Enchilada squares
Enchilada squares recipe in the casserole category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2, 19 ounces, cans Las Palmas enchilada sauce
- 1 pound Monterey jack cheese, shredded
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1, 4 ounces, can sliced olives
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 27 corn tortillas
Recipe method:
- Brown ground beef.
- Drain oil and add salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder.
- While meat is browning, heat enchilada sauce in medium size pan.
- Heat oil in skillet.
- Place a tortilla in hot oil for 1 minute, then turn over and fry 1 more minute.
- Do not allow tortilla to become crispy.
- Take fried tortilla and place in hot sauce for approximately 2 minutes, then take out and place in a 9 x 13 inch greased cake pan.
- Repeat again until you have a layer with 9 tortillas.
- Sprinkle half of the meat, 1/3 cheese, onion and olives.
- Repeat another layer of tortillas dipped in oil and sauce as before.
- Sprinkle remaining meat, 1/3 cheese, onion and olives.
- Repeat another layer of tortillas.
- Spoon leftover sauce at top.
- Add remaining cheese, onion and olives.
- When cool, cover pan with foil and refrigerate.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 1/2 hour or until cheese melts.
- Cut into squares and serve.
- If serving immediately, place in oven for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.
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