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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 Beef 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.
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 and Additions:
- 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.
How do you Make Beef Enchiladas not Soggy:
The best way to keep from getting soggy enchiladas is to not add to much sauce. We recommend slowly adding the sauce to cover the enchiladas when placing in the casserole dish.
You can also slightly fry the tortillas to help prevent them getting soggy.
How do you freeze Beef Enchiladas:
If you would like to freeze your beef enchilada, we recommend freezing them uncooked. Double the recipe and place one of them in the freeze. Place in a freezer safe container and wrap with aluminum foil.
They will last about 3 months if stored properly.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Both flour and corn tortillas can be used for enchiladas, we like the flavor the corn tortillas give enchiladas.
When choosing a cheese for enchiladas, we recommend using a Mexican blend. This 4 cheese blends adds flavor and the best cheese for enchiladas.
To prevent your corn tortillas from falling apart, it is best to warm them up. You can also moisten them which makes them flexible to roll up.
Print Easy Ground Beef Enchilada Recipe:
Easy Ground Beef Enchiladas recipe
Ingredients
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 easy 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!
Delicious!!!!!
I love Hispanic food but I have never been a big fan of enchiladas. This recipe is so good. It was a huge hit with the family. I will definitely be making it again.
Made this last week for my husband, he loved it.Quick and easy to make and very tasty.Will share with my family.
Doris
Tip: Dipping tortillas does work. Find a rythm.
It has a bit of a kick. I have an idea of how I’ll make it next time.
Over all good recipe for beginners too.
Great recipe, my family loves these enchiladas.
I always heat my tortillas in a skillet prior to dipping in the sauce & have no problem with them falling apart.
A little bit hot for my taste but my dad loved it. I used flour tortillas because when I used the corn ones they cracked and broke up.
My boyfriend is a very picky eater and each time I make enchiladas he doesn’t want me to add any seasonings to the meat… well tonight I took the risk and made this recipe. Nervous on what he would say… he looked at me and pointed at his empty plate and said “Those were literally the best enchiladas I have ever had!”
Definitely making these again! Thank you!
I followed the recipe exactly. It tasted really good, but my tortillas kept falling apart while I tried to roll them up. I heated the enchilada sauce and dipped them like the recipe says. Did anyone else have this issue?
This is fabulous but i use flour tortilla sorry i can give only 5 stars
I’m so glad you loved it!