Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Mexican Lasagna

from the kitchen of Shawnalyn

Ingredients:
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 pounds ground beef
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
½ red onion, chopped
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained
1 cup medium heat taco sauce or 1 (14-oz) can stewed or fire roasted tomatoes
1 cup frozen corn kernels
Salt
8 (8 inch) spinach flour tortillas, available on dairy aisle of market
2 ½ cups shredded Cheddar or shredded pepper jack
2 scallions, finely chopped

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil - twice around the pan. Add ground beef and season with chili powder, cumin, and red onion. Brown the meat, 5 minutes. Add taco sauce or stewed or fire roasted tomatoes. Add black beans and corn. Heat the mixture through, 2 to 3 minutes then season with salt, to your taste.

Coat a shallow baking dish with remaining extra-virgin olive oil, about 1 tablespoon oil. Cut the tortillas in half or quarters to make them easy to layer with. Build lasagna in layers of meat and beans, then tortillas, then cheese. Repeat: meat, tortilla, cheese again. Bake lasagna 12 to 15 minutes until cheese is brown and bubbly. Top with the scallions and serve.

This is really easy and quick to make. I just use regular flour tortillas, but you can use what ever you like. This would also be good to make with left over roast shredded instead of ground beef, or with shredded chicken as well. You can be versatile with this dinner.

1 comment:

Miss. Tarrah Dame said...

I made this not long ago for my blog! It's DELICIOUS! My boyfriend sure loved it :)
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