Layered Mexican Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 1 (12 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle chunky salsa
• 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can ripe sliced ripe olives, drained
• 1 cup cream-style cottage cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
• 5 cups tortilla chips
• 2 cups shredded wisconsin cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup chopped tomato

Recipe

• 1 brown meat; drain.
• 2 add corn and salsa; cook until thoroughly heated.
• 3 reserve 2 tablespoons olives; stir remaining olives into meat mixture.
• 4 combine cottage cheese and sour cream.
• 5 in 2 quart casserole, layer 2 cups chips, half of meat mixture, 3/4 cup cheddar cheese and half of cottage cheese mixture. repeat layers; cover.
• 6 bake at 350° f for 35 minutes.
• 7 stand up remaining chips around edge of casserole. top casserole with tomato, reserved olives and remaining cheddar cheese. continue baking 10 minutes.