Lexican Masagna

Lexican Masagna

Mexican Lasagna: No noodles required!

Ingredients

·         3 TBS olive oil

·         2 lbs ground chicken breast

·         2 TBS chili powder

·         2 tsp cumin

·         ½ red onion chopped

·         1 can fire roasted tomatoes

·         1 can black beans

·         1 cup frozen corn

·         Salt

·         4-6 cloves garlic

·         ½ cup Tomatillo (or enchilada sauce)

·         12 corn tortillas

·         1 bag of Mexican blend cheese

Directions

1. Cook the chicken in a pan with olive oil. The recipe calls for ground chicken but I just cooked chicken breasts and then cut it up and shredded the chicken. After this throw it back in the pan with the chili powder, cumin and red onions. Put a lid on it so the onions soften and so that the chicken doesn’t dry out. Next throw all this into a bigger pot (or dutch oven if you have one) with a little more olive oil.
2. Add the minced garlic, tomatoes, beans and corn. Mix it up and cook for 5-10 minutes, you want it to be very hot and cooked! Add some salt (optional).

1. Coat shallow baking dish with olive oil and layer your lasagna! From the bottom it goes:
1. Meat/beans
2. Tortillas
3. Tomatillo (or enchilada sauce)
4. Cheese
5. Repeat one more time

1. Bake 12-15 minutes @ 350 degrees or until the cheese is bubbling on top!

Consensus

I made this dish as enticement for Ian to come over and watch the Country Music Awards show with me! He also donated some chicken, the onion and cheese for the dish J I served with sour cream on the side and we both enjoyed this dish. 

This is pretty easy to make and there were leftovers. Next time I would try adding a layer of rice under the meat/beans for some extra texture.

I actually typed the title dyslexically on accident but I decided to keep it so that people would be curious about the recipe!