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Surprisingly, my kids like enchilada sauce!  I saw a recipe for beef enchiladas and wanted to try it, but I just couldn't go through the whole process of frying the tortillas in oil and dipping them in the enchilada sauce then filling and wrapping them individually.  So I just layered it up in a pan and it was delicious!

Beef Enchilada Bake

1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 pound ground beef
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 (28 ounce) can enchilada sauce
18 corn tortillas
2 (4 ounce) cans diced green chilies, drained
1 (6 ounce) can black olives, drained and roughly chopped
1 cup chopped green onions
3 cups grated sharp Cheddar cheese

In a medium pan, cook onion and ground beef until onion is soft and ground beef is cooked through. Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.  Adjust seasoning to taste.

In a 9x13 pan, spoon a small amount of sauce and spread over bottom of pan.  Cover with six tortillas then spoon enough sauce to cover tortillas.  Sprinkle half of the ground beef mixture, half the green chilies, half the olives and one third of the green onions over the tortillas and sauce.  Top with one third of the cheese then spoon a little enchilada sauce over the entire layer.  Cover with six more tortillas and repeat with sauce to cover the tortillas followed by the remaining ground beef mixture, green chilies, olives and half the remaining green onions and cheese.  Spoon a little more sauce over the second layer and top with last six tortillas.  Cover tortillas with remaining sauce and remaining green onions and cheese.

Bake at 350 degrees until heated through and bubbling.

Let sit 10 minutes before cutting and serving.