18 Corn Tortillas 1 Recipe Molé Sauceminus 1 cup for picadillo 3 Roma Tomatoes 1 Recipe 4 Grain Picadillo 1 Avocado 1 Jalapeno Pepper 2 Ounces Cheddar Cheese, optional
Heat Oven To 350°
Warm Molé Sauce in a large pan.
Dip 6 corn tortillas into the sauce.
Find a 2 1/2 quart baking dish.
Spread half a cup of Molé Sauce evenly across the bottom.
Add the very saucy dipped 6 corn tortillas to the dish.
Spread tortillas evenly to form one layer, similar to making a lasagna.
Spread 1/3 of the picadillo evenly across the first layer of tortillas.
Cover the picadillo with another layer of 6 corn tortillas.
No need to add sauce to this layer of tortillas.
Add the second 1/3 of the picadillo recipe evenly over the tortillas.
Slice two roma tomatoes into thin rounds.
Cover the picadillo with the tomato slices.
Add the third and final layer of 6 tortillas to the dish.
Spread one cup of Molé Sauce evenly across the tortillas.
You can also just dip them in the sauce as was done in the first layer.
Spread the remaining picadillo evenly across the tortillas.
Cover the dish with foil.
Bake casserole on middle rack in oven for 45 minutes.
While casserole is baking you can grate the cheese, slice the tomato, avocado and jalapeno.
After 45 minutes, remove casserole from the oven.
Remove and discard the foil.
Cover top of casserole with jalapeno, tomato and cheese.
You can put the avocado on top of the casserole now or after it comes out of the oven again.
Place dish back into the oven for 15 minutes.
Remove and let cool for a few minutes.
Slice and serve.
You can garnish each portion with a little more Molé Sauce or any sort of salsa or hot sauce.
You can also add sliced lettuce, green onion or chopped cilantro as a garnish.
New Taste Thinking:
If you are looking for a quick easy recipe you may want to skip this one!
This casserole is quite a production to make and should be done on a day when you have time and feel like doing something that is more along the lines of an artsy-craftsy project.
That being said, this is a delicious, economical recipe that will feed 8 to 10 people and the leftovers microwave incredibly well.
You can eliminate the cheese if you don't eat it or you can double the amount and spread more somewhere in the middle if you like.
