Make this Easy Ground Beef Enchiladas Recipe for Mexican Monday when you need a quick but delicious dinner idea. Get all the flavors of enchiladas in just minutes with this simple recipe.
Easy Ground Beef Enchiladas Recipe
Our entire family goes crazy over Mexican food and you can’t go wrong with enchiladas. This recipe is super fast and easy making it the perfect meal for busy weeknights.
In just minutes, your house will smell amazing from the ground beef and spices simmering together in the skillet. Yum!
We have served this for guests and the enchiladas are always a big hit. The flavor is amazing.
Ingredients
- ground beef
- onion
- salt and pepper
- salsa
- chili powder
- paprika
- cumin
- corn tortillas
- red enchilada sauce
- shredded cheese
How to make ground beef enchiladas
First, brown the ground beef in the skillet.
Second, add all of the seasonings and stir everything together with the salsa.
Next, heat the red enchilada sauce in a saucepan. Take each corn tortilla and dip into the sauce to warm them up.
Now, let’s put the enchiladas together. Just add the mixture to the corn tortillas and roll each one up.
Put them in the baking dish. Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over them and sprinkle the cheese. Bake and enjoy!
It is that easy to make this delicious meal.
What Kind of Enchilada Sauce Should I Use?
We used red enchilada sauce. My kids prefer this type.
However, you can use green enchilada sauce to change the flavor up. I like them both!
You can use store bought or homemade enchilada sauce.
What are the best corn tortillas for enchiladas?
We like to use yellow corn tortillas because they hold up better. However, feel free to use what you prefer.
If you like flour tortillas, you can use those.
What to serve with Enchiladas
- Delicious Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe. This is easy and delicious with the enchiladas.
- Crock Pot Refried Beans. Super easy!
- Keep things simple and just add a simple side salad.
- Finish dinner off with Easy Sopapilla Recipe
- Check out What to Serve with Enchiladas for more side dish ideas.
Share ground beef enchiladas with a friend!
This is a great meal to take to someone recovering from surgery or that just had a baby. You can use one of these foil pans and clean up is a breeze.
Sometimes we even use these pans on crazy busy nights.
Tips for Making Ground Beef Enchiladas:
- You need a good skillet. We used a cast iron skillet and it’s perfect for this recipe. I have the Lodge cast iron skillet but you can see all the different brands.
- You also will need a nice 9×13 casserole dish to bake the enchiladas in. Amazon has some on sale right now!
- One of our favorite time saving tips is to use a small food chopper or food processor to quickly and easily chop onions. If you do not have one of these, I highly recommend them.
- Learn and how to freeze onions and also how to freeze peppers to save so much time in the kitchen!
Easy substitutions:
- You can try using ground turkey instead of ground beef. It is delicious and no one can tell the difference.
- We also have used shredded chicken and that is really good. This recipe is a great way to use leftover chicken and turn it into something amazing. We make this easy chicken enchiladas recipe.
- Another idea to try is steak enchilada recipe. Just substitute steak for the ground beef for a tasty way to change things up.
- You can also make easy ground beef enchiladas with green sauce. This recipe is so easy to switch things up.
Just use what you have. The great thing about this recipe is how versatile it is.
Give this enchilada recipe a try this week!
This enchilada recipe is amazing. I love to top with sour cream and it is SO good with beef enchiladas.
Try making beef enchiladas from scratch for a great meal. It is frugal and a great way to stretch your budget.
Your family will love when you make enchilada casserole recipe for dinner! These are so much better than store bought enchiladas.
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Easy Ground Beef Enchiladas recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lbs ground beef
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 1 Tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 12-18 corn tortillas
- 2 cans red enchilada sauce (10 oz each)
- 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 cup Monterey Jack shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large skillet brown the ground beef with the onion. Season with salt, pepper, chili powder, paprika, and cumin. Stir in the salsa.
- Heat over low heat until all the flavors combine approximately 10 minutes.
- Pour a small amount of the red enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9X13 baking pan.
- Heat up the remaining red enchilada sauce in a sauce pan and then dip the corn tortillas in the enchilada sauce.
- Spoon meat mixture into the corn tortillas, roll and place seam down in the baking pan.
- Continue until the meat mixture is gone.
- Pour the remaining red enchilada sauce from the pan over the enchiladas.
- Top with both of the cheeses.
- Bake for 10 minutes until heated through.
- Top with any of your favorite toppings and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Nutrition Facts
More enchilada recipes
- The best Sour Cream Enchiladas Recipe
- Bean and Cheese Enchiladas Recipe
- Ground Beef Enchilada Casserole Recipe
- Homemade Cheese Enchiladas Recipe
- Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup Recipe
- Easy Baked Enchilada Chicken Recipe
- Also see Cinco de Mayo Recipes
Can you freeze these?
Yes, you can.
My corn tortillas completely fell apart when I tried to roll them (even warmed) as I have seen in other comments. Flour tortillas definitely work better if you’d like the rolled enchiladas. I love corn tortillas and just layered it like lasagna instead of trying to roll them up. Delicious!
I clicked on 2x the recipe because my son had friends over and followed instructions to a tee except I only chopped half an onion. The kids, friends, husband and myself loved it. My only issue was with the tortilla dipping in sauce step. I put several of the tortillas in the pan at one time and when I got to the bottom three they broke. This was my fault because I thought this would save time. This recipe will be going into our rotation because not only was it inexpensive, it did not take long and we had almost all the ingredients already!
Thanks for the recipe!
Made this last week for my husband, he loved it.Quick and easy to make and very tasty.Will share with my family.
Doris