Best Mexican Spinach And Sausage Casserole Recipes

SPINACH, SAUSAGE, AND EGG CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Beat eggs and milk together in a large bowl. Stir sausage, Cheddar cheese, spinach, and oregano into egg mixture; pour into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of the casserole comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.

CHORIZO SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook chorizo over medium heat about 5-7 minutes or until cooked through. Use a wooden spoon to crumble up the meat as it cooks. Remove from heat and drain off any rendered fat.
• In the same skillet, mix spinach, beans, onion, milk, 1/4 cup of the cheese, lemon juice, nutmeg, and pepper with the cooked chorizo.
• Transfer mixture to a greased 2-quart baking dish.
• In a small mixing bowl combine bread crumbs, remaining 1/4 cup of cheese, garlic, and melted butter; sprinkle over casserole mixture.
• Bake, uncovered, in a 375° F oven for 35 minutes or until heated through.

SAUSAGE AND SPINACH PENNE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Put the water on to boil for the pasta.
• Fry the sausage slices over medium heat in a large skillet (you need room for the sauce later).
• Remove the sausage from the pan (leave the grease).
• Fry the sliced onion until translucent.
• Lower the heat to medium low.
• Water should be boiling - add the pasta.
• Add the fresh garlic and fry for a minute.
• Add the spaghetti sauce, tomato paste, cayenne and simmer.
• Add slightly beaten eggs to the ricotta.
• Mix in the spinach and 1/2 cup parmesan.
• Pasta should be slightly firm.
• Shred the cheese.
• Fill a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan half full with the drained pasta.
• Stir in the sauce (but leave about one cup for later).
• Sprinkle 1/8 cup parmesan across.
• Sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella across.
• Spread out the sausage evenly across.
• Spread the spinach mixture across.
• Sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella across.
• Spread the rest of the sauce across.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Add any remaining parmesan and mozzarella and then cook until it is melted (mine started to brown).

POTATO SPINACH SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Butter a 6x9 or 8x8 inch baking dish.
• Heat one of the teaspoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add spinach and cook, stirring often, until wilted, about 3 minutes. Transfer spinach to strainer and drain. When cool, squeeze out liquid and roughly chop the spinach.
• Wipe skillet clean. Add sausage to skillet and cook over medium-high heat until browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Use slotted spoon to transfer sausage to bowl. Wipe skillet clean. Heat remaining oil in skillet and add onions, cooking until golden, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Scrape mixture into bowl with sausage.
• Meanwhile, place potatoes in a large pot and add enough water to cover by 1 inch. Bring potatoes to boil over high heat, then lower heat to a simmer. Cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Drain potatoes, wipe pot dry, put potatoes back into the pot, and mash with butter, cream, broth, vinegar, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Stir in spinach and 1/2 cup of the cheese.
• Transfer potato-spinach mixture to prepared baking dish. Top with sausage-onion mixture and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of cheese. Bake until potatoes are very hot and cheese is golden and bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

SAUSAGE AND SPINACH BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease 9" square pan with a bit of butter.
• Add rest of butter to skillet. Saute onion for 2 minute on med heat, then add mushrooms and garlic. Cook and stir for 4 minutes, until mushrooms have begun to soften, and remove to a bowl.
• Add spinach to skillet and saute lightly, just for a minute or two. Drain by pressing a spatula against the spinach.
• To assemble, layer half of sausage in baking dish. Top with 1/3 of cheese. Add mushroom mixture, then 1/3 of cheese. Add spinach, then rest of cheese, then rest of sausage.
• Beat eggs with cream and seasonings. Pour over other ingredients.
• Casserole can be refrigerated overnight at this point.
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, until center is set. Cool for 10 minutes before cutting.

MEXICAN-STYLE CHEESE AND SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Sauté sausage in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat until brown, breaking up clumps with back of spoon, about 7 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer sausage to 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish or other ovenproof pan. Mix chopped green chilies, 3 tablespoons cilantro and hot sauce into sausage. Sprinkle cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, then remaining 1 tablespoon cilantro over sausage mixture. Bake casserole 10 minutes.
• Wrap tortillas tightly in foil. Place in oven to heat through alongside sausage casserole. Continue to bake casserole until cheeses bubble and sausage mixture is heated through, about 10 minutes longer.
• Serve sausage and cheese mixture with warm tortillas.

MEXICAN SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix taco seasoning into raw ground meat before cooking it.I find this makes the meat taste more flavorful than sprinkling on after cooking.
• 2. Brown ground meat until fully cooked on medium heat.After cooked, add water and simmer 3 minutes on low until some of the water is cooked off but not all of it.
• 3. While meat is cooking, microwave or cook frozen spinach until just warm. Squeeze out most of the liquid.Too much liquid in the meat or spinach makes for soggy tortillas. Too little makes it a bit dry.
• 4. Spray casserole with cooking spray.First layer 3 tortillas to cover bottom of pan. May overlap slightly.If your size tortilla doesn't fit, just tear them in half to make fit your oval casserole or 9x13 pan.
• 5. Divide your meat and cooked spinach for 3 layers.On top of tortillas, spread meat then spinach. Continue for 2 more layers. End with tortillas.
• 6. Cover casserole with lid or foil. Bake 325 for 45 minutes until hot.Top with shredded mozzarella and bake 5 more minutes until cheese is melted and lightly browned.
• 7. You may make this recipe to serve 4 by using an 8x8 casserole, 1 lb meat, 1 package taco seasoning, 6 tortillas, 1 box spinach, 1/2 cup water and 1 cup cheese.Still takes about 30-40 minutes to heat through in oven.
• 8. I serve with shredded lettuce,salsa and sour cream.You may add sliced black olives to your layering.May use shredded leftover cooked chicken-very versatile recipe.

SPINACH, SAUSAGE AND CHEESE BAKE

Steps:

• Brown sausage in skillet over medium high heat. Drain fat from skillet and stir in tomato sauce. Set mixture aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine the spinach, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese and egg. Mix well and spread mixture in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Spoon sausage mixture over spinach mixture and top with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes.