Ground Beef Enchiladas

Name: Ground Beef Enchiladas
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 onion (large, diced); 10 ounces mushrooms (chopped); 2 teaspoons garlic paste; 1 pound ground beef (I used grass fed Angus beef); 1 teaspoon cumin (dried); 1 teaspoon oregano (dried); 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/16 teaspoon pepper; 2.5 cups enchilada sauce (or as much as you want); 10 flour tortillas (6 inches); 6 ounces refried beans (homemade or a can (you will have leftover)); 8 ounces Mexican cheese blend

Last updated on November 6, 2020. Originally posted on June 11, 2018 By Elaine 40 Comments

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These ground beef enchiladas are so incredibly yummy! What makes them so delicious is how the ground beef is prepared. And they’re so easy that you’re going to want to make and eat them often.

Forkful of enchilada on the plate with two enchiladas and a serving of refried beans. In the background is guacamole and another plate of enchiladas

When I prepare these ground beef enchiladas, I get so excited! Why? Because the ground beef has a perfect combination of herbs and spices for great flavor and just the right amount of mushrooms and onions to keep the stuffing moist and succulent.

I don’t eat beef often but when I do, I can’t get enough of these enchiladas. (Does that last statement remind you of the Dos Equis beer guy?)

I especially love them smothered in my chunky enchilada sauce. Combine that with the soft flour tortillas and you’ll do cartwheels in celebration!

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Helpful tips

You will have extra veggies so don’t add them all to the ground beef. It’s nice to have extra vegetables. You can use them in other dishes, like scrambled eggs.
You will also have extra ground beef which you can also add to eggs or salads.
Don’t skimp on the herbs and spices because that’s what makes these enchiladas stand out.

How to make easy beef enchiladas

Step one

Chop the onions and mushrooms. (A)

Step two

Heat sauté pan and medium. Add olive oil and add the onion and sauté for 5 minutes.

Step three

Add mushrooms and garlic paste and continue cooking for 5 more minutes. (B) Remove from pan and set aside.

Left - sliced mushrooms and chopped onions. Right - a pan with sautéed mushrooms and onions

Step four

Add the ground beef, herbs and spices and use a spatula to break it apart as you sauté it for 7 minutes. Add half the vegetables back to the pan. (C)

Step five

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step six

Add some enchilada sauce on the bottom of the baking dish.

Step seven

Gather the remaining ingredients and start an enchilada assembly line. I use 6 inch flour tortillas, homemade refried beans, Mexican blend cheese and enchilada sauce.

Step eight

Smear some refried beans on the flour tortillas. (D)

Left - a pan with ground beef sautéed with the veggies. Right - beans smeared on a tortilla with cheese in the background

Step nine

Sprinkle on some cheese. (E)

Step ten

Add the ground beef and veggie mixture. (F)

Left - Cheese added to the beans on the tortilla. Right - ground beef added on the cheese on the tortilla

Step eleven

Roll up the flour tortillas and place seam side down in the baking dish. Continue until all the tortillas are used up. (G)

Step twelve

Spoon on the enchilada sauce. (H)

Left - enchiladas rolled and put in a baking dish. Right - enchilada sauce spooned on the enchiladas

Step thirteen

Sprinkle cheese on the enchiladas.

Cheese sprinkled on the enchiladas that are in a baking dish with another baking dish and beef in the background

Step fourteen

Bake uncovered for 25 minutes.

The beef enchiladas fresh out of the oven, the cheese is all melted. There is a bowl of beans, left over ground beef and veggies in the background

All that is left is to plate the enchiladas and enjoy!

Two enchiladas with a red sauce on a plate with some beans. There is some guacamole in the background along with another plate of enchiladas

I take my fork and cut into one of them. I spoon a little guacamole on the forkful of yumminess.

Forkful of a bite of beef enchiladas ready to be eaten.

I hope you enjoyed this ground beef enchiladas recipe!

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