Our Family Favorite John Wayne Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Dice chiles and combine in a bowl with grated cheeses.
• Put into a well-greased shallow dish (2-quart , 12x8x2 inch).
• With an electric mixer on high speed, beat egg whites until peaks form.
• Set aside egg whites.
• In a bowl, combine egg yolks, milk, flour, salt and pepper.
• Fold egg whites into egg mixture.
• Pour over cheeses.
• Use a fork to push egg mixture into cheese.
• Bake for 1 hour.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Place and press biscuit dough into the bottom of the baking pan and halfway up the sides.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Leave the oven on.
• Meanwhile, heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and cook ground beef until browned and crumbly, about 5 minutes. Drain fat. Stir in taco seasoning and water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Transfer cooked meat to a bowl and wipe out the skillet.
• Add onion and bell peppers to the same skillet and cook over medium heat until slightly tender, about 5 minutes.
• Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, 1/2 of the Cheddar cheese, and 1/2 of the onions in a bowl.
• Layer browned meat, tomatoes, pepper-onion mixture, jalapeno peppers, and sour cream mixture on top of the prebaked biscuit dough. Sprinkle with remaining Cheddar cheese.
• Bake uncovered in the preheated oven at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until cheese is lightly browned and bubble, 30 to 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mix chiles and cheeses and put into a buttered shallow casserole.
• In a small bowl combine milk, egg yolks, flour, salt and pepper.
• In a large bowl beat egg whites to stiff peaks.
• Gently fold whites into the yolk mixture.
• Then pour the mixture over the cheese and chile mixture and carefully blend.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and lay tomato slices over the entire top.
• Return to oven and bake 30 minutes longer, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
• Garnish with a sprinkling of green chiles. Serves 8.