How to Prepare Homemade Enchilada Lasagna

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, enchilada lasagna. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Enchilada Lasagna is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Enchilada Lasagna is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook enchilada lasagna using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Enchilada Lasagna:

1. Prepare 1 tbsp. olive oil
2. Make ready 1 lb. ground beef (or ground turkey)
3. Take 1/2 yellow onion, diced
4. Make ready 1 bell pepper, diced
5. Prepare 2 cloves garlic, minced
6. Take 1 can (15 oz.) pinto beans, rinsed and drained
7. Prepare 2 tbsp. taco seasoning (homemade or 1 store bought packet)
8. Take 1 can (19 oz.) red enchilada sauce
9. Take 2 cups shredded Colby Jack cheese
10. Take 8 small tortillas, all sliced in half (flour or corn work)

Instructions to make Enchilada Lasagna:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease an 8x8 baking dish and set it aside.
2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once it's hot, add the peppers and onions. Cook, stirring often, until they begin to soften, about 3-5 minutes. Then add the garlic. Cook and stir a minute or so more, until fragrant.
3. Add the beef to the skillet. Cook, breaking it up as it cooks, until it is browned throughout. Drain any excess fat if needed. Add the pinto beans and taco seasoning and stir to incorporate everything. Remove the skillet from the heat.
4. Spread a layer of the enchilada sauce into the bottom of the baking dish, enough to coat the bottom. Arrange 4 of the tortilla halves around the dish.
5. Spread 1/3 of the meat mixture over the tortillas, about 1/2 cup of cheese, then another layer of enchilada sauce. Arrange 4 more tortilla halves over that, then continue to layer everything until all the meat is used up (you should get 3 layers).
6. After the last layer, add 4 more tortilla halves, then spread over the last of the enchilada sauce and sprinkle over the last 1/2 cup of cheese. Cover the dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Then remove the foil and bake an additional 15 minutes, until everything is heated through.
7. Let it sit for 5 or so minutes, then cut into it and serve.

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