Mexicali Bake Recipes

MEXICALI BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Brown meat with onion in large skillet; drain. Stir in beans, taco sauce, green chilies, chili powder, salt and oregano. Spoon into 2-quart shallow baking dish; set aside.
• Bring milk just to boil in medium saucepan. Gradually add cereal, stirring constantly. Cook on medium heat 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Cover; let stand 5 minutes. Add cheese; stir until melted. Spread over meat mixture in baking dish.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until heated through.

MEXICALI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large skillet coated with cooking spray, cook turkey, onions and pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, breaking up turkey into crumbles, 6-8 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in beans, tomatoes, water, rice, olives, chili powder and salt., Transfer to an 11x7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake, covered, until rice is tender, 50-55 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes longer.

QUICK MEXICALI CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine soup, diced tomatoes with chiles, sour cream, milk, taco seasoning, and cayenne pepper in a bowl. Add chicken and 1/2 of the cheese. Just before baking in the oven, add crushed tortilla chips and combine evenly. Put in a baking dish and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until hot, bubbly, and cheese is melted, about 40 minutes.

MEXICALI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Start browning meat in a large skillet adding the chopped onion and green pepper-drain excess fat.
• After browning meat, stir in taco seasoning mix, corn (non-drained), and entire jar of picante sauce.
• Simmer mixture on med heat approximately 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• While meat is simmering, preheat oven to 375°F.
• Mix Mexican cornbread mix and your 2/3 cup milk in a medium mixing bowl; set aside. Pour about 1/2 of mixture into 9-inch casserole dish then cover with 1/2 bag of shredded cheese. Repeat-layering the two cover top with cornbread mixture-spreading over entire casserole.
• Bake in oven for approximately 25 minutes or until brown.
• Cool for 5 minutes then serve.
• Add sour cream to taste.

MEXICALI SPAGHETTI BAKE

Steps:

• While making sauce, cook spaghetti or noodles.
• Drain well.
• Brown beef until partly done.
• Add onion, pepper and garlic.
• When beef is brown, add spagetti, tomatoes, corn, salt, pepper, chili powder, worcestershire sauce and olives.
• Bake 1 hr covered at 325°F.

MEXICAN BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Heat a non-stick frying pan, add the black beans and fajita spice mix, stir together and cook for 1-2 mins. Add the tomatoes and simmer over a low heat for 10 mins.
• Cut the tortillas in half. Lightly grease a 2-litre baking dish. Spread a third of the bean mixture over the base of the dish, followed by 3 tbsp of the cheese and a layer of tortillas. Repeat the process, finishing with a tortilla layer on top. Sprinkle over the remaining cheese. Bake for 15 mins until golden.

EASY MEXICAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook ground beef until no longer pink. Stir in salsa, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed. Stir in beans, and heat through.
• Spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Spread crushed tortilla chips in dish, and then spoon beef mixture over chips. Spread sour cream over beef, and sprinkle olives, green onion, and tomato over the sour cream. Top with Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.