Dutch Oven Enchilada Casserole & Spanish Rice

Sturgeon fishing Sept. 2021

Dutch Oven Enchilada Casserole

Brown 2 lbs. hamburger

Puree:  one onion and 4 cloves of garlic.  Add to browned hamburger.

Add:  1/4 c. taco seasoning

1/2 c. water

Simmer while making the sauce. 

Sauce

Place in blender:

30 oz. pinto beans

6 oz. tomato paste & 3 cans of water

1/4 c. taco seasoning

Pour some of sauce into the bottom of a  sprayed 12 inch deep dutch oven.  Add the rest of the sauce to the hamburger mixture.  

Cut 15 to 20 tortillas into strips.  Place 1/3 of strips on top of the sauce in dutch oven.  Then 1/3 of sauce.  Then 1 cup of  mexi cheese.  Repeat layers 2 more times.  

Place over 12 coals with 24 coals on top.  Bake 45 to 60 minutes until heated thru and the cheese is melted.  Serve with sour cream and taco sauce and/or salsa.  

Spanish Rice

Place in Instant Pot:

4 c. long grain white rice

Puree:  1 onion and 4 cloves of garlic and add to instant pot 

5 c. water

1 t. salt

1 1/2 t. chili powder

1 t. cumin

1/2 t. garlic powder

1/2 t. oregano

15 oz. tomato sauce

Stir and seal.  Pressure for 4 minutes.  Natural release for 10 minutes and then vent.  

Served these with a wedge salad and chips and salsa.