Spicy Tortilla Lasagna

Replace tortillas for noodles & swap salsa for sauce to create Spicy Tortilla Lasagna, a delicious alternative to traditional lasagna. Such an easy dinner recipe idea!

When it's C.R.A.Z.Y. busy, it's nice to have some super-easy stand-by dinner recipes to turn to. You know the ones - the dinner recipes the whole family likes, that are easy to make, and you hardly even have to think about to pull them together.

For us, those easy stand-by dinner recipes are more often than not 4-Ingredient Quick & Easy Goulash, Buttermilk Baked Chicken, Oven Barbecue Chicken Thighs - and this Spicy Tortilla Lasagna.

When I'm pressed for prep time (or brain power), I always know I can turn to these recipes to get a tasty dinner on the table.

Replace tortillas for noodles & swap salsa for sauce to create Tortilla Lasagna, a delicious alternative to tradtional lasagna. Such an easy dinner recipe idea!

This Tortilla Lasagna didn't exactly start out as a recipe. It was more just something I threw together with tortillas and some other ingredients I had in the refrigerator one night. Over time, it's evolved into the recipe I'm sharing in this post.

And it's now a favorite I've stuck with ever since.

I love that it comes together super quick, offers flexibility in the ingredients that can be used, and makes a big pan. For our little family of three, that means there's always leftovers for another night. (No cooking the next night - yay!)

Start building this dish by spreading a small amount of salsa, which serves as this lasagna's sauce, in the bottom of a baking dish.

This keeps the bottom layer of tortillas from sticking to the bottom of the pan, and provides a tad of moisture for those tortillas to soak up.

Next, layer in two whole tortillas and then tear small pieces from another tortilla to fill in the corners and any other "big" gaps.

I use whole wheat tortillas, but either whole wheat or regular tortillas work great.

Spoon in a layer of the lasagna filling on top of the tortillas. I saute up a mixture of ground turkey or ground beef, black beans, corn, and canned diced tomatoes for the filling.

Top the filling with a good dose of salsa and cheese.

Then repeat ...

And continue to build layers until the baking dish is full.

Bake the lasagna for about 30 to 35 minutes until the cheese is melty and the edges are nice and bubbly.

Then get ready to dig in - It's a tasty tortilla treat! And a yummy alternative to traditional lasagna, especially if you're in the mood for a super easy spicy kick.

So just replace tortillas for noodles & swap salsa for sauce to whip up a big pan of this Spicy Tortilla Lasagna. It may just become one of your super-easy stand-by dinner recipes to turn to in a time pinch, just like it is for us.