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Enchilada Casserole with Red Guajillo Chile Sauce

Total Time
1h 19m
27m prep · 52m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌾 Gluten-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

My family loves this delicious, easy, budget-friendly Mexican enchilada casserole with lots of vegetables. The Herdez® Red Guajillo Chile Mexican Cooking Sauce adds a deep, earthy robust flavor to this family favorite.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound extra-lean ground beef
  • 0.25 teaspoons ground black pepper
  • 3 tablespoons taco seasoning mix
  • 1 small onion , chopped
  • 0.5 greens bell pepper , chopped
  • 0.5 reds bell pepper , chopped
  • 0.25 cups shredded carrots
  • 1 , 12 ounce
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 , 15 ounce
  • 6 , 6 inch
  • 2 cups shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese , such as Cabot®

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  2. 2

    Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet, sprinkling in pepper and taco seasoning, until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onion, bell peppers, and carrots; saute for 5 minutes.

  3. 3

    Pour guajillo sauce into a large measuring cup and stir in sugar. Pour sauce over the beef mixture; stir in black beans.

  4. 4

    Place 3 tortillas on the bottom of a casserole dish. Add half the meat mixture on top. Sprinkle 1/2 of the shredded cheese on top. Repeat the layers, ending with cheese on top.

  5. 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and golden brown, about 25 minutes.

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