Recipe For Cooking Mexican-Style Beef Casserole

Toaster Oven Casseroles :: Beef Casseroles

Mexican-Style Beef Casserole

1 1/2 lb. lean ground beef
2 Tbsp. canola oil
1 med. onion, chopped
1 C. chopped tomatoes or
    1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1/3 C. chile sauce
Salt, to taste
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
12 corn tortillas, cut into qt.s
1/2 C. red taco sauce
3 C. shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 C. sour cream
2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen chopped
    spinach, thawed and well drained

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a lrg. skillet brown the beef. Pour off any fat and remove beef; set aside.

Add oil to skillet and sauté onion until limp and golden. Return beef  to skillet and add tomatoes, chili sauce, salt and pepper. Dip tortilla qt.s in taco sauce, covering both sides. Cover bottom of a buttered 3-qt. casserole with half the tortilla pieces, slightly overlapping. Spread beef mixture over tortillas. Sprinkle beef with 1 1/2 C. of the cheese. Layer remaining tortilla pieces on top and spread with sour cream. Sprinkle on the spinach and top with remaining cheese. Bake, covered, for 30 min., uncovering for the last 15 min.

If re-heating, have the casserole at room temperature and bake at 375 degrees F, uncovered, until hot and bubbly.