Southwest Potato Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (20 ounce) bag simply potatoes diced potatoes with onion
• 1 (12 ounce) can tuna, drained and flaked (you could make this vegetarian or use cooked chicken, cooked ground beef, or cooked sausage)
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 (15 ounce) can corn, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
• 1/4 cup pickled jalapeno pepper, chopped (to make it spicier, you can use fresh jalapenos or canned chopped jalapenos)
• 3 cups colby-monterey jack cheese, shredded (2 for filling, 1 to top)
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3/4 cup salsa, drained (i used pace chunky mild salsa)
• 1/4 cup cilantro, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2-1 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1/2-1 tomato, seeded and chopped
• 6 green onions, sliced
• sour cream, to serve
• hot sauce, to serve (we like tapatio)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f grease a 13x9 baking dish.
• 2 mix together the first 8 ingredients through the first 2 cups of shredded cheese.
• 3 mix together the sour cream, salsa, cilantro, garlic, cumin and salt and stir into the potato mixture until it's well coated.
• 4 spread mix into prepared baking dish and top with remaining cup of cheese.
• 5 bake for 60 minutes.
• 6 remove from oven and top with fresh chopped tomatoes and sliced green onions.
• 7 can serve right away, but sauce will thicken more if you let it sit 10-15 minutes.
• 8 serve with sour cream and hot sauce. this is really good served alongside a crisp salad.