Double Duty Layered Enchilada Casserole Recipes

CROCK POT LAYERED ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• To prepare sauce, blend tomatoes and their liquid with onion and garlic in a blender or food processor. Pour into a medium sized sauce pan. Add the red pepper, salt and tomato paste. Heat to a boil, then simmer for 5-10 minutes.
• Place 3 tortillas in the bottom of the crock pot. Layer 1/3 of the ground beef, 1/3 of the tomato sauce and 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat each layer two more times.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

MAKE AHEAD LAYERED ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine ground meat, onion, pepper and seasonings. Cook until meat is brown. Drain fat.
• Mix soup with enchilada sauce and water until well blended and add to the ground meat mixture. Simmer for about 10 minutes and reserve.
• Grease 9x13" baking pan. Layer six tortillas, half meat mixture with the sauce and half grated cheese.
• Repeat another layer with the remaining ingredients. Cool completely. Cover with foil and refrigerate 24 hours.
• Bake at 350ºF. for 45 minutes covered with foil until heated through before serving.
• Serve with shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, sour cream, salsa and guacamole if you like.
• VARIATION: this casserole can also be made filling each flour tortilla with the ground meat and rolled up, then covered with the enchilada sauce and soup mixture, and the grated cheese on top. Refrigerated and heated before serving.

LAYERED ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Sauté beef and onion in heavy large Dutch oven over high heat until brown, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Mix in chili powder and jalapeño and sauté 5 minutes. Season mixture with salt and pepper.
• Overlap 6 tortillas on bottom of prepared dish, covering completely. Spoon beef mixture, then beans evenly over tortillas. Cover with remaining 6 tortillas. Sprinkle cheese over. Pour tomatoes with their juices over cheese. Bake until casserole is heated through and bubbling at edges, about 1 hour.