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
Chicken fajitas or nachos! Family favourites!
I normally cook Chicken fajitas.
we make tacos as my kido only likes tacos
We usually make tacos.
We like beef tacos!
I usually cook my go to turkey tacos using the Old El Paso shells (hard and soft)!
We make Tacos normally , but that lasagna has me rethinking this year ! Lasagna is my fave !!!
Chicken tacos, and beef tacos….because I don’t like or eat beef, but I love chicken, and my boyfriend is a red-meat eater so I make beef for him. We like it with avacado, lettuce, sour cream, and a bit of salsa. Thanks for the chance!
Yes we love to make chicken fajitas and tacos.
We love Beef Tacos here!
We do a taco and nacho bar. Everyone can make their own!
I love to make chicken fajitas or chicken tacos. Thanks
we usually make nachos or tacos 🙂
we love having our taco tuesday, which includes tacos both soft and hard, mexican rice, refried beans.
We like to make chicken fajitas or nachos for Cinco de Mayo.
we love a huge platter of Nachos and steak fajitas … loaded
soft tacos!
Chicken Fajitas 🙂
we like to make chicken and beef fajitas and tacos, our family love Mexican dishes.
We make both hard and soft shell tacos.
Chicken fajitas.
I would use the tortilla with vegan cheese to make quesadillas.
I make tacos and black beans with rice!
we make beef tacos with the stand n’ stuff shells.
Tacos or burritos are perfect for Cinco de Mayo!
We normally cook tacos with the Old El Paso Stand and Stuff shells and all the fixin’s!
we would definitely make tacos but now i want to try making your lasagna because that looks amazing!
We make nachos or taco
I usually make beef tacos.
may 5th usually means old el paso hard shell tacos!
I like to make a fajitas casserole…Salsa and chips too…
we usually have soft tacos
My family loves tacos with fried ground beef and Old El Paso seasoning mix, toppings and Old El Paso salsa sauce.We also love making nachos with their awesome products too.
we usually do a mix of hard and soft shell tacos (with ground chicken or turkey)
We always make tacos or fajitas,,yum! Love Ol El Paso!
We don’t do anything special for Cinco de Mayo but both my kids love beef tacos using Old El Paso taco kits. We especially love the soft taco boats.
At my work we do a taco bar and everyone brings an item. My family normally makes fajitas because we love them!
I love making burritos
I’ve never made their bowls before but I’d like to with homemade guacamole, salsa, fried chicken and all the toppings. I can taste it already….
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We usually don’t make anything special for Cinco de Mayo, but if we were going to, it would probably be tacos!
We love to make Enchiladas for Cinco de Mayo
Our family loves tacos and for variety we sometime have taco in a bag.
We love TACOS . They are easy to make and everyone can make them to suit their tastes and they are delicious
We make beef tacos or Pasta Taco Salad using Old El Paso products!
I normally cook Chicken fajitas.
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I’d normally cook quesadillas.
I usually cook burritos.
We love soft tacos with all the trimmings.
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