Tortilla Stack With Chili Tomato Sauce Recipes

EIGHT LAYER TORTILLA STACK

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add bell pepper, onion, chiles, cilantro, oregano, chili powder & cumin. Saute 5 minutes or until tender. Add tomato juice and cook until thick, about 8 minutes.
• Divide vegetable mixture in half, combining black beans with one half and white beans with the other half. Mix well and set both aside.
• Mix cheeses together and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Line a 9-inch pie plate with foil, allowing 6 inches of foil to extend over opposite edges of the plate. Repeat with another sheet of foil, crossing over the plate opposite the first piece. Coat foil generously with cooking spray.
• Place 1 tortilla in the bottom of baking dish.
• Spread 1 cup white bean mixture over tortilla; sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese. Top with tortilla, pressing gently.
• Spread 1 cup black bean mixture over second tortilla; sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese. Top with tortilla, pressing gently.
• Repeat until all tortillas, filling and cheese is used up, ending with cheese.
• Bring the edges of the foil up to center, folding to seal.
• Bake for 40 minutes; let stand out of oven for 10 minutes before unwrapping. Remove foil packet from pan; unwrap. Cut into wedges and serve with sour cream.

CHILI TORTILLA BAKE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink. Stir in the tomato sauce, beans, corn, green chilies, onion, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and oregano; heat through., In an 11x7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray, layer half of the tortillas, beef mixture and cheese. Repeat layers. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly. Freeze option: Cool unbaked casserole; cover and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake casserole as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°.

TORTILLA STACK WITH CHILI-TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat oil in large skillet. Saute onion and green pepper until onion is soft.
• Drain liquid from tofu and mash. Add to skillet with chili powder, cumin and coriander. Drain liquid from olives and add. Stir and cook until tofu has dried. Season with salt and pepper.
• Steam tortillas either by wrapping in aluminum foil and heating in oven or by steaming over hot water in steamer.
• Drain liquid from corn.
• In small casserole place 2 tortillas. Top with 1/3 of tofu mixture; top with 1/3 of corn and chili-tomato sauce. Repeat layering 2 more times, ending with chili-tomato sauce. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake for about 15 minutes, until mixture is bubbly and cheese has melted.

ITALIAN TORTILLA STACKS

Steps:

• Brown ground beef until crumbly.
• Drain fat.
• Add spaghetti sauce mix, seasoned salt, tomatoes, tomato sauce, water and green chilies; blend thoroughly.
• Simmer slowly 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine ricotta and eggs; blend well.
• Spread mixture evenly on tortilla.
• Spread 1 cup of meat sauce in 12x8x2-inch baking dish.
• Place two cheese topped tortillas side by side in the dish.
• Spread 1/3 cup of meat mixture and 1/3 cup grated cheese over each.
• (I actually make this a single layer by filling in the areas with tortillas cut in half).
• Repeat until each stack contains 3-4 layered with meat sauce and cheese.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 30 minutes.
• Let stand 5 minutes before cutting.