Easy Beef Enchiladas
My Easy Beef Enchiladas aren’t as simple as some Mexican meals, but they’re as simple as it’s possible to make them. You'll want this recipe every week!
Servings: 8
Calories: 365kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ½ cup onion diced
- 4 oz can green chilies optional
- 3 cups Mexican blend cheese divided
- 28 oz can red enchilada sauce
- 8 soft taco size tortillas you can use corn or wheat depending on preference
- Cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Preheat to 350 and spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray.
- In a medium skillet cook ground beef, onion and chilies until the ground beef is no longer pink. Drain if needed.
- Pour ½ cup of enchilada sauce evenly in the bottom of you baking dish
- Fill tortilla with beef mixture and top with cheese (you will use approximately ⅓ cup beef mixture and ¼ cup cheese in each)
- Reserve 1 cup of cheese.
- Roll meat and cheese up in tortilla and place it seam side down in your baking dish.
- Repeat with 7 remaining tortillas
- Pour remaining enchilada sauce evenly over the enchiladas
- Top with remaining 1 cup of cheese
- Bake 20 minutes, until sauce is bubbly and cheese has melted
- Top with fresh topped cilantro
Nutrition
Calories: 365kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 1443mg | Potassium: 292mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 940IU | Vitamin C: 4.5mg | Calcium: 316mg | Iron: 3.2mg