One of my favorite recipes to make that I don’t make often enough is Mexican Lasagna. My mom first started making this recipe when I was in high-school. She learned the recipe in my favorite cooking magazine Taste of Home Magazine. I love this recipe because it has all of the flavors of Mexican food (cheese, corn tortillas, seasoned ground beef) and yet has tons of fresh veggies on top. And – it is pretty!
Ingredients
1.5 lb Ground Beef
1 T Chili Powder
1/4 t Garlic Powder
1/4 t Red Pepper
1 t Salt
1 t Pepper
1 16 oz can Tomatoes
10-12 Small Soft Corn Tortillas (I’ve tried flour and they do not bake as nicely)
2 c small curd cottage cheese, drained
1 c Monterey Jack Grated Cheese
1 Egg
Topping Ingredients
1/2 c Cheddar Cheese Grated
2 c Lettuce
Diced Fresh Tomatoes
Black Olives
Directions
1) Preheat oven at 350 degrees
2) Brown Ground Beef, season with chili powder, red pepper, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Add tomatoes. Heat through.
3) In a bowl, combine cottage cheese with Monterey Jack cheese and egg.
4) Spray lasagna dish with Pam
5) Layer bottom of dish with 6 corn tortillas. Cover tortillas with ground beef mixture.
6) Layer with remaining 6 corn tortillas. Cover with cottage cheese mixture.
7) Bake for 30 mins.
8) Remove from oven. Cover lasagna with lettuce, cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes, black olives and whatever additional toppings you would like.
Enjoy!
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Are the corn tortillas soft or hard shell? Thanks!
Hi seh! Soft – Will update my post to clarify.
I imagine you could use hard tortillas too, since it’s all baked together, they’ll soften as they absorb moisture from the other ingredients.
That’s what I have done. It worked good.
This looks so delicious but I would like to know what could I substitute in place of the cottage cheese, ricotta maybe?? Thanks
Patricia, ricotta would be my choice as well. I don’t particularly care for the lumpy texture of cottage cheese, but that’s my personal preference! I think ricotta would be delicious ~ or maybe a soft queso blanco, if you happen to live in an area with a Hispanic population and your grocery carries it.
There is not much of a hispanic population near where I live and if you can even find authentic mexican cheese it’s upwards of $10/lb!
Made this tonight using tortilla chips, they worked very well! Also sauteed onion and garlic with the beef and added some frozen corn. Very yummy!