# Taco Casserole in a Jar

A beginner-friendly recipe for taco casserole in a jar, which can be eaten as a stew, casserole, or dip.

- Total time: 270 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2.25 lbs ground beef
- 1 diced yellow onion
- 1.5 c black beans
- 2 cans canned corn, drained
- 2 cans canned diced tomatoes, not drained
- 3 cans canned diced green chiles
- 2 packets taco seasoning
- broth (chicken broth used)
- tortillas
- tortilla chips
- tater tots
- shredded potatoes
- sour cream
- cheese
- 1 brick cream cheese
- salsa

## Instructions

1. Soak your beans overnight and then rinse them before adding them to your pot.
2. Brown your beef with your onions.
3. Add your seasoning mixes to the beef and onions.
4. Stir in the rest of your ingredients (black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, green chiles).
5. Add the mixture to your jars, leaving 2 inches of headspace.
6. Fill your jars the rest of the way (to 1 inch headspace) with broth.
7. Debubble the jars.
8. Wipe your rims with white vinegar.
9. Add your flats and rings (fingertip tight).
10. Pressure can quarts for 90 minutes or waterbath for 3 hours.

## Equipment

- pot
- jars
- casserole dish
- microwave
- stove top
- oven

## Tips

- Soak beans overnight and rinse before adding to the pot.
- When eating, can heat in microwave or on stove top.
- For a casserole, add tortillas, tortilla chips, tater tots, or shredded potatoes to a dish, layer with the jar contents, sour cream, and cheese, then bake.
- For a dip, add a brick of cream cheese and more cheese on top, bake, and add cold salsa at the end for dipping chips.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gy9TvA/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f18eb826-b0af-4635-8aac-cf0e09d5ed23
- Extracted: 2026-04-15

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