CHILQUILES CASSEROLE

November 12, 2009 by DanicasDaily
Filed under: Recipes 

There are very few times that I think a recipe is ABSOLUTELY phenomenal.  This vegetarian black bean tortilla casserole seriously rocked my world tonight.  This modified  Chilaquiles Casserole Recipe from EatingWell.com is so easy to make and LOADED with flavor if you pick the right ingredients.

CHILQUILES CASSEROLE

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INGREDIENTS:

Here are the ingredients I used as modified.

1 medium onion, diced

1 medium zucchini, quartered

1 19-ounce can black beans, rinsed

1 14-ounce can diced tomatoes with green chilies, drained

1 1/2 cups corn, frozen (thawed) or fresh (I used Trader Joe’s Fire Roasted – Smokey good!)

1 teaspoon ground cumin  (I forgot to include this)

12 corn tortillas, quartered (I used Green Chile Corn Tortillas!)

1 19-ounce can mild red or green enchilada sauce

1 1/4 cups shredded reduced-fat SHARP Cheddar cheese (stronger cheese = more cheesy flavor!)

For the complete recipe and instructions, check it out at EatingWell.

P.S. You can SPRING their recipes, by adding a recipe and adding the link to your recipe folder ~ cool huh?!!!!

Be sure to pick a good quality enchilada sauce such as this Frontera Sauce.  Good Sauce = Good Flavor!IMG_4958IMG_4961

My FAVORITE tortillas.  I pick these up at the Farmer’s Market and freeze them to have them year round.  Flavored Corn Tortillas rock!

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Start off by sautéing your onion in nonstick spray until soft, about 5 minutes.

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Add your corn, beans, tomatoes, zucchini and spices if using.  Cook until heated, about 3 minutes.

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While your veggies cook, finely shred your cheese and quarter your tortillas.  Finely shredding your cheese allows it to go further.

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Start off by scattering some tortillas on the bottom of a 9×13 pan sprayed with nonstick spray.

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Add 1/2 your veggie mixture and 1/2 your enchilada sauce.

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Add 1/2 your cheese and repeat layers ending with cheese.

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Cover with foil and Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.  Remove foil and bake for 15 additional minutes until the cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbling.

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Cut into 8 servings (because 10 is too small!) and enjoy!

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I omitted the oil from the original recipe and used 2 tortillas less since my pack only had 10 which saved on calories.   Calculating this with 8 servings versus 10 and I still think you will find this to be a fairly low cal, low point (5-6 Weight Watcher Points!) dish.

Try it –you’ll like it! :D



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16 Comments on CHILQUILES CASSEROLE

  1. Diana on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 1:24 am

    2. Yum, that looks delicious and fairly easy to make! That’s how I like it ;)

  2. Jessie on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 5:25 am

    3. I can’t wait to try this recipe. Looks so yummy!

  3. Heather on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 5:38 am

    4. Delicious, I made a similar recipe earlier this fall.

  4. Emily (The Experimentarian) on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 6:00 am

    5. This looks like a good recipe to modify for using up leftover veggies in the fridge, too. You always have the best ideas! I can’t wait to make this :) Happy Friday xoxo

  5. Katie on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 6:02 am

    6. Looks delicious! I totally need to get that enchilada sauce I use the canned kind… Kinda blah and just not yummy.

  6. RunToTheFinish on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 7:04 am

    7. ok I’m going through your recipes today to see what I can make for my dad that he will actually eat..this is a contender

  7. Jenna on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 7:52 am

    8. wow that looks terrific!
    jenna

  8. Kristin (Kristin's Nibbles) on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 10:48 am

    9. Drooling. :P

  9. Naomi (onefitfoodie) on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 11:43 am

    10. looks SOOO good, thank you for posting the recipe :)

    I love twists on classic recipes such as this one!

    happy friday!

  10. Alicia on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 12:25 pm

    11. YUM! Looks awesome!

  11. Melissa on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 12:42 pm

    12. Danica- I have been following your blog for so long and also enjoyed seeing you on BFL Tracker (team Bad A$$). I wanted to let you know that I am working on starting my own blog for food and fitness. I was looking for something to do for “me time” and thought this would be the perfect thing. If you have any tips about the blog world you wouldn’t mind sharing, I would appreciate it!

    P.S. I am drooling over your recipe!

    Melissa whitegirllife.wordpress.com

  12. janetha on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 2:36 pm

    13. holy crap. that looks incredible! and i know marshall would love it. thhhanks lady! love you!

  13. 24 carrot on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 3:31 pm

    14. This looks fantastic. Putting it on the make soon list.

  14. katie on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 9:02 pm

    15. that casserole looks fantastic! and not too hard! awesome

  15. BroccoliHut on Fri, 13th Nov 2009 10:20 pm

    16. Awesome recipe!

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    17. [...] I got home I was so ready to cook dinner. I pulled up the recipe on Danica’s Daily to find that I didn’t have all of the recipes. [...]

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