Taco Lasagna

4.50 from 16 votes

Made with soft flour tortillas, seasoned taco ground beef, and pico de gallo. But the cheese is really what makes this Taco Lasagna OVER THE TOP!

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: lasagna, taco

Servings: people

Equipment

Skillet
Pot
9x11 baking dish
Non-stick skillet

Ingredients

1 package taco size flour tortillas (about 12 tortillas needed for this recipe)
1½ pounds ground beef or ground turkey
1 packet taco seasoning
pico de gallo (homemade or fresh store bought in the produce section)
2 cups heavy cream
3 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
4 Tablespoons butter
Cajun seasoning

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°
Brown meat and drain fat
Add Taco Seasoning packet to meat according to directions on packet (usually adding water to the powder)
In a separate pot, make the cheese sauce by melting the butter over medium-low heat
Add the heavy cream to the melted butter and gently mix with a whisk
Mix 2 cups of shredded cheese into the pot. Mix gently with a whisk until the cheese is melted.
Add a dash of cajun seasoning to the melted cheese mixture
Prepare a baking dish with non-stick spray
Cut tortillas in half
Line the baking dish (as pictured) with tortilla halves. Add 1/3 of the taco meat over the tortillas
Add 1/3 of the cheese mixture over taco meat
Sprinkle pico de gallo over cheese mixture
Repeat steps 10-13 two more times
Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of shredded cheese on top
Bake for 20 minutes

Video

Notes

If you have leftovers, save them in a secret place in the refrigerator where nobody else can get to them before you! The leftovers are, dare I say, EVEN BETTER!!

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