Quesadilla Casserole With A Kick Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a 13x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef and onion in the hot skillet until beef is completely browned, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Stir tomato sauce, black beans, diced tomatoes with lime juice and cilantro, corn, and chopped green chiles into the ground beef mixture; season with chili powder, cumin, garlic, oregano, and red pepper flakes. Reduce heat to low and cook mixture at a simmer for 5 minutes.
• Spread about 1/2 cup beef mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish; top with 3 tortillas, overlapping as needed. Spread another 1/2 cup beef mixture over the tortillas. Sprinkle 1 cup Cheddar cheese over beef. Finish with layers of remaining tortillas, beef mixture, and Cheddar cheese, respectively.
• Bake in preheated oven until heated throughout and the cheese is melted, about 15 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Toss together the Cheddar, Monterey Jack and pepper jack in a bowl; set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in large skillet over medium heat. Place a single tortilla in the skillet. Sprinkle a little less than a third of the cheese blend over the tortilla. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add about a third of the diced tomato and a third of the chiles. Sprinkle a touch more cheese over the whole thing and gently top and press with a second tortilla. Cook until golden on the bottom, about 3 minutes.
• Carefully flip the quesadilla to the other side. Continue cooking until the second side is golden, 3 to 4 minutes more. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Slice each quesadilla into wedges and garnish with cilantro sprigs.

Steps:

• 1. In a skillet brown the meat and onion and then drain and return to pan.
• 2. Now add your tomato sauce, beans, corn, chilis and jalapenos and mix it all together.
• 3. Now into this stir all your spices except the red pepper and bring to a boil.
• 4. Turn heat down to low and simmer for about 5 minutes. When done simmering add the red pepper.
• 5. Now place 1/2 cup of your meat mix on the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish thats been sprayed with non stick cooking spray.
• 6. Top this mixture with 3 or four of your tortillas. (they will be slightly overlapped.) Then top this with half of the remaining meat mixture. Add half of the cheese and then another layer of tortillas, then meat, then cheese.
• 7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake the casserole uncovered in oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated thru and cheese is melted.
• 8. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes to make cutting and serving easier.
• 9. I HAVE ALSO ADDED A THIN LAYER OF MEXICAN RICE BEFORE ADDING CHEESE TO EACH LAYER ON OCCASION
• 10. SERVE WITH SOME GUACAMOLE YUM YUM YUM

Steps:

• Heat about 1/2 inch oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until it starts to shimmer. Fry the tortilla wedges in batches until golden brown and crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels and season with salt.
• Scoop the avocado flesh into a large bowl and mash it as finely or coarsely as you like. Stir in the garlic, jalapenos, tomatoes, lime juice, chipotle and onion. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Stir in the cilantro leaves just before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cut chicken into small diced pieces, and saute in large skillet with Olive Oil and onions over medium-high heat until cooked throughout.
• Add Rotel, beans, tomato sauce, corn, and spices to chicken. Cook for 5 minutes until fully heated. Salt and Pepper to taste.
• In a 9"x13" greased casserole dish, put just enough of the mixture to cover the bottom of the dish. Layer tortillas, half of the remaining mixture, half of the cheese, tortillas, and the remainder of the mixture. Cover with the remainder of the cheese.
• Bake for 15 minutes, and then allow casserole to cool 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Brown beef and onions in a large skillet on medium-high heat, drain. Add tomato sauce, beans, corn and green chiles mix well. Stir in all of the spices (except red pepper). Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low simmer 5 minutes. Add red pepper to taste, if desired.
• Spread 1/2 cup of beef mixture on bottom of 13x9x2"-inch baking dish sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Top with 3 of the tortillas, over lapping as needed. Layer with 1/2 of the remaining beef mixture and 1/2 of the cheese. Repeat with remaining tortillas, beef mixture and cheese.
• Bake in preheated 350 oven for 15 minutes or until heated through, let stand 5 minutes before serving.