Comments on: Pastor Ryan’s Mexican Lasagna

By: katiemax25

katiemax25 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:42:48 +0000

I am only giving this 4 mitts, as I also found the dish to be rice-heavy, a little dry, and needed some salt. BUT – as Pastor Ryan said on PW’s blog, this recipe can be adapted so easily. I lightly added seasoning salt to both the rice and meat AND I added a layer of sour cream mixture (from PW’s sour cream enchiladas, using lowfat sour cream) and that seemed to do the trick! Even more lasagna-like now.

By: ALilBitofEverything

ALilBitofEverything — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:42:38 +0000

HO-LY crap is this huge! I used my largest casserole dish (5 qt.) and it was full after only half the layers. Had to finish layering in a second pan (9×13 I think) and it was equally full! To serve we just tried to cut an equal amount from each pan. If I make again, I will definitely half the recipe! It was pretty good. To be fair I should probably try again bc I ran out of some spices when making the rice. I make my own taco seasoning (3 of the ingredients included are the 3 used to make the taco meat in this recipe) so I made the taco meat with my seasoning. I hate supermarket tomatoes (call me spoiled!) so I used canned, diced tomatoes (plain this time to err on the side of caution). Those were my only deviations. My husband liked it, but said he thought it could use more tortillas. I’m on the fence. I will likely try again (cutting it in half of course!) possibly making some slight adjustments.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:36:05 +0000

I guess I’m the lone dissenter. I made this for a family dinner last night and it was okay, but not great. There was way too much rice which was basically all we tasted; the other layers were lost to the overabundance of rice. If I made this again, I would definitely cut down on the chili powder and cumin as those two flavors were, everyone agreed, overpowering. I’d probably leave both out of the rice, or at least halve the amounts, and keep the amounts in the ground beef layer as they are. My brother and SIL and parents agreed that PWs enchiladas are far superior to this.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:55:51 +0000

This was yummy! Be ready to feed an army!

By: Kyra

Kyra — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:27:04 +0000

I made this last night & it was delicious. I’m glad I cut the recipe in half though; I can’t believe how much it makes! I like the suggestion Megan made about making the recipe as is and just freezing the other dish; I think I’ll do that next time because I’m making it again for sure.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:45:50 +0000

I’ve made this many times over the last year. It is very good. Following the recipe as is, it makes two overflowing 9 x 13’s. But it freezes well so I freeze one 9 x 13 and pull it out two weeks later and just bake it longer. In fact, I made it this week.

By: scottyandtiff

scottyandtiff — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:34:23 +0000

We loved this recipe! It did make well over 8 servings… we had a lot of ingredients left over too. I used corn and bean salsa instead of adding corn to the recipe, but still added a layer of black beans. Kids loved it too!

By: terrilw

terrilw — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:27:34 +0000

Very good! Definitely will be making again. I halved the recipe and it still was a little too much for a 9×13 pan. Probably would have been better in 2 9×9 pans.

By: sweett13

sweett13 — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:03:54 +0000

Super yummy! It made two 9×13’s and a whole tub of extra rice mix. I took the liberty of adding the taco seasoning (2 packets) to the meat. I also added black beans to the rice mixture. So good! Froze one pan for next week and devoured the one last night! Awesome!

By: momdejour

momdejour — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:01:07 +0000

MY whole family LOVESthis. Be careful, This makes a huge amount. You need a really deep pan. Or you could cut the recipe in half. The first time I made it my pan was not deep enought that I made it in a 9×13 and a smaller in an 8×8 because there was so much. I put some in the freezer
HOWEVER, it is FANTASTIC. My daughter is gluten free so I use corn tortillas .