Recipe of Award-winning Enchilada Casserole

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, enchilada casserole. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Enchilada Casserole is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Enchilada Casserole is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook enchilada casserole using 15 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Enchilada Casserole:

1. Make ready 9 Corn Tortillas
2. Get 10 oz can, Enchilada Sauce
3. Prepare 1 Onion, chopped
4. Make ready 1 Green Bell Pepper, chopped
5. Make ready 2 Zucchini, sliced small
6. Take 1/2 tsp Cumin, ground
7. Make ready 1 tsp Oregano
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper, or more to taste
9. Make ready 1 Salt & Pepper
10. Make ready 1 can Green Chili, chopped
11. Prepare 1/2 cup Cilantro, chopped
12. Take 15 oz can, Black and/or Pinto Beans
13. Take 1 box Spinach, frozen and thawed or fresh chopped
14. Take 1 Bag of Cheese, shredded
15. Prepare 1 can Black Olives, sliced

Instructions to make Enchilada Casserole:

1. Note: You can use any vegetables you have on hand. I'd recommend keeping the onion and bell pepper though.
2. Saute the onion and bell pepper in large pan. Add the zucchini and saute for another 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Add all seasoning and oregano. Stir for one minute.
4. Rinse beans.
5. Add green chili, cilantro and beans. Stir and cook for 5 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 375°.
7. To large casserole dish, pour 1/2 cup sauce and spread to cover bottom of dish. Add tortillas to cover bottom of dish.
8. Pour bean and vegetable mixture from pan over tortillas. Spread evenly with a spoon.
9. Sprinkle a little bit of cheese on top
10. Wrap thawed frozen spinach in three layers of paper towel and squeeze all liquid out of spinach.
11. Add spinach on top of bean and vegetable mixture. If using thawed spinach, tear apart with hands and layer on top. If using fresh, sprinkle on top.
12. Layer tortillas on top covering spinach.
13. Pour enchilada sauce on top. Spread sauce to completely cover tortillas.
14. Cover dish with foil tenting foil to try and keep the foil from touching the sauce.
15. Bake in oven for 40 minutes
16. Remove foil. Cover with remaining amount of cheese. Sprinkle on olives and cilantro (optional).
17. Raise oven temperature to 400° and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes until cheese is lightly brown.
18. Let casserole rest for 10 minutes before cutting and serving. Recommended step.

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