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Beef Enchilada Recipe

September 21, 2017 By The Head Spoon 9 Comments

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Easy ground beef enchilada recipe with red sauce that is so simple to throw together for a healthy weeknight meal.  So delicious.

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Beef enchilada recipe in a white baking dish.

This ground beef enchilada recipe is filled with grass fed ground beef, sautéed chopped yellow onions, pinto beans, enchilada sauce, freshly shredded cheddar cheese and topped off with sliced olives and chopped spring onions.  Such a perfect comfort food.

I'll admit it, I love flour tortillas.  For awhile I was avoiding them because I thought we should all be eating corn tortillas since they're "healthier".   But, sometimes, like with this beef enchilada recipe, flour tortillas work best in giving this dish a beef enchilada casserole feel and taste.

The tortillas become so soft while cooking and soak up the red enchilada sauce perfectly.  So good.

Close up of beef enchilada recipe.

Tips for this beef enchilada recipe:

  1. I used pinto beans, but you can also use black beans if you wish.
  2. Pour the red enchilada sauce so that it covers the rolled enchiladas almost completely.
  3. Freshly grated cheddar cheese and grass fed ground beef kick the taste up a few notches.
  4. You may also swap the ground beef for ground turkey and this dish would be equally as delicious.

Beef enchilada recipe in white Staub baking dish.

This has been voted by my family to be the best beef enchilada recipe with flour tortillas in our vault of dinner recipes.  Luckily for me, its super easy to make and I can deliver to the table in a flash.

Hope you enjoy it too!

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beef enchilada recipe
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Ground Beef Enchilada Recipe

Easy ground beef enchilada recipe with red sauce that is so quick to throw together for a healthy weeknight meal.

Course Dinner
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 235 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 lb lean ground grass fed beef
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 16 oz can pinto beans
  • 20 oz red enchilada sauce (two 10 oz cans)
  • 1 cup fresh mild salsa, divided
  • 1 cup freshly shredded cheddar cheese
  • 2.25 oz can sliced black olives

Instructions

  1. Add tablespoon oil to large skillet and cook beef and chopped onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.  Drain excess fat from skillet.  Stir in the can of beans, ½ cup fresh salsa, and one can of the red enchilada sauce.

  2. Place ⅔ cups of the beef mixture in a flour tortilla with a sprinkle of cheese, then roll up tortilla.  Place rolled, filled tortilla seam side down in a greased 13x9 inch baking dish.  Repeat with the rest of the 8 tortillas.

  3. Pour the second can of red enchilada sauce and the remaining ½ cup of salsa over the rolled enchiladas. Then sprinkle the rest of the shredded cheddar cheese, followed up with the chopped spring onions and sliced black olives.

  4. Cook for 20-25 minutes in a 350 degree oven.  Leftovers of this dish are fabulous the next day.  Store in the fridge with plastic wrap tightly around the top of the dish to retain freshness.

  5. Note:  Make Ahead Freezer option.  After step 4, place aluminum foil tightly over your dish, and place in freezer.  When ready to eat, keep aluminum foil on and place frozen enchiladas into oven to cook for 30 minutes.  Cook uncovered for 15-20 minutes until cheese is bubbly and melted.

Nutrition Facts
Ground Beef Enchilada Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 235 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Cholesterol 49mg16%
Sodium 1245mg54%
Potassium 479mg14%
Carbohydrates 18g6%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 7g8%
Protein 20g40%
Calcium 151mg15%
Vitamin C 3.5mg4%
Vitamin A 800IU16%
Iron 2.9mg16%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. Suzy

    April 04, 2022 at 12:34 pm

    Do you drain the pinto beans before adding to beef?

    Reply
    • The Head Spoon

      January 10, 2023 at 7:39 pm

      Yes, drain the beans before adding to the beef.
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  2. Lisa

    May 15, 2019 at 6:16 pm

    Where do you put the other 1/2 cup salsa?

    Reply
    • The Head Spoon

      May 17, 2019 at 1:24 pm

      The other 1/2 cup of salsa should be poured over the rolled enchiladas when you are sprinkling cheese over the dish as well in step 3. Thank you for pointing this out. I'm updating recipe now! Hope you enjoyed the dish.
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  3. Andrea

    July 30, 2018 at 10:01 am

    This turned out really well. I made a few modifications to match the ingredients that I had.
    Modifications:
    black beans instead of pinto
    1 chopped roma tomato plus 1/2 minced jalapeno in place of the salsa
    white onion instead of yellow
    no spring onions, no olives
    added 4 oz of cream cheese to beef mixture instead of the cheddar cheese (still topped with the cheddar, though)
    added 1/2 sliced jalepeno and 1 chopped roma tomato to top of enchiladas before baking

    Reply
    • The Head Spoon

      September 06, 2018 at 3:43 pm

      I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Your modifications sound fantastic. I'll have to try a few of those as well. Love the adding cream cheese idea to the beef.
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    • Cathie V.

      October 17, 2018 at 12:28 pm

      Sounds yummy😀 I don't know people try to make a recipe of they are going to change everything in it. I love getting recipes that are tried and true because others have screwed them up before!

      Reply
      • The Head Spoon

        October 17, 2018 at 12:44 pm

        I agree. Tried and true are the best, but I think slight modifications can be fun too. Thanks so much for checking in!
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  4. Mischelle M

    September 23, 2017 at 7:16 pm

    I just made this for my husband and I and we loved it. We used ground turkey though. Next time, I'll use the ground beef as you recommend. This is definitely something we'll make again. Easy and delicious.

    Reply

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