That's my fav foods!!!!
Arizona Casserole
4 pound ground round or chuck
2 chopped large onions
2 minced garlic cloves
1/4 cup chili powder (or to taste)
6 cups tomato sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
2 cups sliced black olives
8 onces diced green chiles
24 corn tortillas cooking oil
4 cups small curd cottage cheese
2 eggs
1 pound thinly sliced Monterey Jack cheese
2 cups grated Cheddar cheese
1 cup chopped green onions
1 cup sour cream
Brown meat in batches in a large heavy frying pan or Dutch oven. (Do not
put too much meat into the perature to drop and meat will turn grey
instead of brown). Saute onion and garlic with last batch of meat.
Return all meatto pan. Sprinkle chili powder over meat and mix well. Add
tomato sauce, sugar, salt, half the olives and the diced green chiles.
Simmer over very low heat 15 minutes.
While sauce cooks, fry tortillas in hot oil one at a time. Do not allow
tortillas to brown. Drain on paper towels and cut into quarters.
Beat cottage cheese and eggs together and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread 1/3 of meat-tomato sauce mixture in
bottom of a 6-quart casserole or in 2 of 9 x 13 casseroles. Cover with
1/2 pound sliced Monterey Jack cheese, half the cottage cheese
cheese-egg mixture and half the cooked tortillas. Repeat, finishing with
a final layer of meat. Top with grated Cheddar cheese and bake,
uncovered, for 30 minutes, or until casserole is thoroughly heated and
cheese is melted. Serve chopped green onions, sour cream and olives.
If you want to cook at half of it? That will be good!
Thank you Mike
mtbikers72
