Layered Mexican Casserole Crock Pot Food

CROCKPOT MEXICAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium high. Add the turkey and onion. Cook and stir, breaking up the turkey as you go, until the turkey is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Transfer to the bottom of a large slow cooker.
• To the slow cooker, add the quinoa, enchilada sauce, black beans, tomatoes, corn, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, and 1/2 cup water. Stir to combine, then cover and cook on high for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or low for 5 to 6 hours, until the liquid is absorbed and the quinoa is tender.
• Remove the lid and stir. Taste and adjust any seasonings as desired. Stir in 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese, then sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top. Cover and cook on high until the cheese melts, about 10 to 15 minutes. Serve hot with any desired toppings.

MEXICAN LAYERED CASSEROLE

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.

CROCK POT SEVEN LAYER CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place beef in bottom of crock pot.
• Top with bacon bits and onion.
• Combine the tomato sauce, water, chili powder, salt and pepper.
• Pour half of the mixture over the ingredients in crock pot.
• Sprinkle rice over top.
• Add in the corn and green pepper.
• Pour remaining tomato mixture over top.
• Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until rice is done.

CROCK POT LAYERED ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• To prepare sauce, blend tomatoes and their liquid with onion and garlic in a blender or food processor. Pour into a medium sized sauce pan. Add the red pepper, salt and tomato paste. Heat to a boil, then simmer for 5-10 minutes.
• Place 3 tortillas in the bottom of the crock pot. Layer 1/3 of the ground beef, 1/3 of the tomato sauce and 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat each layer two more times.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

LAYERED MEXICAN CASSEROLE RECIPE

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.

SLOW-COOKER MEXICAN BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place 3 tortillas in slow cooker, tearing if needed to cover bottom.
• In medium bowl, beat eggs, milk and chile with whisk. Reserve 2 tablespoons chopped bell pepper, 2 tablespoons green onions and 3/4 cup cheese; set aside.
• Top tortillas in slow cooker with half of the sausage, remaining bell pepper, green onions and cheese. Repeat layers. Top with remaining 3 tortillas, tearing if needed to cover mixture. Pour egg mixture over tortillas.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 to 5 hours or on High heat setting 2 to 3 hours or until temperature reaches 160°F and center is set.
• Sprinkle with reserved cheese, bell pepper, green onions and the cilantro. Remove foil before serving by loosening edges with table knife. Serve with salsa and avocado slices, if desired.

SLOW-COOKER LAYERED ENCHILADA DINNER

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, cook ground beef, onion and garlic over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in soup and chiles.
• Spray 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Spread about 1/4 cup of the enchilada sauce in bottom of slow cooker. Place 4 corn tortillas over sauce, overlapping and breaking in half as necessary to make an even layer. Top with 1/3 of beef mixture, spreading evenly. Drizzle with about 1/4 cup enchilada sauce. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the cheese.
• Repeat layering twice, using 3 corn tortillas and half of remaining beef mixture, enchilada sauce and cheese in each layer. Sprinkle paprika over top.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 hours 30 minutes to 5 hours 30 minutes.
• Let stand about 5 minutes before serving. Sprinkle individual servings with cilantro.

VEGGIE MEXICAN LAYERED CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add Roma tomatoes, chile sauce, corn, yellow bell pepper, green bell pepper, white onion, red onion, jalapeno pepper, and cumin. Cook and stir until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Add refried beans and pinto beans; stir to combine. Remove bean mixture from heat.
• Mix 1 cup Cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, and sour cream together in a bowl.
• Cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch casserole dish with 1/3 of the bean mixture. Top with a third of the cheese mixture and a thin layer of tortillas. Repeat with another third of the beans, another third of the cheese mixture, and tortillas. Repeat again with remaining beans, remaining cheese mixture, and a final layer of tortillas. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese on top. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and bake until bubbling, 8 to 10 minutes more.
• Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.