Mexican Ground Beef Casserole

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Mexican Ground Beef Casserole is an easy, family friendly meal. Loaded with hamburger meat, beans, corn, and lots of cheese, this casserole is the ultimate Mexican comfort food!

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I am always on the hunt for easy ground beef recipes, and bonus points for the ones that are easy and please even my pickiest eater like this Ground Beef and Potato Skillet, Ground Beef and Rice Skillet, Ground Beef Mongolian Noodles, and Ground Beef Pasta skillet. This Mexican Ground Beef Casserole is one of those recipes!

Ingredients

  • 1.5 pounds ground beef
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • garlic
  • cumin
  • red enchilada sauce
  • black beans
  • corn
  • corn tortillas
  • Mexican cheese
ingredients for Mexican casserole

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 and spray a casserole dish with nonstick spray.
  2. Brown ground beef along with onion and bell pepper in a large skillet. Drain and return mixture to the skillet.
  3. Add garlic, cumin, enchilada sauce, beans, and corn and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Layer 6 corn tortillas in the bottom of the baking dish. Spread half of the meat mixture over the top, then add half of the cheese.
collage of layering Mexican ground beef casserole
  1. Layer the remaining 6 tortillas over the top and again top with the remaining meat mixture.
  2. Bake for 20 minutes, then remove from oven and top with cheese. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Serving suggestions

Serve alongside many of your favorite taco toppings: sour cream, guacamole, shredded lettuce, crushed tortilla chips, chopped fresh tomato, green onion, black olives, etc.

Mexican casserole with sliced removed

Variations & add ins

  • meat – use ground turkey or ground chicken
  • spice it up with chopped jalapeño peppers
  • add a can of Rotel tomatoes and peppers or green chilis
  • use green enchilada sauce instead of red
  • add salsa or taco seasoning to the meat mixture
  • add in rice to the meat mixture
  • use flour tortilla instead of corn tortillas

Storage

Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator up to 3 days. I do not recommend freezing this recipe.

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Mexican Ground Beef Casserole


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Description

Mexican Ground Beef Casserole is an easy, family friendly meal. Loaded with hamburger meat, beans, corn, and lots of cheese, this casserole is the ultimate Mexican comfort food!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
  • 1 medium yellow onion, diced
  • 1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced
  • 2 cups corn (frozen or canned)
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 3 teaspoons cumin
  • 15 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 10 ounce can red enchilada sauce
  • 12 corn tortillas
  • 3 cups shredded Mexican cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 and spray a casserole dish with nonstick spray.
  2. Brown ground beef along with onion and bell pepper in a large skillet. Drain and return mixture to the skillet.
  3. Add garlic, cumin, enchilada sauce, beans, and corn and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Layer 6 corn tortillas in the bottom of the baking dish. Spread half of the meat mixture over the top, then add half of the cheese.
  5. Layer the remaining 6 tortillas over the top and again top with the remaining meat mixture.
  6. Bake for 20 minutes, then remove from oven and top with cheese. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Notes

Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator up to 3 days. I do not recommend freezing this recipe.

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Category: main course
  • Method: baking
  • Cuisine: Mexican

Nutrition

  • Serving Size:
  • Calories: 588
  • Sugar: 5 g
  • Sodium: 1219.2 mg
  • Fat: 23.9 g
  • Carbohydrates: 48.8 g
  • Protein: 46.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 127.8 mg

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4 Comments

  1. Looks like you forgot to add enchilada sauce to the list of ingredients. Luckily I have a can in the pantry.

  2. You have ingredients like garlic and cumin in the list but not instructions. Plus you don’t have enchilada sauce listed in ingredients. I added chili powder.