A fun recipe to play with the ingredients. You can make it totally mild or extra hot depending on how you feel, add more veggies, beans, rice, corn, olives.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb ground beef, turkey, or chicken
• 1/2 lb chorizo
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 jalapenos, seeded and chopped, or 3 oz of canned chopped jalapenos
• 1 habanero seeded and chopped (optional)
• 1 bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 Tbsp salt
• 1 Tbsp black pepper
• 1 Tbsp Cayanne pepper
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 can (6 oz) stewed or fire roasted tomatoes
• 6oz hot sauce or taco sauce (or just use the entire can of tomatoes for a milder version)
• 6-8 medium tortillas (I use flour, but try corn too!)
• 1-2 cups of shredded cheese (cheddar or monterey jack)
• 3 Tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Directions:

• Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees
• Put 1-1/2 Tsp (or 2 turns) of the Olive Oil in a skillet
• Add onions and peppers to skillet, lightly brown
• Add ground meat and spices, break up as it cooks until lightly brown
• Add chorizo (if you got chorizo in a sausage casing, cut the casing, remove the chorizo from the casing, throw the casing away)
• Add garlic
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 2-5 minutes until there’s not a lot of moisture left
• Stir in tomatoes and hotsauce, simmer for 5 minutes
• Put remaining Olive Oil in the bottom of a medium baking dish
• Cover bottom with a layer of tortillas, cut edges of the tortillas to fit in the baking dish
• Put down a layer of meat/veggies
• Put a thin layer of cheese
• Repeat tortilla – meat – cheese
• Finish with a layer of meat and cheese on top, you’ll probably have 3 layers of each.
• Put dish in oven and cook for 12-15 minutes until cheese is melted and top is a little brown
• Cut into individual servings, serve with green salad, spanish rice, and/or beans.
• Garish with avocado, guacamole, and/or sour cream, if desired

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