Tangy Tortilla Casserole
"Another recipe I found in an old recipe card file that I'm placing on Zaar for safekeeping. I remember making this for our family when I was in high school and everybody loved it. By the way, me and high school are ancient history, LOL!"
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 15 ounces tomatoes
- 10 ounces enchilada sauce
- 2 1⁄4 ounces olives, sliced
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 egg
- 8 corn tortillas, halved
- 8 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded
- 8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
directions
- Brown ground meat and onions together.
- Drain grease.
- Add tomatoes, enchilada sauce, olives, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- In a mixing bowl, combine cottage cheese and egg. Mix well.
- In a 9" x 13" baking pan, add 1/3 of meat mixture.
- Add 1/2 of the cottage cheese mixture over meat layer.
- Spread 1/2 of the jack cheese over the cottage cheese layer.
- Place 1/2 of the tortilla halves over the jack cheese.
- Spread another 1/3 of the meat mixture over the jack cheese.
- Spread the remaining cottage cheese mixture over the jack cheese layer.
- Place remaining tortilla halves over jack cheese layer.
- Pour remaining meat mixture over tortilla halves.
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese over the top of casserole.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
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Reviews
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This is now my favorite mexican casserole by far! I used flour tortillas because i didn't have any corn ones. The consistency of this is just right not too wet and not too dry. My husband thought it was great and he usually won't eat anything with cottage cheese in it! Yum! -
This dish gets rave reviews from me. My family loves it and asks for it often. Simple to make and it sure makes the house smell good. You can't go wrong on this recipe. Thank you Happy Hippie!!!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Happy Hippie
Spring Valley, California
I live in beautiful San Diego where there's never nothin to do. We almost never have days where you can't get outdoors. For fun I love to read, cook, take road trips with my grandson, whom I raise. Take long walks along the beach, bays and lakes. My live in grandson is 12 and the light of my life. I've been teaching him to fish, or should I say I'm exposing him to lake fishing, the people we meet along the way are teaching him while I read and watch. He's dying to go ocean fishing, that one makes me a bit more nervous, but we'll start that soon, probably from piers to start. Nick's only one of my grandchildren though, I have a total of 13, three live in Kansas, the land of Oz. The last time I visited them, it was Christmas time and when I stepped off the plane, the cold air took my breath away and standing there waiting for me in a short-sleeved T-shirt, was my son-in-law. Needless, to say, I spent many days there staying indoors praying for the day I could get back to sunny California -- I never had to endure snow the whole time, thank God! Twenty degrees daily was way out of my comfort zone by a very large margin. There truly is no place like home. I have 8 other grandchildren that are fortunate enought to live in San Diego too. We spend weekends doing things together such as taking in the zoo, wild animal park, Sea World, Knotts Soak City water park (summer), museums, fishing, picknicking and just hanging out. They all love to help grandma cook in the kitchen. I have many cookbooks and can read them like I'd read a novel. My passions are my family, my two boston terriers, Tuffy and Oreo, and gardening, cooking and reading -- oh yeah, I'm totally addicted to Zaar. I don't really have many pet peeves, but a biggie is mean, obnoxious people and those who think they know it all, and liars, I can pick out a deceitful person it an instant. If you can't trust someone, then nothings worth salvaging in the relationship. I hate those who disrespect the environment (no I'm not a tree hugger) but I do hate to see people litter and fail to do simple things such as picking up after themselves in the outdoors such as parks and beaches, and how easy is it to recycle? It's really not too difficult to make an impact on the environment if everybody takes responsibility for their "trash."
