Easy Cheesy Mexican Lasagna

Submitted by MomMakesDinner

"This one is yummy and simple, and super fast too! My 2 year old calls it "nummy cheesy!" I consider it to be a home for any style of ingredients if you want chicken or green sauce or a different cheese it would still be fantastic. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
• 1 1⁄2 cups shredded cheese
• 16 small corn tortillas
• 4 -6 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 (15 ounce) can beans, drained
• 1 cup corn
• 1 small onion, diced
• salt and pepper
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons red peppers

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Brown ground beef in large skillet, then drain. Season meat with chili powder, salt and pepper, garlic powder and red pepper. Season to taste measurements are approximate.
3. Add can of stewed tomatoes, with juice, to meat and stir until well blended. Add beans, corn, onion, and sour cream to meat and tomatoes.
4. In a 9x9 pan place four small torillas. Spoon half of meat mixture on the tortillas, spinkle with cheese. Layer 4 more tortillas, the rest of the meat and another layer of cheese. Finish with four torillas and a covering of cheese.
5. Bake at 350 until tortilla on top crisp and cheese bubbles, about 10-15 minutes. Serve with sour cream on top.

Reviews

[RSL]

I love the flavor of the stewed tomatoes in this! I had only one issue with the recipe as written, and that is that I did not have room for all the layers in my 9 inch pan. I ended up not using quite all the filling and skipping the top tortilla/cheese layer. Also, if I would have made the recipe as written, I count only 12 tortillas used rather than 16, but that's a very minor point. This was really quite good, and I'll keep this recipe to make again - but next time I will make the whole filling, then freeze half for use later, as this was a ton of food for my family. Made for PAC Spring '11.