bell pepper
• spicy ranch dressing
• mexican cheese blend

Instructions

1. 1 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Mix taco seasoning into ground beef.
2. 2 Combine water, Mexican rice mix, and butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil for 1 minute. Cover saucepan, reduce heat to low, and cook until water is absorbed, about 25 minutes. Mix ground beef into rice mixture.
3. 3 Bring a pot of water to a boil; cook green bell peppers until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Drain. Fill each bell pepper with beef-rice mixture. Arrange bell peppers in a baking dish. Pour ranch dressing over bell peppers and top each with Mexican cheese blend.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until peppers are tender and cheese is melted, 45 to 50 minutes.

By Karen Pugh