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They are so easy to make in the oven so great for a weeknight dinner. Ready to surprise your family with these beef enchiladas? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
To make this beef enchilada recipe you need 10 ingredients. Take a look at the ingredients below and put them on your shopping list. Here we go:
- Beef – use lean ground beef
- Tortillas – you need medium-sized flour tortillas
- Onion – a small onion finely diced
- Garlic – fresh garlic minced
- Ginger – fresh garlic dime size piece finely diced
- Beans – I use kidney beans
- Tomato sauce – you can use sofrito sauce tomato sauce with onion and garlic
- Seasoning – to add flavor the the meat use enchilada seasoning
- Oregano
- Cheese – use your favorite shredded cheese
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Beef Enchiladas
- Start this recipe by browning the ground meat in a cast-iron skillet. Finely chop the onion, garlic, and fresh ginger.
- Add these to the meat and stir through the meat until soft and translucent.
- Now add a tablespoon of enchilada seasoning and stir through the meat. Add a cup of water and the meat stew simmer for 5 minutes.
- Pour the tomato sofrito sauce into a pan and warm it through. Stir in 1 tablespoon of enchilada seasoning mix oregano and 1 cup of water and let it also simmer for 5 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 450℉/225℃. Warm the oven dish in the oven so it is warm when you start to bake the enchiladas.
- In the meantime, prepare the enchiladas. Take a tortilla, put one to two tablespoons of enchilada sauce on the tortillas, and add a tablespoon of the bean and minced beef mix.
- Sprinkle some cheese on top and wrap the tortilla.
- Repeat for the 5 remaining tortillas. When the oven is warm put the wrapped enchiladas in the oven dish and cover it with enchilada sauce.
- Sprinkle two cups of grated cheese like hard mozzarella or Gouda cheese across the middle of the enchiladas.
- Bake the oven dish for 20 minutes. Let it cool slightly and serve immediately.
Enchilada Ingredient Options
You can add a lot of different ingredients to your enchiladas:
- Mushrooms
- Bell peppers
- Carrots
- Scallions
- Green beans
- Peas
- Broccoli
Quick And Easy Beef Enchilada Recipe
With just a limited amount of ingredients, you get a new family favorite on the table, this beef enchiladas recipe is that good. I love oven recipes because the oven can perform its magic. Pop it in and you can get a complete meal out.
Now for this recipe, you need to do some prep but the heavy lifting is done in the oven and you can go and do other things. Like having a glass of wine, vacuuming the living room, or reading a story to your kids.
Because that is how much time you will have for other things. The prep is not too bad as well. In less than 30 minutes you have food on the table.
Now, where do you find that with an enchilada recipe? This is a basic recipe so if you have your favorite ingredients and they are missing on the list just add them.
That is something I do all the time. Take a recipe and run with it make it my own.
More Enchilada Recipes
If you like this beef enchilada recipe you might love these enchilada recipes as well:
- Pulled chicken enchiladas – a great recipe made with shredded chicken and vegan hot enchilada sauce.
- Chicken spinach and egg enchilada – made with spinach, chicken, and egg. Want to try a different enchilada? Give this recipe a try.
- Turkey enchiladas – heat your oven for fast and tasty turkey enchiladas
- Breakfast enchiladas – filled with eggs, pork sausages, and the best Mexican flavors
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Beef enchiladas
Surprise your family with easy beef enchiladas. A family favorite made with ground beef, beans, and enchilada sauce. Easy weeknight recipe.
Ingredients
- 200-gram minced beef
- 6 small tortillas
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 dime-sized fresh ginger
- 2 cups of kidney and brown Beans
- 300 ml sofrito
- 2 tablespoons enchilada seasoning
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1½ cups grated cheese
Instructions
- Heat a skillet and brown the ground beef
- Mince the onion, bell pepper, ginger and garlic. Add to the meat and brown
- Now add 1 tablesppon of enchilada seasoning and add some water
- Let it simmer for 5 minutes
- Take the tomato Sofrito sauce, put it in a pan and warm it. Stir in 1 tablespoon of enchilada seasoning and oregano and a cup of water
- Take a tortilla, add two tablespoons sauce before adding 1-2 tablespoons of the bean and minced beef mix. Sprinkle some cheese on top and wrap the tortilla. Put in the oven dish.
- Repeat for the 5 remaining tortillas. Cover with the remaining tomato sauce and some grated cheese
- Heat the oven to 450℉/225℃. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 970; Fat: 52g; Carbs: 73g; Protein: 65g;
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