Enchilada Casserole

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This is a recipe I came up with tonight because I had leftover pulled pork from last night.  So I stopped and grabbed some flour tortillas and enchilada sauce on the way home from work and set into motion my dinner idea.  Now y’all can put whatever  you like in this casserole.  Chicken or even ground beef would work great as well.  Tonight though it was all about using up left overs.

Fortunately I already had the other ingredients to throw this wonderfully easy, but tasty dish together.  I did choose to use Greek yogurt as a topping instead of sour cream tonight.  Why you ask?  Better flavor?  Less Fat?  Thicker?  I could say yes to any of those but it was more do to the fact that I didn’t have any sour cream.  Yes I admit I forgot to grab it at the market earlier.  But you know what?  I loved the extra tang that it added and contrasted to the sweet smoky sauce of the casserole.  Hey, sometimes a mistake lets you discover something new.

So y’all give this recipe a try.  Change it up a bit with whatever ingredients you think you may like more according to your tastes and let me know how it turns out.

Ingredients:

• 4 large flour tortilla’s
• 1  16 ounce can of enchilada sauce
• 1-2 cups of shredded pork or chicken
• 2 jalapeno peppers – diced
• 1/2 small onion – diced
• 1 small green or red pepper – diced
• 1  16 ounce can of refried beans
• 1 cup  cheddar cheese – shredded
• 1 cup Cotija or Queso Fresco cheese – grated

1. Spray a  round 9×2 baking dish with cooking spray
2. Ladle about 1/2 cup enchilada sauce in bottom of dish
3. Lay first tortilla on top of sauce  and ladle a bit more sauce over to coat.
4. Spread 1/3 of the refried beans about 2/3 cup of the shredded pork over top.
5. Add about 1/3 of the onion, jalapeno and green pepper over the pork.
6. Sprinkle about 1/4 of the cheeses over top.
7. Add a bit more sauce (about 1/3 cup)
8. Add another flour tortilla, push down to evenly distribute mixture beneath and repeat steps 4-7 two more times.
9. Now top with the last flour tortilla, pour remaining sauce over tortilla and then sprinkle the remaining cheese over .

10. Bake for 20-30 minutes until cheese is hot and bubbling in a  350 degree oven.