Cheesy Layered Mexican Bake Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook sausage and beef over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring often, until thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in beans, diced tomatoes, garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Cook 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
• In 2-quart saucepan, stir together soups and enchilada sauce. Cook over medium heat 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until thoroughly heated.
• Spoon one-third of the sauce into baking dish; top with 3 of the tortillas. Spoon half of the meat mixture over tortillas; top with another one-third of the sauce and 1 cup of the Cheddar cheese. Top with 3 tortillas. Repeat layers with remaining meat mixture, sauce, Cheddar cheese and tortillas. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the Monterey Jack cheese.
• Cover loosely with foil. Bake 20 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Bake 10 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Top with tomato, onions, avocado and dollop of sour cream. Garnish with cilantro.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Stir condensed soup, sour cream, green chilies, and milk together in a large bowl. Add chicken, tortilla pieces, and taco seasoning; stir. Mix tomato and 1 cup Mexican-style cheese blend into chicken mixture.
• Spread chicken mixture out into the prepared baking dish and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake casserole in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Discard aluminum foil. Sprinkle remaining cheese over the top of the casserole and continue baking until cheese melts and casserole is bubbling, 5 to 10 minutes more. Let rest for 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Sprinkle the zucchini slices all over with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Set aside. Stir together the beans, pico de gallo and oregano in a medium bowl.
• Arrange the following in layers in a 9-inch deep-dish pie pan or 10-inch round microwave-safe dish: 4 of the tortilla halves, one-third of the bean mixture, one-third of the zucchini and 1/4 cup of the cheese. Repeat twice, while packing down the layers. Sprinkle with additional salt and the remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
• Microwave on high until the zucchini is fully cooked, about 10 minutes. Remove from the microwave and loosely cover with foil to finish the cooking process, about 5 minutes. (Alternatively, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F, cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and cook until heated through and the cheese is melted, 15 to 20 minutes.)
• Sprinkle with the cilantro, slice into 4 wedges and serve.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Brown meat in large skillet; drain. Add corn and salsa; cook 5 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Mix cottage cheese and sour cream in small bowl.
• Layer 2 cups chips, half the meat mixture, 3/4 cup cheddar and half the cottage cheese mixture in 2-qt. casserole. Repeat layers of chips, meat mixture and cottage cheese mixture.
• Bake 35 min. Insert remaining chips around edge of casserole; top with remaining cheddar. Bake 10 min. or until cheese is melted.

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 400 degrees.
• BROWN meat and drain. (Since I buy lean meat, I like to add a Tbsp of salsa while I'm browning to give it a little more juice.).
• DRAIN and rinse beans.
• MIX browned meat, salsa, seasoning, and beans.
• PLACE 2 flour tortillas on the bottom of a glass casserole dish. (the edges will go up the sides slightly).
• TOP the tortillas with half of EACH of the meat mixture, cheese, and sour cream.
• PLACE the other 2 tortillas on top and repeat the layer.
• COVER with foil.
• BAKE for 30 minutes covered.
• REMOVE foil cover.
• BAKE 10 more minutes uncovered or until cheese is melted.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Brown meat with peppers and onions in large skillet on medium-high heat. Stir in chili powder; cook 1 min. Add salsa and corn; mix well. Simmer 5 min.
• Spread 2 cups meat sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish; top with layers of 2 tortillas, 1 cup meat sauce, sour cream and 1/2 cup cheese. Cover with 2 tortillas, 2 cups meat sauce and 1/2 cup cheese; top with remaining tortillas and meat sauce. Cover.
• Bake 30 min. or until casserole is heated through. Top with remaining cheese; bake, uncovered, 5 min. or until melted.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat a 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray.
• Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Saute beef until no longer pink in the center, 5 to 10 minutes. Add onion and cook until transparent, about 2 minutes more. Add black beans, enchilada sauce, and green chiles. Simmer until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Cover the bottom of the prepared pan with a third the beef mixture. Place several tortillas over the meat to cover. Spread half the sour cream. Add another third the meat mixture, cover with tortillas, and spread remaining sour cream on top. Cover with remaining meat mixture.
• Top casserole with crushed corn chips and Cheddar cheese, in that order. Sprinkle olives and tomatoes on top of the Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling, about 35 minutes.

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and onions; add chili powder, cumin, tomatoes and jalapenos. Heat through.
• Meanwhile line bottom and sides of a 13 x 9" pan with tortillas. Line bottom with refried beans.
• Add ½ of ground beef mixture. Cover with ½ of the cheese. Top with beans. Add the rest of the ground beef mixture. Top with the rest of the cheese.
• Mix Bisquick, milk and egg together; add chilies. Pour over casserole; top with crushed Doritos.
• Bake in 350° oven for 50 - 60 minutes until top is browned and toothpick inserted in crust comes out dry. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.