Tex-Mex Enchilada Casserole

[Boaz]

Enchilada casserole is pretty standard fare to cook at home here . It's dang good ! IT's simple and fairly quick to make for the large amount you come out with . Another great Tex-Mex innovation ! Here's what you need ;

2 - 21/2 cups of shredded cheddar (I prefer medium)
11/2 large jalapeno ...chopped
1 19oz can of Wolf chili no beans ( or another brand)
1 10oz can of Rotel Tomatoes (! prefer the ..Fire Roasted)
1 Large onion , chopped
1 16 oz pack of corn tortillas

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Chop the peppers , onion , grate the cheese .
Mix the chili and Rotel well in a bowl to make the 'Enchilada Sauce'

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I'm using a 12''x10'' foil pan , coat the bottom of the pan with sauce .

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Start layering in the corn tortillas .

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cover with sauce and add peppers , onions , cheese

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Keep layering till you have enough sauce for the top layer . The top layer gets only tortillas with sauce on top ;

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[Boaz]

Cover with foil , preheat oven to 400 Degrees , put in oven . Leave at 400 for 20 min . Then turn oven down to 330 for an hour and 20 min.

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LOL , Mines in the oven now ! be back to wrap it up .

Take it out of the oven and garnish top with cheese ;

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Put it back in the oven for 3-4 min to melt the cheese and take it out and enjoy !.

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[SciFiJim]

Looks delicious! It looks easy to change to suit tastes as well (like adding cooked ground beef).

[Boaz]

Ground beef works well . And your right ...you can add black olives , beans , corn .... . This is the simple version , tweak it like you want ! lol , lot of folks are not going to want jalapenos .

[MaryB]

Casino served a version of this in the employee cafeteria with ground beef, black olives, lots of onion.

[Boaz]

Lots of onion....YES !

[Shiloh]

Thats how I do it.
THANKS for the pics. Well Done!!

Shiloh

[frankenfab]

I bought all the stuff to make it last night.

What is the reason for the two different oven temps?

[Boaz]

Start out at higher heat just to reduce cooking time ...thats all . It will do fine at a lower heat but add more cooking time .

[Blackwater]

As to the onions, I'm with Joostain Wilson, who once said, "Ya' jes' cain cook widout dem onyo!" I think he had something there! And I think they're good for your blood pressure or something, but if they were poison, I think I and a lot more would try to see just how much we could eat without getting badly sick!

[MaryB]

If I am out of onions I have a fallback, Penzy's onion powder is really good stuff. I now buy from their family members who didn't manage to irritate every conservative on the planet. Same quality https://www.thespicehouse.com/ I buy onion and garlic powder by the pound to mix my own seasoning blends or as an onion sub when I am out(like right now, forgot to get some today at the store). And in some things where onion pieces are objectionable like cream soups.