Enchilada Casserole

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
  • Serves: 8-10,Yield: 1.0Casserole

    • About This Recipe

    “It is a good meal for the whole family, with meat, beans, and cheese. Very good.”

    Ingredients

  • 5 -6flour tortillas( I use the large ones)
  • 1 1/2 lbs ground beef or 1 1/2 lbschicken
  • 1packagetaco seasoning
  • chopped onion( to taste)
  • sliced or chopped jalapeno(optional)
  • 1canrefried beans
  • 1canenchilada sauce
  • sliced black olives(optional)
  • 2 -2 1/2 cupsgrated cheddar cheese( Sharp or Mexican are good)
  • cooking spray

    • Directions

  • Brown beef, with onions and jalapenos.
  • Drain; add the Taco mix as directed.
  • Spray a casserole-baking dish with oil spray.
  • (Large enough dish to be able to place tortillas flat).
  • Add the flour tortillas in layers.
  • Spread each tortilla with 1-2 tablespoons of beans.
  • Distribute desired amount of meat mixture on beans.
  • Spread beans and meat with 2-3 tablespoons of enchilada sauce.
  • Add some olives.
  • Add some cheese.
  • Continue to layer until desired amout of tortillas are used, stopping with beans, meat, sauce, and cheese.
  • Cover and bake in 350 degree oven until hot and bubbly (about 45 min) or heat until hot in microwave.
  • Cool 15-20 min. before serving.
  • It will set up better.
  • This will reheat in microwave in no time, it also, freezes well in single serving section.
  • Thaw before reheating.
  • I like to save a little sauce and cheese to use before reheating, the casserole absorbs them.

    • Reviews

  • “this is a very easy and delicious dish, you could also change the recipe for your prefrences or even roll these up to make actual enchiladas.I reccomend this dish highly!!”

  • “I made this for a potluck and everyone gobbled it up.Its quite easy to make.I left with an empty dish and requests for this recipe.A definate winner!”

  • “I have tried many enchilada casserole recipes and this is the best yet. I added green onions to the meat mixture and used sweet corn kernals instead of olives to add a contrast to all of the other salty ingredients. I also cut back the cheese by about half (health concerns) and this came out just super delicious!Also, put your refried beans in the microwave for 2 minutes and then stir them, it makes them very easy to spread.”

  • “This was fantastic.My husband loved it too. I used soy crumbles instead of hamburger to cutdown on fat. Couldn’t tell any difference. I also sprinkled some avocado in the layers. It was wonderful. I’ll deffinitely be making this again. Thanks a ton for this great recipe. =)”

  • “I made this for a family dinner and they loved it. The only thing I changed was instead of jalapenos I used a 4.5 oz can of diced chilles. I just don’t like jalapenos. Thanks for the great recipe!!!”

  • “This was an awesome recipe. I added mexican corn (corn with peppers and black beans) and did one half of the pan with chicken (sprinkled with taco sauce) and one half with a beef/venison mix. My hubby loved it and he never likes mexican food. I found it very flavorful and the perfect consistency. Use enchilada sauce sparingly as suggested. It will seem like too little, but it turns out perfect if you pour a little more on top about 10-15 minutes before it’s done.”

  • “Excelent!Exactly what I was craving!I used corn tortillas instead of flour, shredded chicken, and a can of chopped ortega chilis instead of a jalapeno, and I omitted the beans.Everybody loved it!”

  • “This was a delicious dish!!! I will definitely be making this more.”

  • “My family loved, loved, loved this! Made 1 1/2 times in a larger pan and it came out great. So glad I did, now I have some for lunch. :)made as directed using the Mexican Enchilada Sauce #109685 (doubled for my extra large casserole). The pairing of these two is perfect! Using this sauce, well seasoned meat and beans, onions, jalape?o, and olives made for a nicely flavored dish. I can’t imagine this being called bland unless the sauce or other seasonings were not up to par. In any case, each component tasted great and combined for a super casserole. Thanks for the new dish. Family already wants to have this again..”

  • “I am always worried when I plan to try enchiladas, as my family has never liked the ones I’ve done.I tried this, using corn tortillas, 1 jalapeno, beans instead of refried, added chopped homegrown tomatoes when cooking veggies (and I think another veggie).I made it in a 9×13 and used 10 small sized tortillas.I thought it would come out too hot, so I added some sour cream and the whole family loved it.My picky 17 yo ate a lot.As did the picky 8 yo!Yeah!”

  • “It was not a bad recipe, but I won’t make it again. A little bland.”

  • “This was really good.I didn’t really measure anything and used chicken instead of beef but it all turned out well.The flavor was very mellow for my tastes (but that has a lot to do with which enchilada sauce you choose) so next time I will spice it up with the jalepenos and some other spices.Thanks for the great recipe claudia!”

  • “Made this exactly as stated only I didn’t use any jalapenos or onions.This was very tasty and I really enjoyed it..thanks for posting”

  • “This got rave reviews from my family, it was a bit bland for me, but still really delicious comfort food. I would add more Jalepenos, but I love spicy. Maybe some corn, pepper jack cheese and fresh cilantro. I used wheat flour tortillas and they were great, not gummy at all. I also used recipe #109685 sauce, #10614 refried beans and deboned an entire chicken. Only four hours in all… the charms of living in a third world country. Thanks for this filling crowd pleaser!”

  • “Made this for Mexican Night at family camp.I made it in my crock pot and cooked it in the oven.It stayed warm and gooey in my crockpot and was a big hit.Thanks for a great reciepe.”

  • “What a great recipe; tastes just like enchiladas without all the hassle of rolling them.For the enchilada sauce, I used Recipe #17146.I also used Recipe #2642 for the taco seasoning mix.Not being an olive fan, I left those out.This was so delicious; my husband and children loved it and can’t wait for the leftovers.”

  • “Very tasty and definitely easy enough for a weeknight dinner.”

  • “This really hit the spot!It seemed to take forever for me to make it because I ended up making everything from scratch… refried beans, Recipe #42094 , and even the Recipe #65491.Dh and I LOVED this and look forward to having it again.Thanks for the recipe!:)”

  • “Wow, I am stuffed.My husband and I just finished eating this for supper tonight and boy was it good.He said to definitely give this recipe 5 stars!I made Recipe #42094 instead of using canned sauce.We still have over 1/2 of the casserole left, so I am sure this will be our supper another night this week.Thanks for the great recipe!”

  • “Everyone loved it.I mixed most of the enchilada sauce to the beans making them easier to spread and put the remainder on top before adding final cheese.”

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