Enchilada Casserole

Claudia Whitlock's Note:

It is a good meal for the whole family, with meat, beans, and cheese. Very good.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 8-10

Yield: 1.0 Casserole

• 5 -6 flour tortillas (I use the large ones)
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef or 1 1/2 lbs chicken
• 1 package taco seasoning
• chopped onion (to taste)
• sliced or chopped jalapeno (optional)
• 1 can refried beans
• 1 can enchilada sauce
• sliced black olives (optional)
• 2 -2 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese (Sharp or Mexican are good)
• cooking spray

Directions:

1. Brown beef, with onions and jalapenos.
2. Drain; add the Taco mix as directed.
3. Spray a casserole-baking dish with oil spray.
4. (Large enough dish to be able to place tortillas flat).
5. Add the flour tortillas in layers.
6. Spread each tortilla with 1-2 tablespoons of beans.
7. Distribute desired amount of meat mixture on beans.
8. Spread beans and meat with 2-3 tablespoons of enchilada sauce.
9. Add some olives.
10. Add some cheese.
11. Continue to layer until desired amout of tortillas are used, stopping with beans, meat, sauce, and cheese.
12. Cover and bake in 350 degree oven until hot and bubbly (about 45 min) or heat until hot in microwave.
13. Cool 15-20 min. before serving.
14. It will set up better.
15. This will reheat in microwave in no time, it also, freezes well in single serving section.
16. Thaw before reheating.
17. I like to save a little sauce and cheese to use before reheating, the casserole absorbs them.

Reviews

[jody notarianni]

this is a very easy and delicious dish, you could also change the recipe for your prefrences or even roll these up to make actual enchiladas. I reccomend this dish highly!!

[Pear]

I made this for a potluck and everyone gobbled it up. Its quite easy to make. I left with an empty dish and requests for this recipe. A definate winner!

[TaterBug! :)]

I have tried many enchilada casserole recipes and this is the best yet. I added green onions to the meat mixture and used sweet corn kernals instead of olives to add a contrast to all of the other salty ingredients. I also cut back the cheese by about half (health concerns) and this came out just super delicious! Also, put your refried beans in the microwave for 2 minutes and then stir them, it makes them very easy to spread.