Cheesy Mexican Buckwheat Casserole Recipes

CHEESY MEXICAN BUCKWHEAT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Prepare cream of buckwheat using either milk, water, or broth.
• Sauté onion, green pepper, garlic, butter and ground beef (or chicken) in pan along with a taco seasoning.
• Combine buckwheat, sour cream, cottage cheese, refried beans, hot sauce, cumin, salt, and pepper.
• In at least a 3 quart casserole dish, layer buckwheat mixture, meat and vegetable mixture, shredded cheese, and green chillies then repeat layers.
• Bake uncovered at 375° for approximately 60 minutes or until bubbly and golden.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before serving dish.

CHEESY MEXICAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Stir condensed soup, sour cream, green chilies, and milk together in a large bowl. Add chicken, tortilla pieces, and taco seasoning; stir. Mix tomato and 1 cup Mexican-style cheese blend into chicken mixture.
• Spread chicken mixture out into the prepared baking dish and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake casserole in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Discard aluminum foil. Sprinkle remaining cheese over the top of the casserole and continue baking until cheese melts and casserole is bubbling, 5 to 10 minutes more. Let rest for 5 minutes.

CHEESY LAYERED MEXICAN BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook sausage and beef over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring often, until thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in beans, diced tomatoes, garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Cook 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
• In 2-quart saucepan, stir together soups and enchilada sauce. Cook over medium heat 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until thoroughly heated.
• Spoon one-third of the sauce into baking dish; top with 3 of the tortillas. Spoon half of the meat mixture over tortillas; top with another one-third of the sauce and 1 cup of the Cheddar cheese. Top with 3 tortillas. Repeat layers with remaining meat mixture, sauce, Cheddar cheese and tortillas. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the Monterey Jack cheese.
• Cover loosely with foil. Bake 20 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Bake 10 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Top with tomato, onions, avocado and dollop of sour cream. Garnish with cilantro.

BUCKWHEAT TABOULI

Steps:

• Place water in a medium sized saucepan and bring to the boil.
• Add crumbled stock cube, or powder, and the buckwheat kernels.
• Simmer for 20 minutes or until buckwheat is tender.
• Drain, discard stock.
• Place the buckwheat in a large bowl.
• Add the parsley, tomatoes, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic.
• Toss to combine and serve.

CHEESY CHICKEN MEXICAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oil and brown chicken in pan.
• Tip beans over base of 4 cup capacity ovenproof baking dish.
• Top with all the cooked chicken.
• Tip corn over chicken layer.
• Pour over salsa.
• Sprinkle cheese over the top.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through
• Serve with guacamole and/or sour cream if desired.