Beef Enchiladas

By Lori

8 Person

40 Minutes

0 Calories

Simple homemade Beef Enchiladas are full of Mexican comfort food flavors. This recipe includes a quick homemade red enchilada sauce and an easy ground beef filling that’s ready for the oven in 30 minutes. Like your enchiladas with a kick? Finely mince 2 jalapeños and sauté them with the onions for a little extra kick. The perfect match for these killer enchiladas? We suggest Jarritos Margaritas.

Ingredients

Topping

Fresh cilantro leaves
Finely chopped onion
Diced avocado
Quartered grape tomatoes

Enchiladas

1/3 c. Shredded cheddar
2/3 c. Shredded Monterey Jack
8 Flour tortillas
1 can Black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can Corn, drained
1 can Enchilada sauce
Freshly ground black pepper
Kosher salt
1 tsp. Cumin
1 tsp. Chili powder
1 pound Ground beef
2 cloves Garlic, minced
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1 tsp. Extra-virgin olive oil

Method

01

Preheat oven to 350℉. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Add onion and cook until soft, 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 minute more. Add ground beef and cook until no longer pink, about 6 minutes. Drain fat.
02

Return beef mixture to skillet and add chili powder and cumin and season with salt and pepper. Stir in enchilada sauce, then remove from heat and stir in corn and black beans.
03

Add a large scoop of meat mixture onto each tortilla and roll up. Place rolled up tortillas side by side in a 9"-x-13" baking dish and top with cheeses.
04

Bake until cheese is melty, 15 to 18 minutes.
05

Garnish with tomatoes, avocado, onion, and cilantro.

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Beef Enchiladas

3.7

( By Lori )

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 8 servings
Prep Time 10 Mins
Total Time 40 Mins

02 Ingredients

Topping

Fresh cilantro leaves

Finely chopped onion

Diced avocado

Quartered grape tomatoes

Enchiladas

1/3 c. Shredded cheddar

2/3 c. Shredded Monterey Jack

8 Flour tortillas

1 can Black beans, drained and rinsed

1 can Corn, drained

1 can Enchilada sauce

Freshly ground black pepper

Kosher salt

1 tsp. Cumin

1 tsp. Chili powder

1 pound Ground beef

2 cloves Garlic, minced

1/2 medium onion, chopped

1 tsp. Extra-virgin olive oil

03 Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350℉. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Add onion and cook until soft, 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 minute more. Add ground beef and cook until no longer pink, about 6 minutes. Drain fat.

Step 2

Return beef mixture to skillet and add chili powder and cumin and season with salt and pepper. Stir in enchilada sauce, then remove from heat and stir in corn and black beans.

Step 3

Add a large scoop of meat mixture onto each tortilla and roll up. Place rolled up tortillas side by side in a 9"-x-13" baking dish and top with cheeses.

Step 4

Bake until cheese is melty, 15 to 18 minutes.

Step 5

Garnish with tomatoes, avocado, onion, and cilantro.

04 Author