Easy Beef and Cheddar Enchiladas
A quick, budget-friendly family dinner made with seasoned ground beef, mild enchilada sauce, corn tortillas, onion, and melted cheddar cheese.
This recipe is Mexican style, dinner, scaled for 5 servings, with 10 min prep and 20 min cook.
Prep: 10 min · Cook: 20 min · Total: 30 min · Serves: 5
Quick cooking notes
- Core ingredients include corn tortillas, onion, ground beef, mild enchilada sauce.
- Follow all 8 steps in order for the intended texture and doneness.
- Ingredient quantities listed below are for 5 servings.
Ingredients
- 10 unit corn tortillas
- 0.5 unit onion (finely chopped)
- 1 pound ground beef
- 20 ounces mild enchilada sauce (divided)
- 2 cups cheddar cheese (shredded)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Lightly grease a casserole or baking dish.
- Cook the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until fully browned. Drain excess fat.
- Stir about half of the enchilada sauce into the cooked beef until evenly combined.
- Spoon the beef mixture onto each corn tortilla, roll them up, and place them seam-side down in the prepared baking dish.
- Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over the rolled enchiladas.
- Sprinkle the chopped onion over the top, then cover generously with shredded cheddar cheese.
- Bake until the cheese is melted and the enchiladas are hot throughout.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories: 520
- Protein: 28 g
- Fat: 30 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 980 mg
Nutrition values are estimates based on stored ingredient totals and serving size.