How To Make Quick and Easy Beef Enchiladas

Enchiladas

More specifically- beef enchiladas. They might just be one of the easiest and quickest meals you can make that is filling and delicious.

You can make them with only a few ingredients and they’ll turn out tasting pretty dang good- or you can add in some extras.

We made this for our family the other night and our girls ate it right up which is a win in my book.

Olives, avocados, sour cream, rice- the options are limitless but today I’ll share a very simple and easy recipe for your favorite Mexican dish.

Ingredients:

10 flour tortillas

1 8 oz. package  shredded cheddar cheese 

20 oz. can of red enchilada sauce

1 lb . browned ground beef

1 T. taco seasoning

2 cups cooked white rice (optional)

or 1 bag steamed cauliflower rice (optional)

Olives, sour cream, avocados, lettuce, tomatoes for garnish (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat oven (or Traeger grill)  to 350 degrees

On medium high heat, cook your ground beef until cooked 

Drain grease from the beef

Add 1 T. taco seasoning and 1.5  C. enchilada sauce to the beef and stir together

Mix in rice or cauliflower if desired, set aside

Pour 1/4 enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9X13 pan

Get ready to assemble your enchiladas

Take one tortilla and scoop beef mixture in tortilla

Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top of it 

Fold together and place seam side down into baking dish

Once all tortillas are in the dish cover with remaining sauce and sprinkle with cheese

Place in oven for 30 minutes

Garnish with olives, sour cream, avocados, tomatoes, lettuce and enjoy!

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Quick and Easy Beef Enchiladas

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword Beef, easy, enchiladas, quick

Ingredients

• 10 flour tortillas
• 1 8 oz. package  shredded cheddar cheese
• 20 oz. can of red enchilada sauce
• 1 lb . browned ground beef
• 1 taco seasoning
• 2 cups cooked white rice optional
• or 1 bag steamed cauliflower rice optional
• Olives sour cream, avocados, lettuce, tomatoes for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven (or Traeger grilto 350 degrees
2. On medium high heat, cook your ground beef until cooked
3. Drain grease from the beef
4. Add 1 taco seasoning and 1.5  enchilada sauce to the beef and stir together
5. Mix in rice or cauliflower if desired, set aside
6. Pour 1/4 enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9X13 pan
7. Get ready to assemble your enchiladas
8. Take one tortilla and scoop beef mixture in tortilla
9. Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top of it
10. Fold together and place seam side down into baking dish
11. Once all tortillas are in the dish cover with remaining sauce and sprinkle with cheese
12. Place in oven for 30 minutes
13. Garnish with olives, sour cream, avocados, tomatoes, lettuce and enjoy!