Recipe: Vegan Taco Casserole

This casserole will make enough to feed an army. If you aren’t cooking for an army, that will mean lots of yummy leftovers. Vegan Taco Casserole is hearty enough for vegans and non-vegans.

Vegan Taco Casserole Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Baked Tostitos, broken into bite sized pieces
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 large bell pepper, chopped
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2 gloves of garlic, minced
• 1 cup frozen hashbrowns
• 1 can of mexican style chopped tomatoes with chilies, including juice
• 3 cups cooked long grain rice
• 1 cup salsa
• 3 teaspoons hot chili powder
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 tablespoon leaf oregano
• 1 can refried black beans

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease 11×9 inch baking pan.
3. In large non-stick skillet, add onion, bell pepper, oil, garlic and hashbrowns and cook until pepper and onion are soft.
4. In a bowl combine tomatoes w/chilies, rice, salsa, chili powder, cumin, oregano and black beans.
5. Add mixture to skillet, stir and cook until everything is heated through.
6. Place broken tortilla chips in bottom of pan.
7. Poor mixture from skillet into pan over tortilla chips.
8. Bake in oven for 20 minutes

[Recipe Courtesy of Vegweb.com]