MEXICAN-STYLE CHEESE AND SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Mexican-Style Cheese and Sausage Casserole image

Provided by Sharon Michael

Yield 4 Main-course servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 pound bulk pork sausage
1 4-ounce can chopped mild green chilies
4 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco)
1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
12 6-inch-diameter flour or corn tortillas

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.