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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. SET oven rack in center position; PREHEAT oven to 350°F ; SPRAY a 13 x 9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and set aside; GET all ingredients needed for recipe and place in work station; OPEN ingredient containers and have ready for when needed; BRING 3 quarts salted water to a boil. | 2. BROWN 1 lb. lean ground beef in a skillet over medium heat. | 3. COOK one 12 ounce package extra-wide egg noodles in rapidly boiling salted water until just slightly al dente; DRAIN noodles well without rinsing; RETURN noodles into the same cooking pot without heat; GENTLY stir in the remaining CREAMY-CHEESY NOODLES ingredients (one 16 ounce container sour cream, one 16 ounce container small curd cottage cheese, one 7 ounce can diced green chilies, and 1 tablespoon chives or snipped green onion tops; MIX gently until thoroughly blended. | 4. DRAIN ground beef when browned; RETURN skillet over medium heat; DRAIN one (10 ounce) can Ro-Tel brand diced tomatoes and green chiles; STIR in Ro-Tel, one 6 ounce can sliced olives (reserve 12 slices for the GARNISH), and one (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix (or prepare my Recipe #364778 as instructed); SIMMER for 10 minutes or until most liquid is absorbed; REMOVE from heat. | 5. ADD 1/3 of the CREAMY-CHEESY NOODLES mixture into the bottom of greased baking dish. | 6. SPREAD 1/3 of the SEASONED GROUND BEEF mixture evenly in baking dish over the CREAMY-CHEESY NOODLES. | 7. SPRINKLE 1/3 of the MEXICAN BLEND CHEESE evenly over the SEASONED GROUND BEEF mixture. | 8. REPEAT layers in the same order and portions until all ingredients are used, finishing with the remaining MEXICAN BLEND CHEESE. | 9. GARNISH casserole with chives or sliced green onion tops and remaining 12 black olive slices. | 10. BAKE uncovered for 25 minutes at 350 F; ALLOW casserole to cool and set for 5-7 minutes before cutting and serving; SERVE; SNAP your fingers and shout,"OLE!". | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
taco bell seasoning mix	1	package		-	-	-	-
tomato green chilies	1	can	diced	-	-	-	-
black olive	1	can	sliced	-	-	-	-
extra wide egg noodle	1	package		-	-	-	-
cream	1	container	sour	-	-	-	-
curd cottage cheese	1	container	curd	-	-	-	-
green chilies	1	can	diced	97.1514	24.0	0.0	0.0
chive	1	tablespoon	snipped	0.9	0.1305	0.0981	0.0219
mexican cheese	1	package	shredded divided blend	-	-	-	-
chive			snipped	0.9	0.1305	0.0981	0.0219
black olive		slices	sliced	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.