This tasty Cheesy Nacho Beef Rotini Skillet features tender cooked rotini noodles that are smothered in a beefy nacho sauce filled with tomatoes, chilies and sweet onion. Add-in a heaping helping of gooey cheese and your favorite taco toppings turns this skillet into a one-dish-meal.

Easy Cheesy Nacho Beef Rotini Skillet Recipe

My family could eat Mexican food every single night of the week. There’s no such thing as “too often” when it comes to the South-of-the-border flavors they love. If you’re feeding hungry boys like I am, a dish like this easy nacho beef rotini skillet goes miles in being budget friendly and appealing. How to make easy Nacho Beef Rotini Skillet:

Pasta – Two cups dry uncooked rotini pasta.
Beef – One pound lean ground beef 85/15
Vegetables – Onion and poblano pepper.
Fat – Olive oil or vegetable oil.
Seasonings – Garlic salt, lemon pepper, taco seasoning and ground cumin.
Mix-ins – Light red kidney bean, Rotel tomatoes either Chili Fixins’ (seasoned for chili) or original Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies, fiesta nacho cheese or cheddar cheese soup, Mexican corn, milk and chive and onion cream cheese.
Cheese – Shredded Colby-Jack cheese.
Assorted toppings for garnishing: Sliced black olives salsa, sour cream and jalapeno slices. You can use any of your favorite toppings.

How to Make the BEST Cheesy Nacho Beef Rotini Skillet Recipe

Ingredients you’ll need to make Cheesy Nacho Beef Rotini Skillet Recipe: Uncooked rotini, ground beef, onion, poblano pepper, olive oil, garlic salt, lemon pepper, Rotel Chili Fixin’s tomatoes, kidney beans, Mexican corn, nacho cheese soup, milk, taco seasoning, cumin, shredded cheddar or colby jack cheese, chive and onion cream cheese. You’ll also need sour cream, salsa, black olives or any of your favorite toppings.
Kitchen tools you’ll need: A large skillet, pasta cooker, measuring cups and spoons, sharp knife and cutting board, cheese grater and large spoon for stirring.
The Rotel tomatoes used in this recipe are already seasoned for chili. You can use classic Rotel tomatoes with green chiles and adapt the seasonings to your taste. You could also use another brand of chili seasoned tomatoes.
You can adapt this recipe using any flavor of shredded cheese that you have on hand. Queso quesadilla cheese, monterey jack or classic cheddar cheese.
To save time, you could cook the pasta in advance, cool and package in a Ziploc bag then chill until you’re ready to assemble. When doing so, reheat the pasta gently in the microwave before adding to the skillet.
Ways to Serve Nacho Rotini: We love to garnish this skillet with olives but, you can certainly add them only as a garnish for those who may not enjoy them quite as much.
If time allows a big bowl of pico de gallo and a side of fresh guacamole would be tasty accompaniments.
If you’re feelin’ extra resourceful a piece of green chile cornbread would be a delicious way to round-out the meal.
Store Cheesy Nacho Beef Rotini chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat in single servings in the microwave.

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