Recipe - Fiesta Beef-Cheese Casserole

1 pound Ground beef
1 tablespoon Instant minced onion
One half teaspoon Garlic salt
1 cn Tomato sauce (15 oz)
1 cup Ripe olives, chopped, cut or sliced up
1 cup Dairy sour cream (One half pint)
1 cup Cottage cheese, small curd
1 cn Green chilies, chopped &
drained (4 oz)
1 pack Tortilla chips (8 oz)
2 cup Jack cheese, grated (8 oz)

In frying pan, brown ground beef until crumbly. Drain excess fat. Add
onion, garlic salt, and tomato sauce. Cook, covered, over low heat just
long enough to heat thru. Remove from heat and set aside. Combine sour
cream, cottage cheese, olives and green chilies. Set aside. Crush tortilla
chips slightly, reserving a few whole chips for garnish, if desired. Place
half of the chips in a well buttered 2 One half quart casserole dish. Add half
of the meat mixture; cover with half of the sour cream mixture and sprinkle
with half of the grated cheese. Repeat layers. Bake uncovered in 350~
degree oven 35 minutes or until bubbling hot. Garnish with saved tortilla
chips. Serve with sour cream. Reduce or eliminate chilies for children or
sensitive palates.

Posted by Kay Crowley, KOOKNET : Boomerville USA Houston TX * 7133701448

Posted to bakeryshoppe digest V1 Number 040 by ShellyH shelly@westol.com
on Apr 18, 1997