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TACO CASSEROLE starts with a handful of ingredients and gets layered together to make the best taco lasagna with tortillas! It’s a big hit with our whole family and makes taco night so fun!
Oh, yes, that’s right. I made you all a Mexican lasagna with tortillas instead of noodles.
This is one of those easy weeknight recipes that the entire family gets excited about when they see it come out of the oven, all steamy and cheesy and gooey.
I mean, my family love love loves taco night.
Thank goodness for that, because we seriously eat some form of tacos every couple of days. My fried tacos are always a hit.
In fact, I’ve been on a major scrambled egg taco kick lately. It’s the easiest dinner in the world – scramble some eggs, stuff them in a steamy tortilla, top with cheddar, and drizzle on some hot sauce.
My husband thinks it’s kind of weird, but my daughter and I are absolutely in love with scrambled egg tacos.
It’s probably the most perfect comfort food on the planet and they takes about 5 minutes to make. Hard to go wrong with that.
This taco lasagna is perfect for busy weeknights!
The kids never complain about tacos, but the husband starts to get this look in his eyes when he sees me pull out the tortilla warmer. A look that says, “can we maybe eat dinner with a fork just once this week?”
Forks. Pfft. Overrated.
But, I love the man, so I turned my love of tacos into this taco lasagna with tortillas!
You’re going to flip for this one.
This recipe is just seven ingredients and beyond simple to throw together!
I use a can of Nacho Cheese Soup in here, because hello. Nacho cheese!
You can swap in cheddar soup or cream of chicken/mushroom soup, if you prefer! You could also probably get away with just melting up some Velveeta with milk in place of the canned soup or using a jar of cheese sauce. I mean, this is a pretty simple recipe and I can’t imagine you’ll be able to mess it up!
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I get a lot of questions about the tortillas in this recipe and whether or not they get soggy. I don’t find them soggy myself, but if it’s something that you’re worried about, I’m happy to say that yes, corn tortillas would work instead. 🙂
Update: Y’all loved this recipe so much that I decided we needed a burrito version as well! Check out my Burrito Casserole and give that a try too!
All of these Mexican casseroles are so good and I just know you’re going to love them all. Mexican for dinner every night! 🙂
I also made a chicken enchilada casserole that is similar to this one.
Give this taco lasagna a try and let me know what you think!
Taco Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 can Ro*Tel diced tomatoes with chiles drained
- 1 can Nacho Cheese Soup
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 cup grated cheddar
- 12 8-inch soft tortillas
- Guacamole, cilantro, sour cream for topping, as desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x9 baking dish with non-stick spray.
- Add the beef to a large skillet over medium heat and crumble as it cooks. Drain grease when cooked through.
- Add the taco seasoning and water to the skillet and cook for 2 minutes.
- Dump the tomatoes, cheese soup, and sour cream into a medium mixing bowl. Stir in the cooked meat.
- Place 3 tortillas in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top with 1/3 of the meat mixture.
- Repeat layers, ending with a layer of tortillas on the top. Sprinkle the cheese over the top.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until hot and melty.
- Serve sprinkled with chopped cilantro, guacamole, and extra sour cream, as desired.
Regina Lane says
I am doing a low carb diet, can you think of anything I could use instead of the Campbell’s Cheese soups?
Karly says
Any kind of cheese sauce should be fine. Or swap in extra sour cream and grated cheese. You could also try this low carb taco casserole that I have on the site. 🙂
LL says
I’m surprised at how good this was!
Rachel says
I made a version of this tonight, and it was SUPERB!! I did not use sour cream. I mixed the tacos with white queso rice (cooked) and salsa con queso. I also added a layer of shredded cheddar in between each layer AND on top. I topped it with canned jalapenos and Ortega taco sauce (thick and smooth). So Delicious! Tba is for the idea!!!
Karly says
Sounds like some amazing changes!!
Charlene says
My husband hates sour cream. Would it be OK without it or is their something else you could substitute.
Karly says
I think this would be fine without the sour cream. You might want to thin the cheese out with a little milk.
TastyB says
You need to check your instructions:
“1 can Ro*Tel diced tomatoes with chiles, drained”
“Repeat layers, ending with a layer of tortillas on the top.”
In the video and the pics you did not drain the RoTel and did not end with a layer of tortillas, you ended with a layer of the filling.
Confusing!
Karly says
Either way works just fine. 🙂
Shay says
I’ve done this for years but we add a can of refried beans have also used chicken breast or crushed Doritos
Karly says
Yum!!
Lacey Thomas says
Husband and kids loved it! We have taco night once a week…..this may have changed it to 2x a week ?
Sara says
Made this tonight. It was so good, but way too spicy…I made my own taco seasoning from a recipe I found on Pinterest and I think that is what made it overly spicy. I’m gonna try it again with store bought taco seasoning instead. I don’t have a 9×9 pan so I used a 9×13 and doubled the recipe. I also used ground turkey instead of beef. I can’t wait to try it again with normal taco seasoning cause it really was sooo good!
Karly says
Ro*Tel can also be a bit spicy, so if you don’t like those flavors, you might look for the mild Ro*Tel. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it!
deborah anderson says
I just made this keeping my fingers crossed. At my moms house and out ofall her casserole dishes she didn’t have a 9×9. I had to use a 9×13. I improvised as much as I could. LOL. TThis dish really looks good. I also sprinkled a bit more cheese in between the layers. I hope it will be okay.
Karly says
Hope you loved it! 🙂
Jean Crowder-Gonzales says
The sodium content must be extremely high, too high for me.
Tammy Hall says
Made this last night for dinner. It was really good, but I thought it needed a kick, so I added some chopped jalapenos.
Karly says
Jalapenos never hurt anything! 🙂
LuzM says
No if you take out the veins and the seeds.
Carol says
Trying this tonight but changing out the canned soup for shredded Chihuahua cheese and a little cream cheese to make it creamy and layering shredded cheddar in between. Hope this s good substitute. I’m not a huge fan of canned soups. Fingers crossed.
Erica says
How did your modification turn out? We don’t used canned soups either. And I will not buy Velvetta.
I wad thinking about substituting with a homemade cheese sauce.
Luz M says
Melted cheese or Cheezwiz in a jar would work the same.
I don’t like the idea of using tortillas, though, I would prefer precooked lasagna noodles.
Sally says
Looks good but the sodium amount is ridiculous. 1726 mg. 73% of daily allowance. Wow!
Wanda says
We don’t eat meat, I was going to use refried bean instead of ground beef??? Your thoughts…
Cori says
My daughter is a vegetarian so we used refried beans and vegetarian meat crumbles and it turned out amazing!
Tori says
How long the you cook it for and what tempature?
Amanda Fish says
Do you end with meat mixture or tortilla and lastly cheese?
Karly says
Either way is totally fine. 🙂