Mexican Casserole
Easy Mexican Casserole is an easy, delicious and adaptable casserole your family is sure to love! This easy dinner recipe will become a family favorite.
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 15 ounce can ranch-style beans
- 1 can diced tomatoes and green chilies drained
- 1 can condensed cream of mushroom or chicken soup
- 12 ounce package corn tortillas
- 4 cups shredded cheese
- 3 tablespoons Taco Seasoning
- 1 bag Tortilla Chips on the side if desired
Instructions
-
Preheat oven to 350 F.
-
Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium high heat. Drain excess fat if desired.
-
After beef is browned, add taco seasoning, beans, diced tomatoes/green chilies, and soup. Mix well and heat.
-
In a 13x9 baking dish, cover bottom of the dish with about a cup of meat mixture.
-
Top this mixture with a single layer of corn tortillas.
-
Put 1/2 of the remaining meat mixture on top of the tortilla layer and then cover with cheese.
-
Repeat a layer of corn tortillas.
-
Place remaining meat mixture on top and finish off with the remaining cheese.
-
Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes, uncovered.
-
Serve with tortilla chips if desired.
Recipe Notes
There are several ways to adapt this recipe for taste or for what you have on hand. I have used both cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soup in this recipe. I think it tastes great both ways! I will sometimes add an extra can of beans or Ro-tel to bring even more nutrition to the dish. You can add more heat to the casserole by using Hot Ro-tel or adding some cayenne pepper to the meat mixture. I have also used fajita seasoning when I was out of taco seasoning! The only thing that I would NOT recommend is using flour tortillas....I tried it and they were too mushy.