Cheesy Ground Beef Taco Casserole
Description
Try this delicious, easy Mexican casserole for your Cinco de Mayo celebration. You can have it from the kitchen to the dining table in under and hour.
Ingredients
1 lb. lean ground beef, cooked, grease drained off, then crumbled
1/4 c. water
8 flour tortillas
1 can refried beans
16 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup salsa, your favorite
2 c. shredded pepper jack cheese
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1 can Rotel tomatoes with chiles
1 pkg. taco seasoning, your favorite
Directions
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Cook, drain grease, and then crumble ground beef. Add taco seasoning, 1/4 c. water, and can of Rotel tomatoes to the ground beef with the liquid from the tomatoes. Cook until liquid has mostly boiled down. Remove ground beef from heat; set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, add cream cheese; beat with a mixer until completely smooth. When cream cheese is smooth, add the salsa; mix until combined.
In a medium saucepan, heat refried beans; add 1/2 cup cream cheese mixture to it. Stir refried beans and heat until thoroughly mixed with cream cheese. Remove beans from heat and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9 x13 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Take 1/3 cup ground beef mixture and spread along bottom of the 9 x 13 baking dish. Place 2-4 flour tortillas on the bottom of the baking dish. Spread half of the bean mixture on top of the flour tortillas. Top the bean mixture with half of the salsa mixture. Top salsa with half of the ground beef mixture.
Mix both cheeses together and top the casserole with half of the cheeses. Add another layer of 2-4 flour tortillas. Top tortillas with the remaining bean mixture. Add the remaining salsa mix to the top of the refried beans. Top with the remaining ground beef.
Sprinkle the remaining cheeses on the ground beef layer.
Bake 25 minutes or until cheese has melted.