Zoes Mexican Lasagna-with-a-Zee
From zoetheunicorn 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Our neighbors were having something like this for tea one night when mum popped in, She was envious and told me i should make it too. Just made up, off the top of the head. I used rectangular "lavash" tortilla things, (because thats what ma brought back from the shoppe) but you could use round tortillas, and bake in a round cake tin. Read more Measurements are not specific, so just make it to your particular taste. Yum. See less
Ingredients
- 1 brown onion, chopped shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, minced shopping list
- 1 red capsicum (bell pepper), diced shopping list
- 500 g beef mince (ground beef) shopping list
- 1 packet taco seasoning. shopping list
- (or just make up your own; 1 Tbsp cumin, 1 Tbsp paprika, 2 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, 2 tsp oregano) you know, to taste.... shopping list
- 400g can four bean mix shopping list
- 2 cans chopped tomatoes shopping list
- 140g tomato paste shopping list
- about 4 large tortillas (i used rectangular 'lavash' bread...whatever) shopping list
- 1 avocado diced or mashed (or guacamole would work too) shopping list
- about 1/2 cup thick yoghurt (or you could use sour cream, but we never have that in our fridge..) shopping list
- grated cheddar cheese shopping list
How to make it
- Cook onion and garlic some oil in a saucepan until soft. Add capsicum and beef and cook until beef is brown. Remove from heat and drain all the juice and fat.
- Add in the taco seasoning and/or spices, drained and rinsed beans, tomatoes and tomato paste. Bring to the boil and simmer for like, al least 10 minutes, uncovered.
- Preheat oven to 180C (thats 350F)
- While its simmering, you will notice that a 'liquid' will form on the top of the mince. Make a 'well' in the middle of your mince mixture. The juice should run into the well, so you've got like a pool of it in the middle of the mince. Scoop out about 1/2 cup of the liquid and set aside.
- Spread a little of the -lets call it "mince juice" (mmmm) over the bottom of a large baking dish. (one that fits your tortillas, if you've got round tortillas, use a round cake tin)
- Place one tortilla on the bottom of the dish. Top with mince. Sprinkle on some cheese.
- Add another tortilla. Spread with the avocado (or guacamole if you're into that..i'm not). Top with mince.
- Add another tortilla. Spread with yoghurt / sour cream. Top with mince.
- Add the final tortilla. Pour over the remaining "mmmmince juice" and top with however much grated cheese you like.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the top cheese is to your liking.
- Serve with salad.
- ***I did have quite a bit of leftover mince mixture, but you know, if your dish is big enough you can add as many layers as you like. Or make 2 smaller lasagnas. Or the mince on its own can be eaten as chili or in tacos. Freeze it, then you don't have to cook one night!***
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really great
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Yum, this sounds fantatic. Great job putting this together. You have my 5 forks.
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