This Easy Mexican Lasagna recipe includes simple ingredients and assembles quickly for a delicious meal you can get on the table fast! 

Easy Mexican Lasagna Recipe

My family loves Mexican food, and I love quick and easy meal prep, so this recipe for Mexican Lasagna is a family favorite. This one is special to me because it’s one of the first recipes I started making for my husband after we got married. And it stuck! I still make it 20 years and 2 kids later.

The only real cooking involved is browning the hamburger meat, and the rest is simple assembly of ingredients. 

Mexican Lasagna Casserole

While your casserole is in the oven, chop up a few fresh ingredients like tomato, scallion, and avocado for garnish. You’ll have a festive, delicious meal on the table quickly, which is just how I like it. 

Mexican Lasagna Recipe with Flour Tortillas

Make note of how I layered the flour tortilla shells above, and you want to get big ones that are burrito sized to cover as much area as you can in these layers. 

There are 3 burrito shells in each layer. Two of them are full and overlap in the middle, and the third one is cut in half and placed along the edges to cover the corners. 

This is one of those recipes that is actually better left over. I liked it better on day 2 and it makes plenty so we always have leftovers with our family of 4. Here’s the recipe:

Yield: 12

Mexican Lasagna Recipe

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This easy Mexican Lasagna recipe goes together fast and is even better left over!

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 1lb ground beef
• 15.5oz jar of salsa
• 6 burrito size soft shells
• 31oz. can of refried beans
• 16 oz sour cream
• 2cups (8oz.) shredded Mexican-style 4-cheese blend
• Scallions, tomato, avocado for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Place a skillet over medium high heat on the stove and brown the beef until cooked through. Add 1/2 cup of the salsa and stir to mix well. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. Pour the rest of the salsa into the bottom of a 9"x13" glass baking dish. Tilt it to spread evenly if needed.
4. Place 3 of the tortillas on top of the salsa as showed in the image above. (2 on each side, cut the 3rd one in half and place straight edges against edges of the dish)
5. Spread half of the refried beans on top of the burrito shells, then top with half the meat mixture, and then half of the sour cream. Then sprinkle 1 cup of the cheese evenly on top.
6. Repeat all of these layers. When you get to the cheese, reserve a bit to sprinkle on top for garnish at the end.
7. Cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil and bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to sit for about 5 minutes before garnishing with scallions, tomatoes, avocado, and remaining cheese if desired.

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