# Cheesy Taco Tortellini

This cheesy one-pot taco tortellini takes less than 25 minutes on a busy weeknight and everybody's going to love it.

- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 packets taco seasoning mix
- 1.75 cups beef broth
- 24 ounces cheese tortellini
- 12 ounces queso blanco
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1 can fire roasted diced tomatoes and green chilies

## Instructions

1. Brown a pound of ground beef in a pan.
2. Break up the ground beef with a meat masher.
3. Add one packet of taco seasoning mix to the ground beef.
4. Remove some of the fat from the ground beef if it's real fatty. The one used in the video was 85/15, so it was left as is.
5. Stir the taco seasoning into the ground beef.
6. Pour 1 and 3/4 cups of beef broth into the pan.
7. Add 24 ounces of cheese tortellini to the pan.
8. Add the second packet of taco seasoning mix to the pan.
9. Stir the ingredients together.
10. Place a lid on the pan and let it simmer for about 10 minutes to plump up the tortellini.
11. After about 5 minutes, add 12 ounces of queso blanco to the pan.
12. Add 2 tablespoons of sour cream to the pan.
13. Optionally, add a can of drained fire roasted diced tomatoes and green chilies to the pan.
14. Stir all the ingredients until everything is well combined and creamy.
15. Serve the cheesy taco tortellini.

## Equipment

- pan
- meat masher
- spatula
- lid
- measuring cup

## Tips

- Use lower sodium taco seasoning.
- Drain the fire roasted diced tomatoes and green chilies before adding.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19pzKJMfr5/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7662bd06-c927-45c9-bc63-3a1a4049df2b
- Extracted: 2025-10-27

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