Mexican Lasagna Lite

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

This Mexican lasagna lite recipe uses lighter ingredients, including refried beans, enchilada sauce, sour cream, and ground turkey to make it healthier.

Ingredients

1 pound 99%-lean ground turkey
3/4 cup water
1 envelope taco seasoning mix
12 corn tortillas
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained
2 (10 ounce) cans enchilada sauce, divided
1 (8 ounce) carton nonfat sour cream, divided
1 (16 ounce) can nonfat spicy refried beans, divided
1 (8 ounce) package shredded low-fat Mexican cheese blend, divided

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2 Brown turkey in a skillet over medium heat, breaking it up as it cooks, about 10 minutes. Stir in water and taco seasoning mix; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in green chilies. Set aside off heat.
3 Spread a scant ⅔ cup enchilada sauce evenly over bottom of an 8x10-inch baking dish; top with 4 tortillas, overlapping if necessary. Spread ½ sour cream, ½ refried beans, ½ turkey mixture, and ⅓ cheese onto tortillas. Top with ⅔ cup enchilada sauce and 4 tortillas; firmly press down on tortillas to compact layers.
4 Repeat layers, spreading remaining ½ sour cream, remaining ½ refried beans, remaining ½ turkey mixture, ⅓ cheese, and ⅔ cup enchilada sauce onto tortillas. Top with remaining 4 tortillas, remaining ⅔ cup enchilada sauce, and remaining ⅓ cheese.
5 Bake uncovered in the preheated oven until cheese topping is melted and bubbling and casserole is hot, about 20 minutes.