Home, home, home on the range… where the dinner and the side dishes play. Texas Cowboy Tortilla Stack will roam right into being your favorite downhome meal! Bigger is always better when it comes to stacks of tortillas layered with a ground beef mixture that rides alongside baked beans, stewed tomatoes, corn, green chiles, and pepper jack cheese. Saddle up for a flavor ride of your life because the dinner skies will never be cloudy when Texas Cowboy Tortilla Stack is comin’ to town. Your little dears (or deers) will love it!
Ingredients
For the tortilla stack:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (16-ounce) can baked beans
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can stewed tomatoes
- 1 (11-ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
- 1 (4-ounce) can green chiles, chopped
- 1/4 cup barbeque sauce
- 4 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 4 (10-inch) tortillas
- 1 1/3 cups pepper jack cheese, shredded
Optional toppings:
- lettuce, to taste, shredded
- red onion, to taste, chopped
- sour cream, to taste
- tomatoes, to taste, chopped
- ground coriander, to taste
Directions
Step 1 –Coat a large, deep skillet with nonstick cooking spray.
Step 2 –In a separate large skillet over medium-high heat, add the ground beef and cook, while crumbling, until the beef is no longer pink, about 5-7 minutes.
Step 3 –Drain the grease from the skillet and return the beef to the skillet.
Step 4 –Reduce the heat to medium.
Step 5 –Add the garlic, the baked beans, the stewed tomatoes and their juices, the whole kernel corn, the green chiles and their juices, the barbeque sauce, the chili powder, and the cumin to the cooked beef and cook, stirring frequently, until the mixture comes to a boil.
Step 6 –Reduce the heat to low.
Step 7 –Let the mixture simmer, uncovered, until the liquid is reduced, about 10-12 minutes.
Step 8 –In the bottom of the prepared deep skillet, add 1 of the tortillas.
Step 9 –Spread 1 1/2 cups of the ground beef mixture evenly over the tortilla in the skillet.
Step 10 –Evenly sprinkle 1/3 cup of the pepper jack cheese over the beef layer.
Step 11 –Repeat the layers 3 times, starting and ending with one of the tortillas.
Step 12 –Cover the skillet with the tortilla stack in it and cook over low heat until the cheese is melted and the tortillas are heated through, about 15 minutes.
Step 13 –Cut the tortilla stack into serving-sized wedges.
Step 14 –Serve with your favorite toppings.
