Italian Tortilla Stacks

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package spaghetti sauce mix
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1 (1 lb) can tomato, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (4 ounce) can green chilies (seeds removed and then chopped or diced)
• 8 -10 corn tortillas
• 1 1/2 lbs monterey jack cheese, grated
• 1 lb ricotta cheese
• 2 eggs

Recipe

• 1 brown ground beef until crumbly.
• 2 drain fat.
• 3 add spaghetti sauce mix, seasoned salt, tomatoes, tomato sauce, water and green chilies; blend thoroughly.
• 4 simmer slowly 10 minutes.
• 5 meanwhile, combine ricotta and eggs; blend well.
• 6 spread mixture evenly on tortilla.
• 7 spread 1 cup of meat sauce in 12x8x2-inch baking dish.
• 8 place two cheese topped tortillas side by side in the dish.
• 9 spread 1/3 cup of meat mixture and 1/3 cup grated cheese over each.
• 10 (i actually make this a single layer by filling in the areas with tortillas cut in half).
• 11 repeat until each stack contains 3-4 layered with meat sauce and cheese.
• 12 bake in 350°f oven for 30 minutes.
• 13 let stand 5 minutes before cutting.