Burrito Lasagna is a great weeknight meal. It’s a great make-ahead and freeze dinner and will feed a crowd!
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I am always looking for great weeknight meals…
Especially ones that I can make ahead and freeze.
And Tex-Mex is a huge standard in my house with this and these being on constant rotation…
So I look for other ways to use those flavors in different meals. There are only so many Taco Tuesdays in a week.
Anyhow, piling loads of flavors into one giant Tex-Mex conglomeration and layering it is like a Burrito on crack.
Plus, you can certainly alter some of the ingredients to suit your own taste…
It’s like you walked into Chipotle and asked for a Burrito for a giant.
First dice up an onion…
And grab your main ingredients. This is majorly semi-homemade. Also, I clearly have no brand affiliation here…
Saute some lean ground beef (or ground turkey) with all your other stuff…
And then add in a can of corn. Because I love corn in my Tex-Mex.
Smear a bit of the filling on the bottom of a 9×13…
And then layer your tortillas on top. I ripped up a tortilla to fill in the open spaces because I’m OCD about layered food. NO GAPS!
Repeat the process over and over and over…
See? All the layers?
Then top with cheese of course!
Bake it until the cheese is melty and gorg.
Let it sit for a bit before slicing and then slap your face all up in that.
#IdowhatIwant
Happy dinnering!
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Burrito Lasagna
Description
serves 8
Ingredients
- 2 lbs lean ground beef or ground turkey
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper
- 1 (4 oz) can diced green chilis
- 1 (4 oz) can sliced black olives, drained
- 1 (14 oz) can diced tomatoes with green chilis
- 1 (16 oz) jar taco sauce
- 2 (16 oz) cans refried beans
- 1 (15 oz) can corn, drained
- 12 (8 inch or medium sized) flour tortillas
- 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
Instructions
- In a large skillet cook ground beef for about 5 minutes, until about half way cooked. Add in diced onions and garlic and continue cooking until meat is completely cooked through and onions are soft, about 8 more minutes. Since you are using lean meat you probably won’t need to drain any excess fat, but if there is fat, drain that now.
- Add in cumin and cayenne pepper and stir until combined with meat.
- Add in olives, green chilis, taco sauce, refried beans and corn. Stir until mixed in evenly and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
- While mixture is simmering, preheat oven to 350°.
- When ready to assemble Put about 1 1/2 cups of the meat mixture in the bottom of a 9×13 pan, just enough to coat the bottom of the pan. Layer that with 2 flour tortillas. I ripped up a tortilla and used that to help fill in the gaps. Top this with about 1 1/2 to 2 cups of the meat mixture. Continue layering until you use all your tortillas and top with the remaining meat mixture and then sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Bake uncovered for 25 minutes until cheese is melted.
- Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes before serving.
Notes
recipe lightly adapted from all recipes
Made it, loved it, tagged you …
http://www.handiworking.com/2014/07/burrito-lasagna-from-cookies-and-cups.html
Thanks!
You talk about freezing this is it before you bake it or after?
Honestly either would be fine!!
We eat a lot of Tex-Mex in our home as well. Not only is it pretty frugal, but healthy and yummy, too. I make a version of this that I call Mexican Lasagna, but I like that yours is a little different. I’m pinning it now so that I can try it soon. Thanks for the recipe and the great pics!
The best darn pan of Tex-Mex I’ve seen. And it’s so easy too. Great recipe Shelly!
Tex-Mex gets devoured around here. Love this giant pan of comfort food…especially all that melty cheese!!!
Oh man, I love Tex-Mex food so much, this looks fabulous!
I love corn in my Tex-Mex, too! And I love Tex-Mex all up in my face! So, basically, this recipe is a win for me.
This looks incredible! I think my friends and family would go mad for it and I love the idea of using the tortillas to layer it up.
Such a great weeknight dinner!! My boys would devour it 🙂
This sounds magical! I’m in need of big casserole recipes to get me through the week. I can hardly cook dinner these days.
The photo of the layers? LOVE!