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My taco fiesta bubble-up casserole dish is one of my most popular recipes, it is packed with so much deliciousness, a meal the whole family can enjoy.

Looking for a tasty casserole dish, try my popular taco fiesta bubble-up casserole. I’m so excited fall is on the way and I can spend some time playing around in the kitchen and creating new casseroles. This layered taco bubble-up is simply put…delicious!! 🙂 A bubble-up dish is a term given to the biscuit dough that bakes up and “bubbles” into the dish so to speak.

This recipe makes 6 generous servings at 254 calories per serving,  8  points if you are following WW. This is sure to be a family favorite, it is at my house. Leftovers are equally delicious if not better haha.

Taco fiesta bubble up casserole

Taco fiesta bubble up casserole

Weight Watchers Friendly Ingredients:

  • Extra-lean ground beef 12 points 
  • Pillsbury biscuits or equivalent 18 points
  • Taco seasoning 2 points
  • Salsa 0 points
  • Peppers 0 points
  • Onion 0 points
  • Shredded cheese 14 points
  • Green onion 0 points
  • Sour cream *optional

How to make Taco Fiesta Bubble Up Casserole (step by step): 

  1. Cook the ground beef in a pan on the stove, add the taco seasoning, and simmer for a few minutes.
  2. Preheat the oven to 350F, spray a 9×13 casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
  3. Mix the ground beef and salsa together in a bowl.
  4. Cut up the peppers and onion, and then cut the biscuits into 6 pieces each.
  5. Place half of the biscuit pieces in the bottom of the casserole dish, top with half of the meat mixture, half of the peppers and onions, and half of the cheese. Repeat layers and finish with the chopped green onion on top.
  6. Loosely cover with foil and bake in the oven for 35 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking for 15 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes then cut into 6 servings. Top with a spoon of fat free sour cream (optional)

Taco fiesta bubble up casserole

What kind of biscuits do you use for this casserole?

I first created this recipe when I would cross the border into the U.S. for groceries and buy the great value biscuits at Walmart. They used to sell a 4-pack bundle of small biscuit tubes, 10 biscuits, 7.5oz per package. These have since become hard to find. I think Aldi might sell their own brand as I have seen others post them. If you are in Canada like me you can buy the Pillsbury country tea biscuits. These are larger biscuits though so what I do is weigh out 7.5oz, I think it is 6-7 biscuits. Then you need to ensure you have enough small pieces to spread through the dish. I cut each biscuit open so I have two halves, then each half into 6 pieces. This should give you enough pieces of dough for the recipe.

Some people mention that some of the biscuits don’t bake all the way through. I never struggle with this so I wonder if it comes down to different oven temperatures. If this happens then you can prebake the dough pieces for 5 minutes.

Taco fiesta bubble up casserole

I love using a 3 cheese blend in this recipe, however, any cheese will work and be just as delicious. Be sure to spread the cheese evenly so you can enjoy it in every bite.

Can I use something other than ground beef in this dish?

If you are looking to lighten up the recipe a little you can swap out the ground beef for ground chicken or turkey. This will lower the overall calories and if you follow WW then it will lower the points per serving. I have a lot of followers telling me they use ground turkey in this dish and love it.

Another ingredient people have shared with me that they added was beans, you can bulk up the dish by adding some black beans.

I have had others share that they made the dish without the biscuits, to keep the carbs low and it can be a keto-friendly recipe. You could also replace the biscuits with rice, granted it won’t be a low-carb meal but I am sure it will be delicious.

Taco fiesta bubble up casserole

4.23 from 211 votes

Taco fiesta bubble up casserole

By: Drizzle
Servings: 6
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 50 minutes
Total: 1 hour 10 minutes
8 points, 7sp or 6pp/serving (same on freestyle 7sp) 7SP on blue, green or purple

Ingredients 

  • 1 lb cooked extra lean ground beef
  • 1 7.5 oz package pillsbury biscuits, (10 biscuits to the pack, the ones In the 4 value pack, if you can't find that size you can buy the bigger size and weigh it out)
  • 1 package Taco seasoning, 30g
  • 1 1/3 cup salsa
  • 2 cup diced peppers, I used red, orange and yellow
  • 1 cup diced onion, I used red onion
  • 1 cup reduced fat shredded cheese, I use a 3 cheese blend
  • Green onion
  • Fat free sour cream for topping, optional

Instructions 

  • Cook the ground beef in a pan on the stove, add the taco seasoning and simmer for a few minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350F, spray a 9x13 casserole dish and set aside.
  • Mix the ground beef and salsa together in a bowl.
  • Cut up the peppers & onion, and then cut the biscuits into 6 pieces each.
  • Place half of the biscuit pieces in the bottom of the casserole dish, top with half of the meat mixture, half of the peppers and onions and half of the cheese. Repeat layers and finish with the chopped green onion on top.
  • Loosely cover with foil and bake in oven for 35 minutes, remove foil and continue baking for 15 minutes.Let cool for 5 minutes then cut into 6 servings. 8 personal points per serving, 7sp or 6 points plus. Top with a spoon of fat free sour cream (optional)

Notes

Points- 8
Personal Points- 8
Smart Points- Blue/Green/Purple- 7
Points Plus- 6
Nutritional info per serving.. Calories 254...Fat 7.2g...Sat fat 3g..Carbs 21.2g.. Fiber 1.5g...Sodium 790mg...Sugar 3.5g...Protein 25.1g 

Additional Info

Course: Main meals
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Storing and re-heating…

I cut it into 6 equal-sized servings. Optional to top it will a little dollop of sour cream. I like adding a little franks hot sauce as I am all for the spice.

Leftovers can be stored in an air-tight container in the fridge for 1-2 days, you can also freeze this dish either before or after baking. If you like to prep meals to add to the freezer and then bake when ready this dish will work for that.

Taco fiesta bubble up casserole

Please feel free to share your reviews in the comments below, I love to hear from everyone. I hope you and your family enjoy this dish as much as we do.


Taco fiesta bubble up casserole

Looking for some similar recipes? Try my Easy taco pie, or my Sloppy joe bubble up

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248 Comments

      1. I have calculated 2 times this recipe and the SP’s is wrong using the current Weight Watchers Canada App. I calculated using Ground Turkey meat 99% fat free which is 9 SP.
        I also calculated it using Ground Beef 99% fat free which is 11 SP not 7.
        Please correct the information as it makes a big difference overall for my dailies. Thanks it takes very good too!

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        1. Hi Linda, sorry but I do not have to correct anything as I have the numbers right on my end, please know I triple check everything and take figuring out the points very seriously, I use WW recipe builder, my fitness pal and do the math on paper, are you sure you are using the right biscuits?? My pack I buy (from the US) is a 7.5 oz pack with 10 small biscuits in it, the whole pack is 17SP, my 1 pound cooked extra lean ground beef is 15SP, and my cheese is 11SP, everything else in the recipe has no points, my App gives me a 7SP point value per serving, exactly as I have it listed .. I am not sure where you think I said the ground beef is 7 points??

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          1. I will have to look for those biscuits..The ones I added into the recipe builder are the Jr. golden layers flaky buttermilk & it came out to 34 points, 7 for taco seasoning & 10 for cheese & 8 for 96/4% ground beef. We just want our members to be getting the correct information. I always tell them to always enter the information in themselves to be sure.

          2. I agree, but I do state very clearly in my recipe which biscuits I use and in most cases I share a picture, so I am indeed giving the CORRECT information, if they use the wrong size biscuits there is not much I can really do about that

          3. I made this last night and my son couldn’t believe it was WW friendly – it was amazing! I used 96% beef (11 points) and Velveeta Shreds cheese ( 8 points) and yes, the biscuits you use are 17 points. mine ended up being only 6 points per piece of pure delciousness!! thank you for this (and many) fantastic recipes <3

          4. Hi Kathy, I am so glad you both enjoyed it 🙂 I hope you continue to enjoy the recipes (and fool your son haha!)

          6. Hi Rebecca, maybe you used the large biscuits? Mine is 17SP for the whole tube .. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

          7. I’m wondering if I could use 2 ingredient dough since I don’t have any biscuits and I live to far from the store to get some.

          8. Hi Patsy, you could try, I know some have and said while it is ok it is much better when using biscuits

          9. I don’t understand why the WW Recipe Builder gave me 9 points per serving on green for 1/6 of the recipe instead of 7.
            Ortega Taco Seasoning 4
            Biscuits 16
            Great Value Reduced Fat Shredded Fiesta Blend Cheese 9
            93% Ground Beef 15

          10. Hi Paula, yeah that is weird, that adds up to 44 points which at 6 servings would be 7, did you make sure your servings were set at 6?

        2. Are you calculating the points using raw or cooked ground meat. I used 95% fat free ground beef, raw and have also calculated using 93% fat free ground chicken, raw, and both times I come up with 7Sp.

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        4. I just made the same mistake with the biscuits, they must be ‘large’, as they calculate at 34 points…. But we’re literally the ONLY ones I’ve been able to find. Now I know to only use half next time ?

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        1. Hi Joan, nope.. you might be using the wrong size biscuits, the one I use is a small 7.5oz can, it comes in a 4 pack and I buy it at Walmart in the U.S, there is 10 small biscuits in the pack and the whole tube is 17SP.. my guess is that is where you are getting a higher point value

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          1. actually, my Walmart here in Western PA sells just a single tube of the biscuits by Great Value – very tiny tube – 10 biscuits and only 48 cents! Everyone must be using the wrong biscuits.

          2. Yup, those are the right ones.. It is 99% of the time the reason why people are getting a higher point value and some get pretty aggressive about it lol, but those biscuits are indeed 17SP for the whole tube 🙂

          3. I made this last night, and calculated everything, and your numbers are spot-on when using the right ingredients! Loved this, as did my daughter and her family, and trust me, two teenage boys are hard to please! Will definitely be making again and again! ♥️

          4. Thank you Sharon 🙂 I am so glad everyone enjoyed it, I have a teenage girl that is hard to please so I get it 😉

          5. Thank you for this recipe. I love ALL your recipes. I used reduced crescent rolls. I appreciate you!!!!!

      4. Trying this recipe for the first time. I noticed in your recipe you didn’t clear indicate that the biscuits were to be cut up into smaller pieces although your photo shows this. This could be why their biscuits were undercooked. You are right that the Canadian Pillsbury roll of biscuits is bigger than the 7.5 oz. I only used six out of the 10 biscuits in the roll as a result. This makes the recipe point calculation work out. Looking forward to tasting it!

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        1. Hi Aileen, step 4 in directions mentions to cut each biscuit into 6 pieces 🙂 I too have used the bigger packs here from Canada when I can’t get my hands on the smaller packs, I cut the biscuits open (in half) and then each half into 6 this way I still get lots of small pieces 🙂 Hope you enjoyed it

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          1. Hey Drizzle, don’t you just love it when when you get called out by those who obviously skim the recipe instead of reading it completely!?? Anyway just wanted to say my family loves your recipe, points or no points! I’ve made it several times! Actually it’s in the oven right now!

          2. Hi Pam, I am so glad everyone enjoys the recipes 🙂 some people can’t help but point fingers before taking the time to know all the details 😉

      5. Okay so I just have to say that I have been dying to try this recipe for 2 weeks and I finally made it for dinner tonight… and omg…. sooooo good!!!! I had been reading the reviews on it and someone asked at one point about making it vegetarian which gave me the idea to add some beans to it so I also mixed in a can of fat free refried beans to the meat mixture. I also accidentally cut my first biscuit into 8 pieces so I went with it for the rest of them. So delish, and now I have lunch for a few days too! Definite winner!!!

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          1. So excited to try this!! I used 99% ground turkey and fat free cheese and mine is 4pts a serving on blue plan..Thank you for what you do!!

        2. I love the idea about adding the fat free beans! This could be a good way to increase the servings since it would be more filling, which would also reduce the points value per serving. Thank you for the tip!

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          1. Hi Mary, it is the same, there was no change as there are no “zero” foods in it so the smart points listed is freestyle as well , remember freestyle still goes by smart points 😉

      1. Hi, I guess you could, I am not sure the final outcome as I have never cooked it that way and you’d have to build the recipe in the WW app to know the correct points, I think the ground beef is 15SP in total

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    4. Any suggestions for a sauce that is not salsa or chunky ? What about a pizza sauce with spices added that would not have all the chunky salsa ingredient? Recipe looks so yummy but my family will not eat the peppers & onions

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      1. Hi Brenda, sure you could definitely try a pizza sauce or a plain tomato pasta sauce, hope you enjoy it 🙂

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    1. Hi, the sour cream is not added into the nutritional info.. but I don’t think a little spoonful will change much

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  5. Thank you for the recipe. The taco bubble-up was my first from your website. It is absolutely delicious…and to think, its only 7sp!

    I am trying the Nutella no-bakes next.

    Your recipes are a valuable tool in the weightloss journey.

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  6. 5 stars
    Made this last night and completely enjoyed it. Hubby said it’s a keeper so I get to make it again. 🙂 Besides being tasty it is a very colorful and appealing looking dish!

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  7. 5 stars
    Kate, are you using regular fat biscuits in this recipe? Not low fat? I couldn’t find the exact package you described so I bought Pillsbury grands and just cut them up and measured out 7.5 ounces of them. I used about 3.75 large biscuits in the end. My concern is that this is going to be too many points in biscuits and that maybe I’m making a version where each serving is more than 7 sp. Help!

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    1. Hi, I have never seen low fat ones, only the crescent rolls I have bought in the reduced fat so what you bought is fine, if you weighed out 7.5 ounces your good 🙂

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  8. 5 stars
    I made this tonight and it was AWESOME!! This will definitely be something I make again. Thank you so much for the recipe!!

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    1. It’s made in a 9×13 dish and I cut it into 6 equal servings, I don’t weigh it sorry but it’s not hard to cut 6 equal sized portions 🙂

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