Cowboy Bean - Tortilla Bake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce or 1 tablespoon vegetarian worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon liquid smoke
• 3 flour tortillas
• 4 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, sliced
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese or 1 1/2 cups monterey jack and cheddar cheese blend
• 2 green onions, sliced
• salt and pepper
• paprika, to sprinkle on top
• garlic salt, to sprinkle on top

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until lightly browned.
• 2 add chili powder, oregano and cumin and briskly stir until spices give up some aroma, then stir in tomato sauce.
• 3 combine well.
• 4 add beans, tomatoes, worcestershire sauce and liquid smoke.
• 5 cover and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
• 6 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 7 in an 8x8 baking dish, place one flour tortilla.
• 8 spoon on 1/3 of the beans, then half of the sliced cheese, then half of the chopped green onions.
• 9 repeat; one more tortilla, more beans, then sliced cheese and onion.
• 10 top with the third tortilla, spoon on the last 1/3 of beans, then top with the shredded cheese.
• 11 sprinkle top with paprika and garlic salt, cover with foil, and bake in preheated 350°f oven for 20 minutes.
• 12 uncover, then bake another 10 minutes.
• 13 (this can also be topped with black olives or chopped fresh cilantro).
• 14 for non fish eaters use the vegetarian worcestershire sauce.
• 15 vegetarians use only the vegetarian worcestershire sauce.