Mexican Lasagna

Last night I was lucky to have 2 of my sisters come over for dinner, Tianna & Brittany. We all absolutely love Mexican food. If I had a choice I would eat Mexican for every meal of everyday. Tonight we decided to do a Mexican take on an Italian favorite- Lasagna.

All hands were needed on deck for this recipe. You are warming/cooking almost everything at the exact same  time. 

For those of you that aren't familiar with Mexican, do not be nervous. Just make and enjoy this wonderful creation. 

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Ingredients

4 Chicken breasts (cut into cubes)
6 "burrito" size flour tortillas
1 packet of fajita seasoning mix
1 bag of Mexican rice
16 oz mild enchilada sauce
1 can refried beans
1 can black beans
8 oz pepper-jack cheese
8 oz cheddar cheese
8 oz cream cheese

Directions


In a large skillet over medium heat, add chicken and fajita seasoning. Cook until done completely through. Set aside.

While chicken in cooking, cook the rice according to package directions, Shred the pepper-jack and cheddar cheese in a large bowl.

In a microwave safe bowl- warm up all your enchilada sauce (approx 3 minutes)
In another microwave safe bowl- add the refried beans and (drained) black beans. Mix together. Warm in the microwave for approx 3 minutes.

Take your tortillas and cut them in half.

In a large baking dish add a little bit of your enchilada sauce, just enough to cover the bottom. Then add 4 tortillas. You are going to arrange them so the straight end faces the edge of the pan and the rounded end faces the middle of the pan. Spread ALL your cream cheese over the top of the tortillas.

Now the following is just stacking/spreading your ingredients on top of each other.

Spread out approx 1/2 the beans in your bowl, on top of that add half your chicken, on top of the chicken add half of your rice, then add approx 1/4 a cup of sauce. Then approx 1/3 of your cheese. Then add the next four tortillas halves. Repeat directions above.

Now you will have 2 layers of lasagna. On top of that last coat of cheese add another layer of tortillas, approx 1/4 cup of sauce and the remainder of your cheese.

Cook at 350 degrees for approx 20 minutes or until your cheese is melted and the lasagna is hot completely through. Let sit approx 10-15 minutes.

Serve with any toppings you would like. We used sour cream, franks hot sauce, salsa and the remainder of the enchilada sauce.

On the Spicy-O-Meter I would give it a 4 out of 10. If you would like a little more spice you can always get "Hot" enchilada sauce.