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Beef Enchiladas

This is a very easy recipe for homemade beef enchiladas. Ground beef is cooked with onions and seasonings. Corn tortillas are lightly pan fried and placed on a plate with red enchilada sauce. The meat mixture and some shredded cheese are sprinkled on top then the tortilla is rolled up. After placing all the rolled tortillas in a baking dish, red enchilada sauce is poured on top with more cheese before baking.
Course Entree
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • Vegetable oil
  • 1 medium onion finely chopped
  • 1 lb ground beef 80% lean
  • 1 tbsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • Kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 cup canned or frozen diced green chiles
  • 8 corn tortillas
  • 1 ½ cups red enchilada sauce
  • 2 cups grated Mexican cheese 8 oz
  • ¼ cup thinly sliced green onions for serving
  • Sour cream for serving

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  2. In a large skillet, heat 1 tsp oil over medium heat. Stir in onion and cook until it begins to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the beef and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally to break up the meat, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Pour off any standing liquid. Stir in the chili powder, cumin, ½ tsp salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in green chilies.
  3. In medium skillet, heat 2 tbsp oil over medium-high heat until it is hot but not smoking. Line a plate with paper towels. Fry a tortilla for about 10 seconds on each side, using tongs to flip it. Transfer to the paper towels and very lightly season with salt. Continue with remaining tortillas, stacking them between paper towels. Add more oil to skillet if needed.
  4. Spread ¼ cup enchilada sauce into the bottom of a 9x13 baking pan. Pour about ½ cup of enchilada sauce onto a plate.
  5. Working one tortilla at a time, place it in the sauce on the plate to coat the bottom. Spread ⅓ cup of the meat mixture down the center, sprinkle a little cheese, and roll up the tortilla. Place it seam side down in the baking dish. Repeat to form a total of 8 rolls, nestling them against one another in the dish. Pour the remaining sauce over the rolls, and then sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
  6. Bake until browned on top and gently bubbling around the edges, about 30 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes.
  7. Serve warm with green onions and sour cream.