Best Leftover Tex Mex Pork Casserole Recipes

PORK POSOLE

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a medium (11-inch) pot or Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset, over medium-high heat. Add the pork and saute for 5 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned on all sides. Transfer the pork and any liquid to a bowl and set aside. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in the pot, add the onions, and saute over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the poblano and bell peppers and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic, chili powder, and oregano and cook for one minute. Return the pork and its juices to the pot.
• Add the chicken stock and salsa verde and bring to a simmer. Stir in the hominy, black beans, corn chips, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper and simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 1 teaspoon salt, depending on the saltiness of the chicken stock and the chips.
• To serve, ladle the posole into large soup bowls. Garnish with a squeeze of lime and top with avocado, scallions, radishes, tortilla chips, Cheddar, and sour cream. Serve hot.

TEX-MEX CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, cook ground beef and onion over medium heat until beef is no longer pink, 10-12 minutes, breaking into crumbles; drain. Stir in soups, enchilada sauce, milk and garlic powder. , Place half of the broken taco shells in a 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with half of the meat mixture and half the cheese. Repeat layers using remaining taco shells, meat mixture and cheese. Bake until heated through, 40-45 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

"LEFTOVER ROAST" MEXICAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Shred cooked meat and remove any bones or fat.
• Heat oil in a large skillet. Add onion and pepper and saute until tender.
• Add all ingredients except corn tortillas and cheese. Stir together.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium or medium-low and boil for one hour, allowing most of the liquid to cook off. Watch and reduce heat if necessary.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray a 9x13 pan with non-stick spray.
• Place 3 corn tortillas in the bottom of the pan, tearing to fit.
• Spoon 1/3 of the meat mixture over the tortillas. Spread to cover.
• Sprinkle with 1/3 of the cheese.
• Repeat steps 7-9 two times.
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• **Can also be refrigerated in the morning and baked later that day. I haven't tried to freeze it yet.

EASY TEX MEX CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*F
• In a skillet cook ground beef, onion, bell pepper, cumin & salt until ground beef is cooked through and onions are translucent.
• Add salsa & corn to ground beef mixture and cook for additional 10 minutes.
• Pour mixture into a 9x9 casserole dish.
• Prepare muffin mix according to package directions and spread on top of ground beef mixture.
• Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until corn bread is cooked through and golden on top.
• Serve immediately.

LEFTOVER PORK CASSEROL

Steps:

• Place skillet on medium-low heat. Add a tablespoon of butter.
• Peeled and coarsely chopped the onion into bite size pieces. Coarsely chop the celery. Add to the skillet. Stirring occasionally as it cooks.
• While onions and celery are cooking, break up the broccoli into florets. Add more if you like lots of broccoli. Cube the pork into bite-size pieces. Place these into a casserole dish.
• Mix the soup, milk and Worchester sauce together.
• When the celery and onions are partially cooked and the onions have begun to caramelize slightly, add to casserole dish. Poor soup mixture into casserole dish and mix together.
• Cook in 350 oven for 35 to 45 minutes, until bubbling and starting to brown along the edges.
• Meanwhile mix rice and water together. Bring to a boil and cook on medium heat until all water is absorbed, about 12 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• NOTE: You can also reduce the water by 1/2 cup and add the rice and the 1.5 cups water to the casserole dish, cover it and cook at 350 for one hour. This will allow the soup to flavour the long grain rice.
• Serve casserole on the rice.