One Pot Cheesy Mexican Pasta combines your favorite Mexican flavors with pasta! Loaded with fresh veggies, cheese, and beans, this meal is a favorite!
One pot meals are a great way to get dinner on the table quickly, and they also make cleanup a breeze. This delicious One Pot Cheesy Mexican Pasta is full of fresh vegetables and protein packed beans. It is an easy weeknight dinner option as it's done in less than 30 minutes!
Making one pot meals is usually easy! Everyone raves over this One Pot Spicy Thai Noodles and One Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce. This Cheesy Mexican Pasta is no exception, and is very easy to make. Here's how...
How to make One Pot Cheesy Mexican Pasta:
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- Get all of the ingredients together and prepped. Use a high sided skillet or larger pot for this recipe.
- Add the pasta, peppers, corn, red onion, taco seasoning, tomatoes with green chilies (such as Rotel), olive oil, and red pepper flakes. Stir to combine, cover, and turn heat on high.
- Once boiling, reduce heat to medium/low (so it's simmering), stir, and cover. Cook for 12-16 minutes or until pasta is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed - stir frequently while it cooks.
- Add the drained black beans, lime juice, and cheese; stir well to combine.
- Top with green onions and serve immediately and enjoy!
This particular recipe I created is vegetarian, but if you wanted to add some meat, shredded chicken or ground beef would be great! I would just precook with taco seasoning and then add in at the end!
What side dishes go well with this Cheesy Mexican Pasta?
This meal is great on it's own, but if you want to add some sides I recommend these:
- Southwestern Salad with Jalapeno Ranch
- Air Fryer Tortilla Chips
- Instant Pot Salsa Rice
- Air Fryer Roasted Asparagus (2 ingredients)
If you like one pot meals as much as I do, checkout these other ONE POT meals!
- Mongolian Chicken (One Pot)
- Cheesy Cajun Pasta (One Pot)
- One Pot Spicy Thai Zoodles
- One Pot Spicy Thai Noodles
- One Pot Cheesy Pumpkin Pasta
- One Skillet Lemon Artichoke Chicken
- Hamburger Casserole (one skillet)
One Pot Cheesy Mexican Pasta combines your favorite Mexican flavors with pasta! Loaded with fresh veggies, cheese, and beans, this meal is a favorite!
- 1 lb small pasta shells or elbow macaroni
- 1 red pepper sliced
- 1 yellow pepper sliced
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1 red onion sliced
- 1 packet taco seasoning lower sodium
- 20 ounces diced tomatoes with Green Chilies (2 cans - do NOT strain)
- 4 ½ cups water
- 1 TBS olive oil
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 14 ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
- juice from 1 lime
- 1 cup shredded colby jack cheese
- 3 green onions chopped
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In a large pot, add pasta, peppers, corn, red onion, taco seasoning, tomatoes with chilis (plus tomato liquid inside can), olive oil, and red pepper flakes. Stir to combine, cover, and turn heat on high. Once boiling, reduce heat to medium/low (so it's simmering), stir, and cover. Cook for 12-16 minutes or until pasta is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed - stir occasionally throughout this cooking time.
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Add black beans, lime juice, and cheese; stir well to combine.
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Top with green onions. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Don't like one of the ingredients? That's fine - leave it out or substitute for your favorites!
Recipe first published in Oct. 2015. Updated in Oct. 2022.
Heather K says
Looks delicious! I'm trying to cut down on dairy, so I think I'm going to sub nutritional yeast for the cheese! 🙂
katerina says
YUM!! This was incredibly delicious! Everyone loved it!!
April says
My kind of meal! I used chicken broth instead of water and added some shredded chicken - absolutely delish.
Allyson says
Yes that sounds PERFECT!
Melissa says
Very yummy - packed with flavor and easy to make!
Andie says
My family loved this recipe! It was such a fun twist on all our favorite flavors.
Allyson says
So happy to hear that!
Beth says
I'm so excited to make this. I love all the vegetables packed into it, and of course, cheese!
Amanda says
This will definitely be added to the weekly meal rotation. I love one pot meals!
Katie says
I love how easy this is to throw together. And you can never go wrong with cheesy mexican flavors!
Kristyn says
Adding this to our dinner rotation! Lots of flavor & hearty! This would be great with kind of meat too!
Juliane says
I love how really cheesy this is! Can't get enough of this!
Erin | Dinners, Dishes and Dessert says
Such a satisfying meal! This needs to happen in our house!
katerina @ diethood.com says
Such a fantastic meal! My family loved it so much!! Thanks for sharing!
Allyson says
SO happy to hear everyone loved it!
Beti | easyweeknightrecipes says
I am so excited to give this a try! Such a hearty meal with amazing flavors!!