Recipe: Perfect Enchiladas, ground beef (or chicken)

Cooking beef with easy and tasty.

Enchiladas, ground beef (or chicken). If using ground beef, brown with onion and garlic, drain. In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion is tender.

It takes time and effort, but well worth it! Serve with Mexican rice and beans for a complete Mexican meal. I usually make chicken or seafood enchiladas with a green or red sauce and I thought the ground beef would be a nice change. You can cook Enchiladas, ground beef (or chicken) using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Enchiladas, ground beef (or chicken)

  1. It's of Main Dish, Casserole.
  2. You need 1 1/2 lb of ground beef (or chicken).
  3. Prepare 1/4 lb of chorizo.
  4. It's 6 each of tortillas,preferably corn.
  5. It's 1 each of onion.
  6. Prepare 1/2 cup of salsa.
  7. You need 2 tbsp of tomato paste.
  8. You need 6 of peppers, small red, yellow, or orange.
  9. Prepare 2 tsp of minced garlic.
  10. Prepare 2 cup of cheddar cheese, grated.
  11. It's 1/2 cup of greek yogurt (i.e. sour cream).
  12. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of rice (optional).
  13. Prepare 1 pinch of spices.

Add onion, garlic, cumin and pepper. In another pan fry tortillas in a small amout of oil. Dip each tortilla in enchilada sauce. Fill with meat mixture and roll up.

Enchiladas, ground beef (or chicken) step by step

  1. cook beef, chorizo and onion together..
  2. drain.
  3. add garlic, tomato paste, salsa, seasonings..
  4. let simmer.
  5. Meanwhile, make wild rice..
  6. Assemble: pour enchilada sauce in bottom of 12X9 " baking dish..
  7. Assemble: Onto each tortilla add grated cheddar cheese, beef mixture and rice. Fold with seam side down..
  8. Assemble: Pour remaining enchilada sauce on tortillas, sprinkle with grated cheese..
  9. Bake at 350 to 375°F until hot and bubbly..

These are the best Ground Beef Enchiladas! Why This Recipe for Ground Beef Enchiladas Works. For years, my son's favorite recipe were these easy Chicken Enchiladas (prior to that it was Chicken Spaghetti). He would ask for them at least once per week and I made. While you could certainly make all of the ingredients from scratch, we use packaged Spanish rice and an envelope of taco seasoning as a shortcut.