Delicious Wet Burrito Casserole

I have written a lot about the nexus between Amish culture and south-of-the-border cuisine in recipes like this Delicious Wet Burrito Casserole. How did tacos and tortillas become such a part of Amish culinary culture? Let's explore...

Back when I first started visiting Amish communities almost 30 years ago, jalapeño peppers were starting to be seen in Amish gardens and homemade salsas were just starting to become popular. A couple of things drove this trend among the Amish.

First, rural America, where the Amish live, was experiencing an influx of Hispanic newcomers, taking jobs in processing plants and factories. The two culinary cultures bumped up against one another and the Amish discovered many Hispanic foods were to their liking and natural fits. For instance, most Amish homemakers grew plenty of tomatoes. Well, what’s the main ingredient in salsa? Tomatoes. There were just a lot of natural overlaps like this

Secondly, you also have a lot of back-and-forth over the border with Mexico between Mennonites visiting family. There are no Amish settlements in Mexico, but there are large Mennonite communities. Foods get tried, recipes get passed around, and soon new culinary traditions take root.
This Delicious wet burrito casserole is a perfect example of an "adopted" recipe. Totally a different culinary culture, but the Amish have adopted it and made it their own.

Use the freshest burger meat you can get your hands on.

Cook it until it is nice and brown and season it up with the taco mix.

Cut the tortillas into bite-sized pieces.

Then start making layers of the tortillas, meat, sour cream, etc.

🌯 Delicious Wet Burrito Casserole

• 1 1 /2 pounds hamburger
• 1 package taco seasoning
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 /2 cup green peppers, diced
• 16 ounces of sour cream
• 2 cans cream of mushroom soup
• 2 cups cheese of your choice
• 8 small flour tortillas

📋 Instructions

1. Brown hamburger, onion, and green peppers.
2. Add taco seasoning.
3. Cut tortillas in small bite-sized pieces.
4. Mix sour cream and cream of mushroom soup together.
5. In a 9 X 13 inch pan layer hamburger mixture, tortillas and sour cream mixture and layers.
6. Top with the cheese.
7. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
8. Toppings can be chopped tomatoes, lettuce, salsa, and ranch dressing.

🌮 More Amish Tex-Mex Recipes

Delicious Burritos - Give these a try!

Breakfast Burritos - Amazing!
Incredible Taco Rice - So good!

Taco Salad - Delicious!

🖨️ Full Recipe