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Mexican Lasagna

August 30, 2017 by Brandie @ The Country Cook 12 Comments

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5 from 11 votes

Mexican Lasagna

Since I started this blog, I am always thinking about food and recipes. It’s just how my brain works now. I’ll be in the grocery store or digging through my pantry and I’ll wonder how I can use an ingredient a different way. I didn’t always used to be that way. I used to struggle to cook anything. Mainly because I worked a lot. I’m a self-admitted workaholic. I mean, I always enjoyed cooking but I just never gave it the priority it deserved. And now that I create recipes for this blog, it’s almost like second nature to me now. Slice of Mexican Lasagna

Noodles, cheese, taco ground beef

So when I told me family that I was working on a recipe for a Mexican-inspired lasagna – they weren’t surprised but weren’t too thrilled about the sound of it. They are used to trying all the recipes. The good and the bad. And thankfully they are completely honest with me. When a recipe goes bad – it usually goes REALLY bad. 😉

But when a recipe like this turns out good – it is the best feeling. And this recipe was SO good, y’all. So. Good. They absolutely loved it and went back for seconds! I think the addition of the alfredo cheese sauce really takes it over the top. Also, adding refried beans to the ground beef makes it super easy to layer on the noodles. You could use tortillas instead of the lasagna noodles but I hope you’ll give it a try this way first!Mexican Lasagna recipe from The Country Cook

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 cup water
1 (1 oz) packet taco seasoning
1 (16 oz) can refried beans
10 oven-ready lasagna noodles
1 (16 oz) jar mild salsa
1 (14 oz) jar alfredo sauce (or queso sauce)
2 cups Mexican blend shredded cheese
optional toppings: sliced black olives, sliced green onions, taco sauce, sour cream

ingredients for Mexican-style lasagna

Directions:

In a large skillet over medium heat, brown ground beef. Drain excess grease. Place back into the skillet. Over medium heat,  add water and taco seasoning and stir. Then stir in refried beans. Mixture will be very thick. Once refried beans have softened and mixture is combined, turn off heat.ground beef and refried beansPreheat oven to 350f degrees. Spread about 1/4 cup of salsa into the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish. Place a single layer of lasagna noodles on top of salsa (I used about 5). Evenly spread half the ground beef mixture on top of the noodles.ground beef and refried beans on lasagna noodles

Then evenly spread half the alfredo sauce on top of ground beef.cheese alfredo sauce layer for mexican lasagna

Then sprinkle one cup of shredded cheese. Next, dollop about half a cup of the salsa on top.salsa and shredded cheese
Continue these steps one more time (lasagna noodles, ground beef mixture, alfredo sauce, salsa and cheese).finished layers of Mexican lasagnaCover with aluminum foil and bake for about 35-45 minutes. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before serving (trust me on this – it will make slicing much easier!)melted cheese - final, Mexican Lasagna
Slice and top individual servings with sour cream, sliced green onions or whatever taco toppings you prefer!Mexican Lasagna with sour cream, tomatoes and green onionCook’s Notes: you can use tortillas in place of lasagna noodles

Enjoy!

Mexican Lasagna with sour cream, tomatoes and green onion

Mexican Lasagna

Mexican Lasagna is layers of pasta, ground beef, refried beans, shredded cheese, alfredo sauce and salsa and topped with sour cream and green onion.
5 from 11 votes
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, Mexican
Keyword: Mexican Lasagna
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 6
Calories: 499kcal
Author: Brandie @ The Country Cook

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 (1 oz) packet taco seasoning
  • 1 (16 oz) can refried beans
  • 1 (16 oz) jar mild salsa
  • 10 lasagna noodles
  • 1 (14 oz) jar alfredo sauce (or queso sauce)
  • 2 cups Mexican blend shredded cheese

Optional toppings:

  • sliced black olives,sliced green onions, taco sauce, sour cream

Instructions

  • In a large skillet over medium heat, brown ground beef. Drain excess grease. Place back into the skillet. Over medium heat,  add water and taco seasoning and stir. Then stir in refried beans. Mixture will be very thick. Once refried beans have softened and mixture is combined, turn off heat.
  • Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Spread about 1/4 cup of salsa into the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
  • Place a single layer of lasagna noodles on top of salsa (I used about 5).
  • Evenly spread half the ground beef mixture on top of the noodles. Then evenly spread half the alfredo sauce on top of ground beef. Next, dollop about half a cup of the salsa on top. Then sprinkle one cup of shredded cheese.
  • Continue these steps one more time (lasagna noodles, ground beef mixture, alfredo sauce, salsa and cheese).
  • Cover with aluminum foil and bake for about 35-45 minutes.
  • Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before serving.
  • Slice and top individual servings with sour cream, sliced green onions or whatever taco toppings you prefer!

Video

Notes

Tortillas can be substituted for the lasagna noodles

Nutrition

Calories: 499kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 332mg | Potassium: 339mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 260IU | Calcium: 269mg | Iron: 2.3mg
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I’m a regular home cook, like most of you, doing my best to get a good meal on the table for my family. I like to say the recipes on here are recipes for the busy cook (you know who you are). You can still get a good meal on the table, with a few shortcuts to help you along the way. I hope you’ll find lots of recipes here that you’ll love and hopefully will become family favorites. Read more...

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  1. Stacy says

    August 30, 2017 at 11:50 am

    5 stars
    Ooohhh, this looks AMAZING! So, I’m old school and have never used “oven-ready” noodles. Do you preboil them or just use them hard? I’ve had terrible luck with recipes that call for “raw” noodles.

    Reply
    • Brandie @ The Country Cook says

      August 30, 2017 at 2:53 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Stacy – you can see a picture of them up there in the ingredient photo. 🙂 You’ll find them with all of the other lasagna noodles in the grocery store. They don’t need any boiling at all. That’s what is awesome about them! They come in different shapes and sizes depending on the brand but they will all work for this recipe. 🙂

      Reply
      • Stacy Pennock says

        September 6, 2017 at 7:43 pm

        5 stars
        Ok, I made this for dinner tonight and the hubs and I almost ate ourselves sick it was so good!

    • Mary Leigh says

      August 30, 2017 at 8:21 pm

      5 stars
      You can buy the ones that don’t have to be cooked, but you can use reg. lasagna noodles. I cooked for 35 years, you really don’t need to cook. I hope this help’s

      Reply
  2. Marlene says

    August 30, 2017 at 9:07 pm

    5 stars
    Can you freeze this? It would be great to have on hand if it could be frozen.

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    • Brandie @ The Country Cook says

      September 4, 2017 at 6:27 pm

      5 stars
      Marlene – you sure can!

      Reply
    • Brandie @ The Country Cook says

      September 4, 2017 at 6:27 pm

      5 stars
      Marlene – you sure can!

      Reply
  3. Margaret says

    August 30, 2017 at 9:51 pm

    5 stars
    Have to try this–it sounds SO GOOD!!

    Reply
  4. The Better Baker says

    August 31, 2017 at 10:54 pm

    5 stars
    You’re so clever to come up with this amazing flavor combo. We would LOVE it for sure. Love those no-boil noodles too. So glad I saw this. Pinning to make soon.

    Reply
    • Brandie @ The Country Cook says

      September 4, 2017 at 6:27 pm

      5 stars
      Hope you love it Mrs. B!!

      Reply
  5. Joy says

    September 1, 2017 at 7:54 am

    5 stars
    I love to make foods like this and my whole family certainly enjoys them. 🙂 Your recipe looks wonderful!

    Reply
  6. mary says

    March 13, 2019 at 6:26 am

    this looks so good! thanks!

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