Taos Casserole Recipes

TACO BAKE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Cook ground beef and onions in a skillet over medium heat until beef is browned, 7 to 10 minutes; drain grease. Stir in water and taco seasoning; cook, stirring often, until thickened, about 2 minutes. Add refried beans, salsa, olives, and green chiles. Cook and stir over low heat until ingredients are warmed through, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Place half of the taco shells in the bottom of the baking dish. Pour in half of the ground beef mixture; sprinkle with half of the Cheddar cheese. Repeat with remaining taco shells, ground beef mixture, and Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes.

CHICKEN TAOS

Steps:

• Roll the chicken in the combined flour, salt, pepper. Brown in the margarine on both side, till nice and golden.
• Now add in the onions and the garlic and saute till transparent.
• You may now add in the remaining ingredients, bring to a boil. then cover and reduce heat let simmer for about 35 minute or till its cooked.
• Serve chicken and sauce all the way around a platter of rice of pasta.
• Sprinkle parsley over the chicken, and serve with a crispy salad.

TAOS EGGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large skillet, saute garlic, onion, and butter over high heat.
• Then slowly blend in flour until smooth; then slowly add heated milk, whisking constantly until thick.
• Add green chiles, salt, and pepper. Remove from heat and set sauce aside.
• In a small bowl, mash avocados.
• In a large skillet, scramble eggs until just set.
• Onto each tortilla spoon 2 tbls. sauce, 1/8 of the eggs, and 1/8 of avocado.
• Roll up and place seam side down in 13 x 9 baking dish.
• Spoon remaining sauce over tortillas.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake 15-20 minutes.
• Top with sour cream and chopped tomato.

TAOS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350o.
• Spray large skillet with non-stick cooking spray. Add ground turkey or chicken and brown over medium heat. Add chili seasoning and tomatoes and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic and ¼ of the chopped onion and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• In a small bowl, combine sour cream and chicken broth.
• Spray a 9-by-11 inch casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray. Line bottom with 3 tortillas. Add a layer of green chilies and the remaining chipped onions. Add meat mixture. Top with egg and another layer of the remaining 3 tortillas. Top with enchilada sauce and then the cheese. Pour sour cream mixture on top. Add crushed tortilla chips the last 10 - 15 minutes of baking.
• Makes 6 servings.

TATER TOT CASSEROLES

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the sausage, beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the soup, beans, corn, 1 cup cheese, milk, garlic powder, seasoned salt and cayenne. Transfer to 2 greased 11x7-in. baking dishes. Top with Tater Tots; sprinkle with remaining cheese., Cover and freeze 1 casserole for up to 3 months. Cover and bake the remaining casserole at 350° for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake until bubbly, 5-10 minutes longer., To use frozen casserole: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. , Cover and bake at 350° for 50 minutes. Uncover and bake until bubbly, 5-10 minutes longer.

GENERAL TSAO'S CHICKEN II

Steps:

• Heat 4 cups vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat the egg in a mixing bowl. Add the chicken cubes; sprinkle with salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, and white pepper; mix well. Mix in 1 cup of cornstarch a little bit at a time until the chicken cubes are well coated.
• In batches, carefully drop the chicken cubes into the hot oil one by one, cooking until they turns golden brown and begin to float, about 3 minutes. Remove the chicken and allow to cool as you fry the next batch. Once all of the chicken has been fried, refry the chicken, starting with the batch that was cooked first. Cook until the chicken turns deep golden brown, about 2 minutes more. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat. Stir in the green onion, garlic, whole chiles, and orange zest. Cook and stir a minute or two until the garlic has turned golden and the chiles brighten. Add 1/2 cup sugar, the ginger, chicken broth, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and peanut oil; bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes.
• Dissolve 2 teaspoons of cornstarch into the water, and stir into the boiling sauce. Return to a boil and cook until the sauce thickens and is no longer cloudy from the cornstarch, about 1 minute. Stir the chicken into the boiling sauce. Reduce heat to low and cook for a few minutes until the chicken absorbs some of the sauce.

TAOS CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan place both soups, water and green chilies. Stir the ingredients together and bring the mixture to a boil. Turn off the heat.
• In a large well-greased casserole dish place 3 of the tortillas in a staggered pattern. Sprinkle on 1/4 of the cheese. Add 1/3 of the chicken. Spoon on 1/3 of the soup mixture. Repeat the process two more times. Stagger the tortillas differently for each layer.
• Top the casserole with a layer of the cheese. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake the casserole for 1 hour, or until it is hot and bubbly. Prep time does not include cooking time for chicken.