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Title: Mexican Lasagna Categories: Casseroles, Main dishes Yield: 10 Servings 2 tb Salad oil 1 lg Onion; chopped 2 Cloves garlic; minced 1 Red and green bell peppers; -seeded and chopped 2 cn Tomato soup, condensed 1 cn Enchilada sauce 1 tb Chili powder 1 ts Cumin; ground Salt and pepper Fiesta Cheese Filing 2 c Cottage cheese 2 Egg 1/3 c Parsley; chopped 4 tb Green chiles; diced In Addition 10 oz Lasagna noodles; cooked and -drained 4 c Diced chicken 6 oz Sharp cheddar cheese; -thinly sliced 6 oz Monterey jack cheese; -thinly sliced Heat oil in a wide frying pan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, and bell pepper; cook stirring often, until onion is soft(about 5 minutes). Add soup, enchilada sauce, chili powder, and cumin. Bring to a simmer; then simmer, stirring often, until thickened (about 10 minutes). Season to taste with salt and pepper. Prepare Fiesta Cheese Filling. -- In a large bowl, stir together cottage cheese, eggs, chopped parsley and diced green chiles. Arrange half the noodles over bottom of a lightly greased shallow 3 1/2 - 4-quart rectangular baking pan, Spread half the cheese filling over noodles; top with half the sauce, Scatter half the chicken over sauce; top with half the sliced cheeses. Repeat layers to use remaining noodles, cheese filling, sauce, chicken and sliced cheeses. Cover with foil. (At this point, you may refrigerate until next day.) Bake, covered, in a 375 degree oven until bubbly and heated through (about 35 minutes; about 50 minutes if refrigerated). Uncover and let stand for about 5 minutes before serving. Makes 10 to 12 servings. Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #201 Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 22:33:51 -0700 From: "jjacobs@psln.com" NOTES : Serve on Fry Bread |