Bean Stacked Tortilla Bake is a flavorful and filling dish that will feed a lot of people for not a lot of money. You can use either corn or flour tortillas what ever you prefer. I first found this recipe in my Taste of Home Healthy Cooking 2010 Annual Recipes Cookbook.
Beans with beef make this a meal that will fill you up. The lettuce, tomato and cilantro on top add a nice freshness to the dish. I like to spice this dish up a little by adding hot salsa.
Stove Top & Oven
Recipe serves: 8
Serving size: 1 piece
Total time: 1 hour
Equipment to make your life easier
Let's grocery shop!
I am assuming you have salt and pepper. It is not included in pantry and spices.
Pantry & Spices
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dried cumin
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taco seasoning
Grocery
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1 pound ground beef
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1 medium onion
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1 jar salsa 16 oz
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1 can black beans 15 oz
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1 Italian salad dressing
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1 package tortillas 8"
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sour cream
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1 bag Mexican cheese 8 oz
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1 head of lettuce
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1 medium tomato
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1 bunch cilantro
Let's prep!
Ingredients
Prep
Ingredients
| 1 pound ground beef |
| 1 large onion |
| 2 cups salsa |
| 1 can black beans 14.5 oz. |
| 1/4 cup Italian salad dressing |
| 2 tablespoons taco seasoning |
| 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin |
| 6 flour tortillas 8 inches |
| 3/4 cup sour cream |
| 1 cup Mexican cheese 4 oz |
| 1 cup lettuce |
| 1 medium tomato, chopped |
| 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro |
Prep
- Gather all of your ingredients and measuring tools
- Chop one large onion and place in a bowl; set aside.
- In a large bowl add and mix well:
- 2 cups salsa
- 1 can black beans, rinsed
- 1/4 cup Italian salad dressing
- 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- Chop lettuce and place in a medium bowl; set aside.
- Chop tomato and place in a small bowl; set aside.
- Chop 1/4 cup cilantro and place in a small prep bowl.
Let's cook!
- Complete the prep from the prep tab above.
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- Heat a large skillet and sauté beef and onion breaking up into small pieces until the beef is cooked.
- Drain the beef then add the bowl of bean mixture to the beef until combined. Remove from heat.
- In a casserole dish layer:
- 3 tortillas
- 1/2 the meat mixture
- 3 ~ 1/8 cups of sour cream spread evenly
- 1/4 cup (2 oz) shredded cheese spread evenly
- 3 tortillas
- the other 1/2 of the meat mixture
- 3 ~ 1/8 cups of sour cream spread evenly
- 1/4 cup (2 oz) shredded cheese spread evenly
- Cover and bake for 25 minutes.
- Uncover and bake for 5 – 10 minutes.
- Top dish with lettuce, tomato and cilantro. Enjoy!
This recipe can also be found in Weekly Dinners for 4 under $70 – Menu 2
