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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.
Maggie Davis says
Great recipe! Would like to try with cream of mushroom next. Made it twice and the second time I didn’t have tortillas so I substitute biscuits. Turned out awesome too!
Kenneth says
Very good! Will definitely make again. Thanks!
Lacy says
Can you use with larger tortillas instead of the small ones, or does it work better with the smaller ones I have both just wondering?!?
Karly says
The larger ones would be great!
Kathy says
Too hot! If I make again, I will not use Rotel tomatoes. I like spicy food but this was off the charts.
Brenda says
Use Mild Rotel. It comes in three strengths. I use medium. I also added a couple of layers of Nacho Cheese Doritos on top of the Tortillas.
Delicious.
MM says
Has anyone tried to make ahead and freeze? If so,how did it work out for you?
SunniD says
Yes, I have frozen the squares in plastic freezer bags with a side of refried beans. Delicious!!! Thanks for sharing this great recipe.
Lesa says
EASY AND GREAT!
I didn’t drain the RoTel and I added a can of drained black beans. My husband had 2 slices and couldn’t stop saying how good it was. Now I want to try the Chicken Enchilada Casserole and the Burrito Pie. This is a keeper!
Karly says
So glad it was a hit! 🙂
Janet says
Just wanted to thank you for sharing a recipe the doesn’t have onions cooked in with the hamburger meat. I’m allergic to onions and every recipe seems to have onions. Someone has put them in cheesy potatoes, macaroni and cheese and yes even fruit salad. Any way thank you.
Karly says
Haha! I’d put onions in everything (but not fruit salad!) if my husband didn’t hate them so much. I just leave them out when I find them in a recipe and it always works fine. 🙂
Tab says
i love this recipe but definitely made a mistake somewhere 🙁 the tortillas were impossible to cut and the meat sauce squeezed thru the side when you tried. recipe followed to a tee except the pan was a 8×11 rectangle.
Karly says
Hmm, not sure what would cause that. Were the tortillas soft flour tortillas? Were they fresh?
Dale Powers says
It all sounds and looks yummy! But be careful of the Sodium consumption, 1736mg is quite a bit of sodium per serving!
Rhonda Baedke says
Can’t wait to try it out!
Withy Smith says
Hello, Thanks for this nice recipe guide.
Will it be ok if I serve the recipe with some fried chicken to my guests?
Mike from Chili Pepper Madness says
Taco lasagna rocks! Rushing out to get the ingredients to make this again. Love it!
Marilyn Lane says
Tried to change it to 12 servings, but it said I needed 12 pounds of hamburger. I decided to just print it out and triple the recipe.
Karly says
Oh, sorry about that! Sometimes the recipe plugin gets a little wonky.
Connie says
We loved this so much. Made it with cheddar cheese soup because it was cheaper than the an echo cheese soup. Will try that soup next time, but was not disappointed at all.
Karly says
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
William Smith says
Hi, Thanks for sharing this great recipe with us.
What do you think about adding some chicken to the recipe?