Cinco de Mayo is a celebration held on May 5 to commemorate the Mexican Army’s unlikely victory over French forces in 1862 during the Battle of Puebla. The holiday has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture and the delicious food.
Here’s a simple yet scrumptious dish to make – a Mexican “lasagna” of sorts. But the recipe doesn’t use pasta; flour tortillas are used instead! Also, it’s layered with cheddar or Monterrey Jack cheese and sour cream instead of mozzarella and ricotta, and chunky salsa instead of tomato sauce.
Great for parties and a Cinco de Mayo celebration, this Mexican lasagna will be sure to wow your family or guests.
Cinco de Mayo Mexican Lasagna
Ingredients:
1 pound extra lean ground beef
1 packet Old El Paso Taco Seasoning Mix
8-10 Old El Paso flour tortillas
1 cup sour cream
1 can diced tomatoes (you can find one made for chili)
1 red onion, chopped
10 mushrooms, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 cup black beans (optional)
2 cups shredded cheese blend (cheddar, Monterrey Jack)
Juice of ½ lime
½ cup chopped cilantro, some to top
2 tablespoons Old El Paso salsa
Method
On medium heat, cook and crumble ground beef until no longer pink. Add in taco seasoning, onion, mushrooms, pepper until soft. Add cilantro and lime juice. Add beans if desired. Add a little water if too dry.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread the two tablespoons of salsa along the bottom of a 9×12 inch roasting pan or casserole dish.
Line the bottom with tortillas. Add beef taco mix. Spoon some of the sour cream over beef and spread. Sprinkle some of the cheese mix.
Continue until you are done with all the layers. Cover with lid or tin foil. Bake for about 30 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Allow to cool for a couple of minutes. Then slice and serve.
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173 Comments
Taco’s ,rice & refried beans – oh my love love love
We usually do tacos or burritos
I usually make a taco chicken and rice bake!
We usually have hard tacos beause they’re so easy to make and everyone gobbles them right up
We make buritto’s and nacho chicken dip.
The simplest fajitas in the world.
We always make tacos with Old El Paso products!
I like the kits to make the fish tacos.
I love to make tacos
I love making tacos because they are simple and nutritious.
We make taco’s or nacho’s!
We always do tacos!!! YUM!
Refried bean and cheese quesidillas!
Love to make enchiladas with Old El Paso products
Enchiladas
I usually make tacos with Old El Paso products.
Mexican rice and beans with fish tacos
We usually have beef burritos, guacamole and pop to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!
I haven’t celebrated Cinco de Mayo before, but I do buy the Hard & Soft Taco Dinner Kit for the family a few times a month.
We don’t celebrate the occasion but we do purchase the taco seasoning kit and make our own tacos..many times throughout the year
Tacos!
Enchiladas
We usually have a taco night (using the hard taco dinner kit) on Cinco de Mayo.
Usually tacos because they are simple and everyone can customize them to their own liking.
We love to make Tacos for Cinco De Mayo!
We are boring – usually just tacos..but I think I want to try this lasagna!
We typically make a big pot of chili with their chili seasoning mix.
tacos for us! simple and fun to make
I like to make tacos!
I always use it in my chili!
We create a make your own taco night with hard and soft shells and variety of toppings!
We make tacos, so simple to make and the kids love them.
We use the ODP kits to make tacos! The kids love it because its so easy and delicious!
I usually make tacos, taco salad or fajitas. This recipe looks like a good option for Cinco De Mayo.
I typically make fajitas and tacos with Old El Paso products.
Soft tacos for me and homemade taco bowl salads for my 2 daughters. I eat more of the taco meat while it is cooking I really don’t need any kind of shell.
I normally make beef tacos with all the toppings.
We make beef tacos and fajitas with lots of ingredients choices.
I usually make fajitas for Cinco de Mayo.
The kids always ask for the regular item TACOS and with tons of delicious additions to them.
Thanks @amotherworld.com for the chance
BEEF BURRITOS!! soooo yummy. This time we are gonna change it up tho and do steak and rice burrito
I always make Old El Paso Tacos but for extra protein, I add a can of refried beans to the ground beef. Thanks for the chance!
I usually make taco’s and guacamole with chips, although your lasagna recipe looks really, really good.
Usually tacos.
We make tacos.
We have salsa & chips & tacos.
we just make tacos
We have make-your-own taco night.
Salsa, chips (whole grain), tacos
We have burritos, 7 layer taco dip and nacho platter