John Wayne Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 8 eggs, separated
• 20 ounces sour cream
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 4 cups monterey jack cheese
• 4 cups mild cheddar cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 small red pepper
• 1 small green pepper
• 1 onion
• 1 anaheim chili
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• olive oil, extra virgin
• 1 tomato, thinly sliced for topping
• ham, diced (optional) or canadian bacon, cooked (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 chop the onion and peppers, then saute lightly in the olive oil.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, separate the egg yolks from the whites, leaving the yolks in the bowl.
• 5 add milk, flour, garlic, and black pepper to the yolks, then mix well.
• 6 add sour cream, the cheeses, and vegetables to the egg mixture.
• 7 in another mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff.
• 8 fold the beaten whites into the mixture in the other bowl and blend together.
• 9 grease a baking dish with butter.
• 10 pour the mixture into the baking dish and place in the hot oven.
• 11 bake for 45-60 minutes , turning the dish occasionally, until the top starts to crack.
• 12 three quarters of the way through baking, top with the tomato slices.
• 13 serve with apple cinnamon tortillas lathered with honey butter.