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Tex Mex Chili Bake

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 1/2 pounds extra lean ground beef
  • 2 teaspoons cumin
  • 2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 2 4-oz. cans diced green chilis
  • 1 15-oz. can pinto beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 15-oz. can tomatoes drained and chopped
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 4 8- inch corn tortillas
  • 1 cup grated Monterey jack cheese

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350.
  • In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat and saute onions and garlic for 3 minutes add beef, cumin and chile powder and saute 5 to 6 minutes until the beef is browned.
  • Stir in the chiles, beans, tomatoes, tomato paste and sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste and cook 7 minutes.
  • In a greased baking dish, add 2 tortillas on bottom cover with half of the beef mixture, cover with 2 tortillas and place remaining beef mixture on top and cover with cheese.
  • Bake for 15 minutes until the cheese is melted.

Notes

SERVING SUGGESTION: Warm Buttered Corn Muffins.
VEGETARIAN: Portobello mushrooms (or omit beef.)
GLUTEN FREE: Gluten-Free Tortillas.
NUTRITION: 547 Calories; 31g Fat (50.5% calories from fat); 34g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 10g Dietary Fiber; 95mg Cholesterol; 272mg Sodium.
Exchanges: 2 Grain (Starch); 4 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 4 Fat.
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