One evening, I wanted to prepare burritos but I was pressed for time, so I piled everything in a casserole dish. The end result was this delicious go-to dish, a Mexican layered casserole, that is simple to adapt to use ingredients I frequently have on hand. You could add chicken or beef if you’d like, but we eat it as-is! Add chopped cilantro and green onions on top.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 9×13-inch casserole |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 Roma tomatoes, chopped
- ½ cup roasted pasilla chile sauce (such as Herdez®)
- ½ cup frozen corn
- ½ yellow bell pepper, chopped
- ½ green bell pepper, chopped
- ½ white onion, chopped
- ½ red onion, chopped
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 (16 ounce) can refried beans
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 ½ cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
- 5 (7 inch) whole wheat tortillas, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add Roma tomatoes, chile sauce, corn, yellow bell pepper, green bell pepper, white onion, red onion, jalapeno pepper, and cumin. Cook and stir until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Add refried beans and pinto beans; stir to combine. Remove bean mixture from heat.
- Mix 1 cup Cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, and sour cream together in a bowl.
- Cover the bottom of a 9×13-inch casserole dish with 1/3 of the bean mixture. Top with a third of the cheese mixture and a thin layer of tortillas. Repeat with another third of the beans, another third of the cheese mixture, and tortillas. Repeat again with remaining beans, remaining cheese mixture, and a final layer of tortillas. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese on top. Cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and bake until bubbling, 8 to 10 minutes more.
- Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 384 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 43 g |
| Cholesterol | 44 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 949 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |