Easy Cheesy Beef Enchiladas

A casserole of beef enchiladas covered with melted cheese

4.57 from 16 votes

Easy Cheesy Beef Enchiladas

Enjoy beef enchiladas loaded with a flavor-packed bean and beef filling. Topped with homemade enchilada sauce and Mexican blended cheese.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword beef enchilada casserole, beef enchilada recipe, Cinco De Mayo

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Servings enchiladas

Calories 536kcal

Author Eileen Kellly

Ingredients

non-stick cooking spray
1 ½ pounds 80% lean ground beef Note 1
1 teaspoon ground cumin
salt and black pepper, to taste
1 small onion, peeled and diced
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
14 ounce can fire-roasted diced tomatoes, drained Note 2
14 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
4 ounce can green chiles
28 ounces homemade enchilada sauce or store-bought Note 3
3 cups shredded cheddar and Colby Jack Cheese 1 ½ cup of each cheese
8 flour tortilla

Garnish

guacamole
pico de gallo
1 green onion, chopped
1 avocado, diced
1 tomato, diced
sour cream
chopped cilantro

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray non-stick spray in bottom of 9x13 casserole.
In a large saute pan, over medium heat add ground beef, onion, and garlic saute for 4-5 minutes to brown meat, there will be no pink in the meat. Crumble the meat as you brown it. Drain excess fat from pan and discard.
Season meat mixture with cumin, salt, and black pepper.
Stir in diced tomatoes, black beans, and green chiles. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
In a 9x13 casserole, spread a thin layer of enchilada sauce to cover bottom of pan.
Lay a tortilla flat, place ⅛ of the meat and bean mixture in the center of each tortilla. Then place a generous helping of shredded cheese, about 2 Tablespoons on the meat mixture. Roll the tortilla up and place seam side down in the casserole dish.
Repeat this process with remaining 7 tortillas.
Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over the filled tortillas. Sprinkle remaining cheese over the sauce.
Bake for 20 minutes, uncovered. The cheese will melt and sauce bubbling.
Remove from oven. Let rest 5 minutes. Serve with any garnishes above.

Notes

Note 1: We use 80% lean ground beef which is included in the nutritional facts. You can use 85% lean as well. Also called hamburger meat or chop meat.

Note 2: Fire-roasted tomatoes add an extra level of flavor. regular diced tomatoes can be used in the recipe.

Note 3: A double batch of homemade enchilada sauce.

Variations:

Use Shredded Mexican Beef in lieu of ground beef for amazing enchiladas
Add 1 cup of frozen corn
Swap 3 green onions, chopped instead of diced onions
Use ground turkey or chicken instead of beef
For a spicy recipe use 1 teaspoon chili powder

Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and portion sizes

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