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Cheesy Skillet Taco Pasta Recipe | Cooking Basics and Essentials Ep. 10 | Cooking with Anadi
Oct 15, 2018
Hey everyone! Here is another recipe part of my series Cooking Basics and Essentials. In this video, we'll be working with pasta to create a really simple yet super delicious dinner recipe! We're going taco-style incorporating ground chicken and diced tomatoes, and the key that brings this dish all together is the taco seasoning. This video will show you how to make your own taco seasoning at home, or you can purchase it at the store. Enjoy this cheesy and scrumptious recipe that can be prepared no matter how experienced you are at cooking!
The hand blender I used: https://amzn.to/2yF9A2x
For all measurements the written recipe can be found here: https://www.cookingwithanadi.com/recipes/easy-cheesy-skillet-taco-pasta
TACO SEASNONING RECIPE: https://www.cookingwithanadi.com/recipes/quick-easy-homemade-taco-seasoning
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hey guys welcome back to another episode
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of cooking basics and essentials this is
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episode 10 today we'll be making a
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wheely delicious taco inspired pasta
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let's get started right now
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first things first let's start getting
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our pasta water boiling and then we
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start prepping the rest of our
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ingredients so here I have one white
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onion which I've cut in half and you
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must be wondering what this little tool
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is it's something that's gonna change
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your life you may be able to find it
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very cheaply on the Internet it's a hand
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blender and it works in a really cool
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way it gives you a workout so I'll show
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you how to use it and I'll show you why
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this would change your life so this
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thing likes things that are still small
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not super super big or chunky so in case
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you're bad at handling a knife just go
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into random pieces like this shop your
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name like that add it to your hand
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blender then we're gonna cover this this
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is pretty much like you guys ever had a
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diesel generator in your homes it's
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pretty much like starting that hold on
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to it and pull just like that you have
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finely chopped perfect onion now how
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hard was that see if you guys have extra
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change be sure to get this check it out
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I'll try to find a link and put it down
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somewhere on the screen and I'm sure
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you're gonna love it it's gonna save
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some time so what to add the garlic or
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yes I'll just add it now make sure
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that's all chopped up too so today I'll
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be using my homemade taco seasoning I
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guess if you go to Mexico that won't be
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you won't find a taco spice because each
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taco has its own special way of being
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prepared there's no generic spice but
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here you can at least you can get
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pre-made taco mixes you probably in the
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ethnic section of your grocery store so
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be sure to check that out in case you
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want to get some pre-made taco mix and
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if you are interested in making a really
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simple homemade taco seasoning I'll put
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a link down below for one of my favorite
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simple to take our recipes the main
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elements that makes a good taco
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seasoning
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based on what I've changed it is chili
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powder and cumin the water is almost up
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to a boil right now
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so let me talk to you about that for a
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little bit so you want to boil the water
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until it's at a rolling boil which means
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it should be boiling really aggressively
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and once that's happening you want to
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season your water because you cannot
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season pasta after it's cooked you can
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only do that while it's cooking in the
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water
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so you want to aggressively seasoned it
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with salt now add the past into the
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water and then cover the pot immediately
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to bring the water back up to a boil so
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usually the pasta you buy would have
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instructions on how long to cook it for
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follow that you want to cook it to al
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dente which basically means that when
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you bite into your pasta it should have
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some bite to it it shouldn't just melt
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in your mouth I just the cook time of
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pasta by tasting it that's the best way
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to engage and develop your palate so
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when you cooking pasta make sure you
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stir it from time to time just to make
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sure that your pasta is not stuck at the
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bottom of the pan so what's gonna happen
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is you're gonna notice after the cook
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time is done the bar size has been stuck
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at the bottom burning on the foil so see
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with a quick whirl and he's got good
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pass-down so now heat your pan up on
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medium heat and let's start making our
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taco mix so I added olive oil which is
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hot now stir and stir from time to time
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I just found out I'm having tacos do you
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think so that's a good day for you guys
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so we're gonna make a fresh taco
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seasoning right on the front right on
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the pan I want you to squeeze strong and
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we need pungent if you want to make it
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mild by adding hasta maana season to add
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pop teaspoon each of chili powder
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Cayenne
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pepper and ground cumin now Adam but 1/2
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a cup of water coffee at the water just
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mop up all that beautiful caramelized
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chicken onion from the bottom of the pan
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so now simmer this and cook for about
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two to three minutes
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to really get that rawness from the
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spice cook down and look at this
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delicious thick saucy mixture now if you
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want you can stop hooking this right now
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and this could make a really good
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topping for your taco skip tortilla
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spoon some of this delicious mixture in
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some cheese lettuce tomato guacamole
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have a night and have yourself a really
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nice dinner
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so let's lift this up into a faster
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level it's some Tomatoes get some
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Italian style chopped tomatoes it's easy
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cuz from a can you're gonna bring some
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nice sweetness and tomato enos into our
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dish give it a nice mix so now season
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salt and cook until you start seeing oil
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being released which is a great
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indication to tell that the tomato sauce
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has cooked if you look closely you see
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the oil sign of separate and that's
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what's simmering your sauce is ready its
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pic looks it resembles of Ballymena
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which is a good sign that our sauce is
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ready so now let's add in our drained
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pasta give your pasta is really nice
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toss up in that sauce now I like my
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pasta quite saucy whatever it is I want
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sauce so you can either add some of that
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delicious pasta water or just add some
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plain clean as
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just cook for one or two minutes till
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the sauce gets all nice and thick I'm
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gonna give it a taste for seasoning a
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little bit more salt let's talk business
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I add in some of that delicious cheddar
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now cover your pan and turn off the heat
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and let it sit for at least five minutes
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until the cheese gets nice and now now I
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know that after you've put that lid on
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and you're waiting for that cheese to
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melt all your might would want to beak
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and see Oaxaca cheese looking just wait
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trust me wait for at least five minutes
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and you're gonna love it it's because
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what's gonna happen is if you open that
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lid all that steam is gonna escape and
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your cheese won't have the heat in the
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pan to melt let's do the big real right
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now
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cheesy goodness this looks so good I
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think you can really make this your own
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by adding your favorite taco toppings on
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it I see this dish with some sour cream
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maybe some fresh guacamole green onions
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bacon bits just make it your own
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and it's gonna be delicious delicious
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taco and pasta dinner we should try it
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there you have it guys
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I hope this recipe was easy to follow
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for beginners like yourself if you want
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