Spicy Beef Enchiladas
Cooking time: 35 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
Since tortillas come in packages of six (or eight), we'll have at least one left to use in the Starter tomorrow night. If you still have 2 left after that, you can use them for wraps or cut them into triangles, sprinkle on some salt, garlic powder, whatever, and bake until light brown, about 15 minutes - Voila! Taco Chips!
Spicy Beef Enchiladas
Total time: 35 minutes
You can make this as hot or not by your choice of taco sauce, how much chili powder you use and by adding hotter peppers and/or hot sauce. I'm a wimp... this is my recipe. Adjust as you want ;-))
Ingredients:
- 8oz (240gr) ground beef (or turkey)
- 1
onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 - 2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 4oz (120gr) green chilies or something hotter if your prefer
- 15oz (450gr) refried beans
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 cup (4oz, 120gr) shredded cheese - divided, cheddar, colby
- 2
jars enchilada or taco sauce, 10oz each (300 ml) (mild or hot)
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) tomato sauce
- 1/3 cup (3oz, 90ml) Greek yogurt, or sour cream approximately
- 4 corn or wheat tortillas
Instructions:
- Chop onion.
- Finely chop garlic.
- Drain chilies, chop if whole.
- Heat oil in large nonstick skillet. Add chili powder, cumin, and sauté 1 minute.
- Add onion and garlic; sauté 5 minutes.
- Add beef and sauté, breaking it up as it browns.
- Add 1/3 of the beans and enough taco sauce to just kind of hold it all together, 1/3 - 1/2 cup.
- Remove from heat. Add green chilies and 1/2 cup of the cheese, mix well.
- Put 1/2 cup tomato sauce into a baking dish large enough to hold 4 enchiladas.
- Divide the beef/bean mixture into fourths. Spoon each fourth onto a tortilla and roll up. Place seam side down on the sauce in the baking dish.
- Spoon the Enchilada/Taco sauce over the finished enchiladas, sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
- Bake at 375F (190C) for 20 minutes, until heated through and cheese is bubbly.
- Heat remaining beans.
- Serve Enchiladas with Greek yogurt and beans on the side.
Taco Chips: Cut tortillas into triangles, sprinkle on some salt, garlic powder, whatever, and bake until light brown, about 15 minutes - Voila! Taco Chips!
Cooking schedule: 35 minutes
Assemble all ingredients and utensils
Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives,
large skillet, baking dish, small saucepan, plate
Turn oven on, 400F (200C)
Chop onion
Sauté chili powder
Add onion, sauté |
Mince garlic, add to skillet, sauté
Add beef to skillet, sauté
Add beans, sauce, mix
Add cheese, chilis, mix
Put sauce in baking dish
Divide filling, roll enchiladas
Place in dish, pour some sauce over, bake
Remove Enchiladas, serve |