Enchilada casserole
Posted in Food on October 4th, 2009 by monicajaneBack to my 101 ways to cook my grass fed ground beef that I get for a steal and of which I have many approximate 1 lb packages in my fridge.
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 package of corn tortillas
14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes (I used fire roasted organic tomatoes)
1 large onion
4 cloves garlic
3 jalepeno peppers (out of the garden — reaching the end of our harvest for this year)
2 tsp cumin
10 oz grated cheese (I used half garlic/herb jack and half pepper jack)
Salt to taste
Beef in the enchilada sauce
So I sauteed the onion, garlic and jalepeno until very soft. Browned the meat once they were cooked. Then I added the tomato and the cumin. Very simple and straight forward. I salted this mixture as well.
Bottom layer of corn tortillas (2 layers thick)
I put 2 layers of corn tortillas on the bottom of the pan.
First complete layer of casserole
Then I put a layer of the meat sauce and then a layer of cheese as pictured. I topped that with another double layer of tortillas and another layer of meat and cheese. I topped that all with one layer of tortillas. I covered the dish at this point and baked it for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Once hot and cooked through I uncovered it and topped in with a final layer of cheese which I put under the broiler for a few minutes.
Fresh out of the oven
Here I am about to eat it. I took this picture in my lap!! I hadn’t intended on photographing it, but my husband served it and I thought it looked nice. Unfortunately it’s blurry!
ready to eat
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Well I don’t blame him for wanting to get right to that casserole! It looks good. I am going to steal this one from you.
theft is the highest form of flattery! thanks.
My God, it’s like a Mexican lasagne – I love it! I am getting stumped as to what to do with my 101 Uses for a Roast Chicken series. I have ideas, but they all seem to repeat themselves. I might try a version of this for it, though.
oh…this with chicken sounds great!
Wow, that looks delicious. And WC is right, like a mexican lasagna! One of the ladies in my office makes something similar and everyone always oohs and aahs over the smells coming from the microwave when she brings leftovers for lunch. I’m definately going to try this one!
And WC, I think a chicken version of this would be delicious.
That looks delicious! Exactly a Mexican lasagna!