Taco Enchilada Lasagna

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Whitetrash Gastronome @stoned_yeti
Illinois, USA

I love this dish! It's an awesome way to make Mexicanish food that isn't the same ol taco/burrito formula. I actually thought I invented this until I started downloading recipie apps, lookin around and found a bunch of takes on this haha oh well. I dig it.

Taco Enchilada Lasagna

I love this dish! It's an awesome way to make Mexicanish food that isn't the same ol taco/burrito formula. I actually thought I invented this until I started downloading recipie apps, lookin around and found a bunch of takes on this haha oh well. I dig it.

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Ingredients

60 mins
8 servings
  1. 3 lbsground beef
  2. 1 packauthentic corn tortillas (can sub flour but corn works better)
  3. 2 packstaco seasoning
  4. 2-3green onion
  5. 1yellow onion (diced)
  6. 2bottle/can enchilada sauce
  7. 1LARGE bag Mexican shredded cheese
  8. 2 tspdiced garlic
  9. 2tbls cumin powder
  10. 1container pico de gallo
  11. Sour cream
  12. Fresh cilantro (chopped)

Cooking Instructions

60 mins
  1. 1

    Brown the beef. Drain fat. Add about 2/3 cup water, onions and garlic and the packets of taco seasoning. Cook until all ingredients are cooked together and hot on medium heat giving the onions and garlic time to soften a bit. About 8-10 more mins. Set to the side to allow it to cool.

  2. 2

    I used an 11x7 glass baking pan. 13x9 can also be used. Grease the dish. Put down a layer of shells. I try to cover as much of the area as possible without overlap which means you'll have to pull a couple tortillas in half, even quarters. See pic.

  3. 3

    Now we're going to layer, like lasagna. I do a layer of enchilada sauce first. Thinly covering the shells.
    Next spoon the cooled taco meat on top of the sauce. Next cover the meat with a healthy layer of cheese. I LOVE cheese so I do a REALLY healthy layer.
    Now this is where the secret method comes in.. On the cheese layer gently sprinkle some of your cumin powder directly onto it. Then sprinkle some of your chopped fresh cilantro in the same way.

  4. 4

    Repeat step 3 till you reach almost the top of the baking pan. You should be looking at the cheese/cumin/cilantro layer.
    The top layer will pretty much be the same--

    Do another layer of tortillas.
    Sauce
    Cheese (Only cheese for top layer, no cumin or cilantro)
    Top the finished pan with your chopped green onion.

  5. 5

    Cover pan loosely with tin foil. Loosely because you don't want the cheese sticking to the foil.
    Put in middle rack of oven at 375 for 20-30 mins
    If it's not as melted as you'd like, uncover and continue to bake until desired doneness.
    The objective of the oven is not to cook, just to melt everything together and make it hot.

  6. 6

    Cut into square pieces, use a spatula to dish out a piece onto a plate or shallow bowl, top with the pico de gallo (diced tomato, onion, jalapeño and cilantro) and sour cream and enjoy!!

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I've always loved to cook, it's probably my favorite hobby. I'm not a huge fan of recipes because half the fun of cooking is experimentation and trial and error. I suggest ya'll do like me and use a recipe as a guideline only! Add your own stuff, try your own methods.Just a bit of background on me. I taught myself to cook when I was a younger, poorer man. Using and experimenting with cheap ingredients and utilizing stuff I already had in the house. Had to streach those dollars ya know? Hence the Whitetrash moniker.I'm a single guy so most of what I share on here I've cooked for myself and myself alone. I like to make big batches of stuff and eat on it for a few days. I use simple methods and ingredients and try to maximize quality while spending as little money as possible. I will always be adding recipes as I cook them. Bon appetite!
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