El Dorado Casserole

Layered Mexican-style casserole with seasoned ground beef, ripe olives, sour cream and cottage cheese mixture, crushed tortilla chips and Monterey Jack cheese.

MexicanBeefEasy40 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
8
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 0.5 tsp garlic powder
  • 16 oz tomato sauce
  • 1 cup ripe olives, sliced
  • 8 oz sour cream
  • 1 cup cottage cheese
  • 0.8 cup chopped green chiles
  • 7 oz tortilla corn chips, crushed
  • 8 oz shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Instructions

  1. 1

    Cook beef until browned; drain. Add onion, garlic powder, tomato sauce and olives. Cook over low heat until onion is clear.

  2. 2

    Combine sour cream, cottage cheese and chiles.

  3. 3

    Layer half the chips, meat mixture, sour cream mixture and Monterey Jack cheese in a greased 2½-quart casserole. Repeat layering a second time.

  4. 4

    Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.

Tags

casseroleground beefMexicantortilla chips