Mexican Tortilla Pie
By: Gigi Howe
I have to tell you a funny story about this recipe. I’ve made it several times before and we like it. Made it again this week because I planned to write it up for a recipe here on LRWC. That was Wednesday. Prepared it, baked it, took it out of the oven – it looked picture perfect – so went to get my camera to take a picture of the pie. I come back in the kitchen and a chunk has been taken out! I hear, “oops”. Oh well, so I didn’t get a pic of the whole pie, somebody was hungry and enjoyed it. I hope you do too!!
This is a pretty simple recipe to make. It calls for ground beef but you could substitute any ground meat or even beans if you’d like. Change the recipe in whatever way you think your family will like it. You can even put in layers of sauteed vegetables, if you would like a meatless meal.
When I see ground beef on sale, I buy a bunch of it and brown it all. Then I freeze portions of the cooked meat. That’s what I used to make this recipe, so it went together really quickly for me.
Here’s the recipe, hope you like it!
Mexican Tortilla Pie
Ingredients:
– 1 lb ground beef (or any meat you prefer)
– 1 onion diced
– 2 Tbs taco seasoning
– 1 small can of tomato sauce
– 1 jar of salsa
– 3 large tortillas (I prefer flour instead of corn)
– 2 cups grated cheddar cheese (you can use a combo of monterey jack and cheddar if you’d like)
Directions:
1. Start heating oven to 350.
2. Brown ground meat and drain the fat. Add onion and cook until onion has softened. Remove from heat. Add seasoning, tomato sauce and salsa.
3. Now you will layer meat mixture, tortillas and cheese into a large pie plate or round casserole. Start with the meat, then sprinkle with cheese and then put at tortilla on top. Add 2 more layers and if you have some meat mixture left over put that on top of the 3rd tortilla and then top with cheese. (When I made the recipe the last time I did have enough meat to put on top, but other times I haven’t.) You will basically have cheese on the top.
4. Bake for 25 minutes or until bubbly and cheese has melted.
Enjoy!
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