Taco Tuesday Casserole

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Taco Tuesday Casserole--tortillas layered with ground beef, Cheddar cheese, and corn--is a quick and easy Mexican-inspired meal.

Ingredients

cooking spray
2 pounds ground beef
1/2 cup diced onion
1 1/2 cups water
9 tablespoons taco seasoning mix
5 flour tortillas
1 (10 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
8 corn tortilla chips, or more to taste
1/4 cup diced tomatoes, or to taste
2 tablespoons chopped olives, or to taste

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until almost browned and crumbly, about 5 minutes. Add onion; cook and stir until beef is browned and onion is softened, about 5 minutes more. Mix water and taco seasoning into beef mixture; simmer until water evaporates, about 5 minutes.
3 Line the prepared baking dish with tortillas and top with 1/2 of the ground beef mixture. Spoon 1/2 of the corn over the beef layer and top with 1/3 of the Cheddar cheese. Crush tortilla chips over cheese layer. Repeat layers with remaining ingredients, ending with Cheddar cheese, tomatoes, and olives.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until heated through and cheese is melted, 15 to 20 minutes.