Step-by-Step Guide to Make Quick Enchilada Casserole

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, enchilada casserole. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Enchilada Casserole is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Enchilada Casserole is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Enchilada Casserole:

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

Steps 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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