This easy Mexican lasagna recipe layers seasoned beef, refried beans, tortillas, and plenty of melted cheese into a bubbling Tex-Mex casserole your family will inhale with unsettling speed. It’s freezer-friendly, weeknight-easy, and wildly good.
0 Preheat oven to 350F.
1 Spray a 13x9-inch pan with non-stick spray.
2 Cook the ground beef, stirring to crumble.
3 Add the taco seasoning, tomatoes and chiles plus their liquid, and 1/4 cup of water.
4 Simmer until the liquid has almost evaporated. Stir in cumin and set aside.
5 Whip the cream cheese and 1 cup of the salsa together until smooth. Set aside.
6 Mix the two shredded cheeses together. Set aside.
7 Pour 1/2 cup of salsa in the bottom of the pan.
8 Cut 8 tortillas in half.
9 Arrange 2 halves with the straight side toward the long side of the pan. Repeat on the other side.
10 Arrange 1 half with the straight side toward the short side of the pan. Repeat at the other end with the other half.
11 Place two whole corn tortillas down the center.
12 Sprinkle with 1/4 cup black olives
13 Sprinkle with 1/4 cups chopped cilantro.
14 Spread with half the refried beans, half the ground beef, half the cream cheese, and 1/3 of the shredded cheese.
15 Top with corn tortillas as before.
16 Repeat layers of toppings as before., ending with corn tortillas.
17 Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
18 Bake for 30 minutes, or until heated through. Center will be 165℉ on an instant read thermometer.
19 Remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
