Enchilada Stack-Up in Crock Pot

Submitted by KateL

"Entered for safe-keeping. From Nancy Swanson, Denver, Colorado, as submitted to BH&G."

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
• 8 ounces canned tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons green chilies, seeded and chopped
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 -3 drops bottled hot pepper sauce
• 16 ounces canned red kidney beans, drained
• 1⁄2 cup sliced ripe olives
• 4 corn tortillas or 4 flour tortillas
• 4 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (1 cup)
• 3⁄4 cup tomato juice

directions

1. In skillet, cook ground beef and onion until meat is browned and onion is tender; drain off excess fat.
2. Add tomato sauce, chilies, chili powder, salt, pepper, and hot pepper sauce. (Note: wear gloves to protect skin when handling fresh green chilies and do not touch hands to eye area or other sensitive areas, then discard gloves and wash hands before proceeding.).
3. Stir in drained beans and olives.
4. Trim tortillas slightly smaller than diameter of crockery cooker; add trimmings to meat mixture.
5. Place 1/4 of the meat mixture in bottom of cooker; top with one tortilla and sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese. Repeat layers with meat, tortillas, and cheese.
6. Pour tomato juice around edge of stack-up.
7. Cover; cook on LOW heat for 5-6 hours, or cook on HIGH heat setting for 2 1/2 hours.
8. Cut into wedges. Carefully lift out of crockery cooker.

Reviews

[Color Guard Mom]

So easy to make and definitely tasty. Love the spiciness. I used black beans instead of red kidney beans. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because this looks nothing like enchiladas. Thanks for posting! Made for the December Photo Tag game.

 

[jessi_mcg]

I love enchilada casseroles, and it was such a bonus to be able to do this one in the crock pot! We had a busy (and warm!) day today and it was nice to not spend a lot of time in the kitchen with a hot oven. I used pinto beans because they were on hand, and green olives. I have a large crock pot so I used a total of 6 small corn tortillas (1 1/2 per layer) to cover the bottom. I think next time I will use salsa instead of tomato sauce and tomato juice, just for added flavor. We all liked this, and my kids were thrilled to find the olives in there! I cooked this for 4 hours on low and it came out perfectly.

 

[morgainegeiser]

Love it that it can be made in the crockpot. I had to cook this for about 5 1/2 hours due to work and I felt it got a little over done in that time period, my tortillas became completely mushy, but the flavor was still great. Made for ZWT5

 

[LARavenscroft]

Made for 1-2-3 Hit Wonders. This was great! We really enjoyed it and I will make it again. I did make a couple of changes based on our personal preferences ~ added garlic when cooking the ground beef and also added cumin along with the chili powder. I also used black beans and V-8 juice because that what I had on hand. Thanks for posting this Kate!

 

[bmcnichol]

This was good and easy to make. I followed the recipe as written other then I only cooked mine for four hours on low. This was something different for us. I served topped with sour cream.