Taco Frito Casserole
Taco Frito Casserole

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, taco frito casserole. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Taco Casserole loaded with all your favorite Mexican ingredients makes an easy, quick weeknight dinner. With ground beef, beans, and crunchy Frito topping. Just like Oven Baked Beef Tacos, this casserole dish is an easy way to prepare your favorite Mexican Dinner for a crowd. What is in a Frito Taco Casserole. lean ground beef. small onion. refried beans.

Taco Frito Casserole is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Taco Frito Casserole is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook taco frito casserole using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Taco Frito Casserole:
  1. Prepare 1 Pound Ground Beef
  2. Make ready 1-2 Tablespoons Oil
  3. Prepare 1/2 Onion
  4. Make ready 1 Garlic
  5. Make ready 1/3 Taco Packet or more based on preference
  6. Prepare 1/3 Cup Water
  7. Take 1/2 Can Rotel (10 oz can) add more or less
  8. Take 1 Can Red Enchilada Sauce
  9. Take 1 Cup Masa Prepared According to Package
  10. Take 1 Can Refried Beans
  11. Prepare 1 Cup Rice
  12. Get 2 Cups Shredded Cheese
  13. Prepare 2 Cups Fritos
  14. Take 2 Flour Tortillas
  15. Prepare Garnish with lettuce, sour cream, and salsa

Brown the ground beef and drain, stir in the taco seasoning and a bit of water according to package directions. Pour this mixture over the Fritos and top with cheese. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown beef until cooked through and no longer pink. Season with salt and pepper and add taco seasoning.

Steps to make Taco Frito Casserole:
  1. Add oil to frying pan. Saute onions and garlic.
  2. Add ground beef and taco packet seasoning with water. Simmer for 10 minutes until ground beef is cooked thoroughly. Add refried beans and Rotel. Stir.
  3. Prepare Masa according to mixture on package. Line bottom of 8x8 glass baking dish with 3/4 of Masa. Bake 350 degrees for 10 minutes to pre cook crust layer. Remove crust from oven.
  4. Begin layering casserole. First, create a layer with meat bean mixture, pour ⅓ of the Red Enchilada sauce over meat mixture. Sprinkle ⅓ cup of rice. Sprinkle shredded cheese. Sprinkle with ½ cup of Fritos. Layer with 1 flour tortilla and repeat layer pattern twice. Top with remaining Masa, cheese and Fritos.
  5. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes.
  6. Serve with lettuce, olives, salsa, sour cream, and additional Fritos.

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown beef until cooked through and no longer pink. Season with salt and pepper and add taco seasoning. Return beef to pan, then add salsa, chiles and water. This walking taco casserole is layers of Frito chips, ground beef, and shredded cheese, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and olives. It's all the goodness of a taco salad in casserole form!

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