Walking Taco Casserole
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Walking Taco Casserole will bring back all the memories of noshing on Walking Tacos at the high school football games too many years ago! This taco casserole is packed with ground pork, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, chips & taco seasoning!
What You Will ❤️ About Walking Taco Casserole
- Crunchy Chips! That’s right – grab those Fritos or Cool Ranch Doritos for all the crunch!
- Taco Toppings – We don’t stop there – we’ve got cheese, lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream! All your favorite toppings.
- Crowd Pleasing – What family doesn’t cheer when they find out it’s taco night? Now they’ll just be eating those tacos with a fork!
Walking Taco Casserole Ingredients
Here’s a tidbit for ya – the walking taco started as a fair food in the 80s! Tennessee-based Petro’s Chips and Chili has a signature dish called the Petro and it’s basically a walking taco in a cup. That’s where the Walking Taco was born!
Here’s what you’ll need to make them:
- Ground Pork – I love using Ground Pork! It’s helping to support Ohio farmers and it’s so affordable!!! It’s half the price of Ground Beef and tastes just as delicious!
- Diced Onion
- Taco Seasoning – I’m a fan of Ortega taco seasoning but use what you like! (or make your own homemade taco seasoning!)
- Water
- Taco Sauce – I love Ortega for the sauce too! But you could also use salsa or pico de gallo!
- Colby Jack Cheese – you can use Cheddar Cheese, Mozzarella, Monterey Jack or even Pepper Jack as well! Whatever you like – a Mexican Blend Cheese would be good as well.
- Chips – you can use Fritos, Doritos or even regular tortilla chips – whatever you love!
- Favorite Taco Toppings: shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes & sour cream
- OPTIONAL: More toppings like Jalapenos, Green Chiles, Black Beans, Black Olives, Green Onions, Guacamole
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How to make Walking Taco Casserole Recipe
It’s pretty simple – take all of the elements of the walking taco and casserole it up!
I used ground pork instead of ground beef for this one. Why? I think it has more flavor than ground beef and I had some in my freezer. It’s very economical and you can use it in place of ground beef in any recipe! I’ve been to visit Ohio Hog Farms before and like to support my farming friends.
- Preheat oven to 350º and spray 8×8 casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray
- In skillet on medium high heat, brown ground pork and onion and drain any excess grease
- Sprinkle in taco seasoning and add water
- Stir until thickened and remove from heat
- Spread taco meat mixture into bottom of baking dish
- Add layers with shredded cheese and corn chips
- Bake for 20 minutes
- Remove from oven and serve with lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream
How do you reheat Walking Taco Bake?
The thing is – you probably won’t have leftovers!!! But – if you do – the chips will quickly sog up along with the lettuce if you topped it all. I chop extra lettuce and tomatoes and keep them in the fridge. Place any leftovers in an airtight container. When I’m ready to reheat the casserole, I pick off any lettuce and chips and just pitch them (or give them to the dog) and then heat in the microwave for 1 minute. Then top with fresh chips, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Other recipes with Taco Meat
- Air Fryer Taco Stuffed Avocados
- Baked Taco Stuffed Tomatoes
- Air Fryer Taco Bombs
- Taco Pasta Salad
- Taco Bell Meximelt
- Taco Salad with Catalina Dressing
- Weight Watchers Taco in A Bowl
- Casey’s Taco Pizza
More Delicious Casserole Recipes
Walking Taco Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1/2 onion diced
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tbsp taco sauce (Ortega is my favorite!)
- 1 cup shredded colby jack cheese
- 1.5 cups Frito corn chips
- shredded lettuce
- diced tomatoes
- sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º and spray 8×8 casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray
- In skillet on medium high heat, brown ground pork and onion and drain any excess grease1 lb ground pork, 1/2 onion
- Sprinkle in taco seasoning and add water1 packet taco seasoning, 1/4 cup water
- Stir until thickened and remove from heat
- Spread taco meat mixture into bottom of baking dish
- Add layers with taco sauce, shredded cheese and corn chips2 tbsp taco sauce, 1 cup shredded colby jack cheese, 1.5 cups Frito corn chips
- Bake for 20 minutes
- Remove from oven and serve with lettuce, tomatoes and sour creamshredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, sour cream
