Marini’s Mexican Casserole

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lbs ground beef
• 2 T oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/3 c chili sauce
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• less than 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
• 16 oz mild red taco sauce
• 3 c Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
• 1 c sour cream
• 12 corn tortillas, cut in 1/4s
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Brown beef, drain fat, remove beef. Add oil and sauté onions until limp and golden. Add beef, tomatoes, chili sauce, salt and pepper. Dip tortilla quarters in taco sauce and cover bottom of well-buttered 9x13 casserole dish with 1/2 of the tortillas, slightly overlapping. Spread with beef mixture, then 1.5 c cheese. Layer remaining tortillas and spread with sour cream. Top with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes covered and 15 minutes uncovered.