Tamal Azteca

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Title: TAMAL AZTECA
Categories: Casseroles, Vegetables, Cheese, Tex-mex
Yield: 4 servings

-----------------------AZTECA SAUCE-----------------------
1 cn (28 oz) plum tomatoes,
- undrained
1 cn (4 oz) roasted green chilis,
-chopped, undrained
1/2 tb Canola or corn oil
1 c (6 oz) white onion, finely
- chopped
1 Garlic clove, minced
1 c Defatted chicken stock
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 c Chopped cilantro

----------------------TAMAL CONTENTS----------------------
8 Corn tortillas
1 c Zucchini, diced
2 pk (10 0z) frozen chopt spinach
- thawed, thoroughly drained
8 oz Monterey Jack Cheese, grated
1 pk (10 oz) frozen corn, thawed
1/4 c Chopped cilantro
4 c Azteca Sauce

AZTECA SAUCE: To make sauce, combine tomatoes and
chilies in a blender and make a coarse puree. Heat the
oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook
until lightly browned. Increase heat to medium-high,
add garlic and
cook 1 minute. Add tomato and chili mixture and cook,
stirring frequently, until reduced and thickened,
about 8 minutes. Add stock, reduce heat to low and
simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 30
minutes. Stir in salt, remove from heat and stir in
1/4 cup of cilantro. Makes 4 cups of sauce. CASSEROLE:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread tortillas out on
two baking sheets coated with vegetable oil spray.
Lightly coat tops of tortillas with vegetable oil
spray and place them in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
Turn over and bake 3 minutes more. Remove from oven
and set aside, leaving oven on.
Steam diced zucchini until just crisp-tender, about
2 minutes. Remove from steamer and set aside.
To assemble casserole, lightly coat a 7-by-11 inch
baking dish with vegetable oil spray. Spread a thin
layer of sauce evenly over the bottom.
Cover sauce with 2 toasted tortillas. Evenly spread
the chopped spinich over the top of the tortillas. Top
with one-fourth of the remaining sauce and one-fourth
of the cheese.
Place 2 more tortillas over the top and press down.
Spread the corn on top and cover with one-third of the
remaining sauce and one-third of the remaining cheese.
Top with 2 more tortillas, again pressing down. Top
with zucchini, one-half the remaining sauce and
one-half the remaining cheese. Top with the 2
remaining tortillas and press down. Spread remaining
sauce evenly over the top and sprinkle on remaining
cheese.
Cover tightly with foil and place in preheated oven
for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake about 10 minutes
more, or until lightly browned. To serve, sprinkle 1/4
cup of chopped cilantro over the top.

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