Tex Mex Cheese Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place chicken breasts in baking pans and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake chicken in the preheated oven until tender and cooked through, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Cool until easily handled. Remove skin and discard. Bone chicken and chop into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Combine bones with drippings from baking pans in a large pot; add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 hour. Strain broth and discard bones.
• Place tomatoes, onion, tomatillos, garlic, and red chile pods in a blender or food processor; puree until chile pods are reduced to small flecks. Pour into a pot.
• Mix 1 cup chicken broth, salt, cumin, and oregano into pureed mixture in the pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken. Remove from heat.
• Microwave 1 cup chicken broth and lard together in a microwave-safe bowl until lard is just melted, about 2 minutes. Mix in masa harina with your hands to make a smooth paste.
• Press paste evenly into the bottom of a 10x13-inch baking pan. Spread chicken mixture on top. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is heated through, about 40 minutes. Sprinkle shredded Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese blend on top. Continue baking until cheese is melted and starting to bubble, 3 to 5 minutes. Let stand before serving, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Combine chicken, salsa and beans in 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish; stir to blend well. Spoon potatoes atop filling in pie dish, covering completely. Sprinkle with cheese and half of cilantro. Bake casserole until filling is bubbling, cheese melts and potatoes are beginning to brown, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cilantro.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Brown and crumble ground beef. Stir in beans and salsa.
• Transfer to a lightly greased 8 inch square baking pan.
• Arrange polenta over meat mixture, overlapping if necessary to cover the surface.
• Sprinkle with cheddar cheese.
• Bake 25 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned.

Steps:

• In a skillet over med-high heat, crumble and brown beef with onion, green peppers and garlic, until no longer pink. Drain.
• In the same empty skillet, add tomatoes, kidney beans, corn, tomato sauce and spices; stir well.
• Return the hot drained beef mixture to the skillet and mix well. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Pour into the bottom of a 13" x 9" (or larger) baking pan. Sprinkle with the 1/2 cup cheese; set aside.
• While beef is browning, etc -- in a large pot, boil potato chunks in salted water until tender; drain.
• Return to hot pot and mash with butter, milk, and sour cream.
• Add 1 cup ONLY of the cheese, green chilies, and the salt, pepper and chives. Mash to desired consistancy.
• Evenly spread potatoes over cheese layer in the pan.
• Evenly sprinkle potatoes with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Cook meat with taco seasoning mix as directed on package.
• Mix muffin mix, dressing, chiles and egg just until blended. Spread half the batter onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray; top with seasoned meat, 1/2 cup cheese and remaining batter.
• Bake 20 min. Top with remaining cheese and onions; bake 10 min. or until cheese is melted.