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A couple of weeks ago I made this......

They may look like just your normal taco's but they are not - they are baked taco's.
The original recipe can be found here but i made a couple of modifications.  Next time I will skip the tomato sauce and use enchilada sauce - Ole'!  This recipe is a keeper and G actually wants me to make it when we have a friend of his over that has gone to South America for a couple of months.  FYI it reheats great as well.  Just keep the toppings off and put back in the oven for about 10 or so minutes.

Oven Tacos
adapted from Blog Chef and Mommy I'm Hungry
2 1 lbs ground beef 
1 small onion diced
1  2 small can diced green chilies 
1 recipe for Homemade taco seasoning packet taco seasoning
1 (8 ounce) 4 oz  can low sodium tomato sauce 
1 (16 ounce)  1/2 can fat free refried beans 
2 cups shredded reduced fat Colby-jack cheese   whatever cheese you have
18-20  12 hard taco shells 

Toppings
Lettuce (shredded), Tomato (diced), Salsa, Guacamole, Sour Cream,Olives, sliced  

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  
In a large skillet brown ground beef and onion over medium-high heat. Drain off any excess liquid. Return to pan, add chilies, refried beans, tomato sauce, and taco seasoning. Mix well and cook for a few minutes if mixture seems runny.   Make sure to cook this until all the liquid evaporates so your taco's stay crunchy

Spoon the taco meat mixture into the taco shells and place into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish, standing up. Sprinkle cheese over the top of the taco meat in each shell. Place into the oven and bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the tacos are heated through. 
Remove from the oven and top with any optional condiments for serving.