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Beef Enchiladas Recipe
Beef Enchiladas with an additional tasty, saucy filling, smothered with a selfmade Enchilada Sauce. My time saving trick is to make use of one base Enchilada spice combine for each the sauce and filling!
This can be a reader-favourite recipe included by common demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”!
This can be a reader-favourite recipe included by common demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”!
I really like that there are such a lot of variations of Beef Enchiladas on this big-wide-world.
Easy ones, stuffed with a plain cooked beef filling then topped with enchilada sauce and (plenty of) cheese. Fancy ones with the addition of chillies, beans, corn and even olives, typically even bacon. Hidden vegetable variations (don’t ever attempt that on me, I can choose them a mile away).
Shredded beef enchiladas, brief rib ones.
And in the present day I’m sharing mine. 🙂 It’s made with:
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A easy selfmade Enchilada sauce which is fast to make and so, SO significantly better than retailer purchased;
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A flavour loaded beef and bean filling which is made with floor beef (mince), a load of Tex-Mex spices, refried beans AND black beans. Bean overload? Positively not! The refried beans add bulk whereas conserving the filling good and juicy so we will have good, massive, plump enchiladas!
Right here’s what goes in my beef enchiladas.
Only a word on a number of of the elements:
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Refried beans – the “secret ingredient” that actually fills out the meat combination so you may massive, plump, generously stuffed enchiladas which are good and juicy. I exploit this in my Chicken Enchiladas too – works a deal with!
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Black beans – to fill it out a bit and add a unique texture to the filling. Diced greens are nice so as to add too – particularly crimson peppers / capsicum.
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Home made Enchilada Sauce – made with both tomato passata or canned tomato sauce (US, I like Hunts), plus an excellent hit of Tex-Mex spices.
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Beef – This can be a recipe for beef enchiladas so it’s made with floor beef. However it may be substituted with pork, chicken or turkey!
Right here’s my little time saving trick: one spice combine to flavour each the meat filling AND the Enchilada Sauce.
There’s an excellent again of Tex-Mex spices on this! A few of it’s used for the selfmade Enchilada Sauce, and the remaining is used to flavour the Beef and Bean Filling.
Strive these on the facet
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Corn Salad with Avocado
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Grilled Corn or do that Mexican Corn
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On a regular basis Cabbage Salad
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Broccoli Salad
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Pico de Gallo (Genuine Mexican Salsa)
Ahhh. These Beef Enchiladas. I actually hate utilizing the phrases “these are the BEST!” for any of my recipes as a result of all of us have totally different palettes, and what I might imagine is the “finest” may not be to somebody elses’ style.
However really, to me, to at the present time, even after having consumed greater than my fair proportion of Enchiladas at Tex-Mex eating places throughout America, I nonetheless suppose these are higher. Method, WAY higher than the mainstream chain eating places!
Hope you had an awesome weekend! – Johnsat x
This recipe options in my debut cookbook Dinner. The e book is usually new recipes, however this can be a reader favorite included by common demand!
This recipe options in my debut cookbook Dinner. The e book is usually new recipes, however this can be a reader favorite included by common demand!
Ingredients
- 1 tsp each onion & garlic powder (Note 1)
- 1 tbsp each cumin powder, paprika and dried oregano
- 1/2 – 1 tsp cayenne pepper (optional, spiciness)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp flour , plain/all purpose
- 2 cups (500ml) chicken stock / broth , low sodium
- 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) tomato passata OR US 1 can (8 oz) canned tomato sauce (eg Hunts) (Note 2)
- 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 onion , finely chopped (~1 cup)
- 1 lb / 500g ground beef (mince)
- 400g / 14oz refried beans (1 can, I use Old El Paso)
- 400g / 14oz black beans, drained (1 can, Note 3)
- 8 tortillas (or burrito wraps)
- 1.5 cups (150g) grated melting cheese, or more (I like Monterey Jack, tasty or cheddar cheese)
- Cilantro/coriander leaves , roughly chopped (optional garnish)
Instructions
- Mix together Spice Mix ingredients. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and mix to combine into a paste. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add 1/2 cup chicken broth, whisk straight away then it will turn into a thick smooth paste quite quickly.
- Add remaining chicken broth, passata, salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons of SPICE MIX. Whisk
- Increase heat slightly to medium high. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, whisking regularly, until the sauce thickens to the consistency of thick syrup (see video). Remove from stove.
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
- Heat oil in a skillet over high heat. Add garlic and onion, cook for 2 minutes.
- Add beef and cook for 2 minutes, breaking it up as you go. Add remaining Spice Mix. Cook for a further 2 minutes or until completely brown.
- Add refried beans, black beans, about 1/4 cup of Enchilada Sauce + salt & pepper. Mix (Note 4) and cook for 2 minutes then remove from stove (see video).
- Smear a bit of Sauce on the bottom of a baking dish (stops sliding).
- Place filling on the lower third of a tortilla. Roll up then place in the baking dish, seam side down. Repeat with remaining Filling & Tortillas.
- Pour Sauce over the Enchiladas, top with cheese, bake for 10 minutes covered (Note 5) then 10 minutes uncovered. Serve hot!
Notes
1. You can just use all onion or garlic powder, if you only have one of them. Fresh garlic is not the same, however, as a last resort substitution, you can use 3 garlic cloves, minced, instead of onion & garlic powder. Saute in the heated oil before proceeding with the recipe.
2. Tomato passata is pureed plain tomatoes that is not seasoned. Unlike crushed tomatoes, it is thick and smooth, like a thick tomato soup. In Australia it can be purchased in a bottle in the pasta aisle of major supermarkets (Coles, Woolworths). You can make your own simply by using a blender to puree canned tomatoes.
America: If you can’t find passata in the US (it is available at Walmart, Costco), a great substitute is US canned tomato sauce eg Hunts (yes, I’m such a food nerd I brought back cans to use for this recipe and it’s a near perfect substitute).
3. Black beans are commonly used in Mexican & Tex Mex cooking. It’s becoming more widely available in Australia. It can be purchased in the Mexican or canned beans aisle in most major supermarkets, as well as Harris Farms and Thomas Dux. You can substitute with red kidney beans or another type of beans if you prefer.
4. The refried beans should loosen as it heats and stir through easily. If not, add a splash of water.
5. To bake covered, I just pop a baking tray on top on the baking dish. Otherwise, cover with foil.
6. To make ahead, roll up enchiladas and place in casserole dish (can smear with sauce underneath). Keep sauce separate and top just before baking.
7. Nutrition per serving, assuming you use lean beef mince (this is a great recipe for using lean beef, you would never know!).
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