Hello Hivers and Foodies. Yesterday I decided to make some enchiladas. I've posted food from restaurants and finished foods I have made in the past. This will be my first time showing you my culinary skills. Alright who's smiling or laughing? Without further ado let's get to this easy meal preparation.
Enchilada Ingredients
- 1 lb of ground beef
- 4 cups of shredded cheese
- Flour tortillas (burrito size) 8ct
- large can of enchilada sauce
- onion (1 slice, diced up)
- Garlic Powder (tablespoon or two)
Toppings
- 1/2 cup of sliced black olives
- 3 cups of shredded lettuce
- 1 tube or small container of sour cream
- onion (1 slice, diced up)
Sides
- 1 large can of refried beans
- 1 family size bag of Spanish rice
- 1 bag of tortilla chips
- 1 jar of salsa
Before browning up some ground beef I dice up some onion. Some to cook with the ground beef and some for toppings. I also chopped up some lettuce. If you want you can buy some iceberg lettuce that is already shredded.
I add the onions to ground beef and sprinkle some garlic powder over it. I brown the ground beef on medium heat. I like to use 93% or higher ground beef, the more lean the less grease it produces. Here's what it will look like when it's done.
Once the ground beef is done I turn the oven on to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Drain pan of grease if needed. Now it's time to get the dish ready.
Open up the enchilada sauce and dump a layer to cover the bottom of the dish. This sauce will keep the flour tortillas from sticking to the bottom and will make the tortillas soft when fully cooked.
Next up is time to load up our flour tortillas. I use a spoon to scoop up the ground beef from the pan. Approximately 3 or 4 spoon fulls per tortilla. I add cheese to my liking, a few pinches to sprinkle over the top of the ground beef. I do this on a paper plate to keep any loose meat and cheese mess on the plate not on the counter or stove.
Once I get them loaded it's time to roll them up. Just fold the top and bottom inward than fold and roll (left or right). Once down put into the dish. I put them in pan one by one because the last one I make may have to be smaller or larger than the rest.
So I used 6 of the 8 flour tortillas. No worries I will use the other tortillas later in the week with with some of the left overs. I will fill them taco style with ground beef, refried beans, cheese, lettuce,and probably some diced tomatoes.
The next step is to dump some more enchiladas sauce over the flour tortillas. It's very important to cover the entire tortillas with the sauce. If any area is not covered it will be crispy once it cooked, what we don't want.
Once that is done we will rain 😁 some cheese over the top. Next up is to cover up your dish with aluminum foil. Than stick in oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes.
While I wait for the enchiladas in the oven I start working on the sides. The first thing I do is open up the refried beans and place them in a small pan. I place on the stove top and set to low heat. You will have to check on and stir often. I had some left over enchiladas sauce so I added a good splash of it with the beans. You can add water to it if you want a more liquid consistency. The left over sauce gave a consistency I was happy with plus it will have a slight kick to it.
The Spanish rice I bought was some ready rice. This made it convenient because the prep time for this is two minutes in the microwave. I waited until the enchiladas were almost done. I was going to fry up some bacon and cut it up and place in the rice. I admit I got lazy and didn't do 🤣
I take out the dish from the oven and uncover it. The cheese on the top is somewhat melted. I set the oven to broil and put the dish back in the oven for a few minutes. Monitor this closely because the cheese will melt quickly. Usually it's good to go at 40 minutes, I may have been generous with the cheese a bit 😂
Here is the finished product ready for consumption. I tell you it was delicious and I was full after just one plate. Total time to put this on the table was just over an hour (70 minutes).
Serving this meal with some tortilla chips just adds a crunchy delight. I found my self dipping some of my chips in both the salsa and in the refried beans.
Well this is a wrap I hope I did ok with my first attempt at doing an article on something I prepared on my own. Lunch today will be the same. I think I will only eat half of one as I don't want to suffer from food coma at work, haha. I appreciate you taking the time to read my blog. Take care, be safe and until next time.
I love this kind of food. I made something similar, but I didn't know that it could actually be enchiladas.😊 It looks perfect and delicious.
A lot of different names for things of similar appearance and taste. It was very tasty and everyone enjoyed. Left overs were basically gone the following day.
Ohh so good and delicious! Actually I miss this kind of food, here not so usual... I think I ate more enchiladas there in the US than here! 😅 Sure you have enjoyed them!
I think no matter where your at in the U.S. there is Mexican cuisine. Location very much determines it's authentic taste though. Large cities it's on point. The small towns with no Hispanic population or kitchen staff you can tell a difference.
Oh this hit the spot it's been awhile since I have made. Maybe soon I do some fried ice cream. Its been even longer since I've done that. Oh what a treat that one is 😁
Ohhhh ice cream and fried! I love the classic Italian ice cream but I would try yours jajaja 🤣👍
Oh I thought you would have tried when you were here. I'll elaborate a bit on it. So a smaller flour tortilla is fried and shaped into a bowl. Than drizzled with a sugar & cinnamon. The ice cream (vanilla) is rolled into a ball with flakes or crumbs or can be even crushed nuts and placed in the fryer. Hot outside layer and cold hard ice cream underneath. Than placed in fried tortilla bowl topped usually with Carmel and whip cream. I'm tasting it in my imagination now, haha
I didn't eat everything and at least not that one... but it sounds super delicious 😋 I would repeat dessert 🤣 Enjoy it doubly if you eat this soon!
Maybe you use different cheese? No problem, they still look good especially because they are cheeses 😅
In the past, my hand want to grab tortillas wrap into my shopping cart,but I canceled because somewhat too pricey 🥲
But maybe next time I will think again about buy those wrap for my healthy meals 😊
Oh yes different cheeses can be used. I should have taken a picture after I pulled it out of the oven the second time but I had some anxious hungry onlookers, hehe. Also different kinds can be made. All cheese, chicken, and yes all veggie ones.
It's a bummer their pricey there, you can do a whole lot with them. They can be fried and used in an assortment of desserts as well.
Thanks for stopping by and giving your thoughts 😁
Looks yummy. So that's enchiladas.. Not bad though..still edible haha
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It's very edible, haha. I'm not a chef so plate appearance may be deceiving. Despite appearances I make one mean enchilada 😁 Have a great rest of your evening, appreciate you dropping by.
Wow this post reveal a secret to me that you can cook something very delicious too, believe me end result watered my mouth and make me crave for this, Nice work Bob 😍
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Thank you Lesly. It's really not all that difficult either. Here soon I will be having it again for lunch warmed up with Chef Mike, hehe
Hahaha yes i know it's not difficult but actually i don't know whether you know cooking or not 😜
I actually cook a lot believe it or not, haha. I do most of it in my household. I knew a lot didn't know that about me. I figured some would be smiling or laughing seeing this post, haha
That's really a nice habit you've than 😍 hahaha yes maybe some people laughed and smile after reading this Post 😁
Looks very delicious!But I think plain rice would be a better partner since the enchiladas looks tasty already and full of flavor.
You could be right about the rice. It's just when I have Mexican cuisine I have always had that cuisine rice. I think your garlic fried rice would go well it 😋 I don't know if steamed rice would though.
I never tasted this before, thank you for sharing friend. it looks so good and tasty :)
If you ever get a chance give the Mexican cuisine a try. If you like cheese and some spice it won't disappoint:)
It makes me hungry Bob😁. So yummy and I know it taste good. Wanna try some, in my dreams lol.
It was good but I dream of the table of food you showed in your recent post 😁
I love inchiladas. I think you did a good Gordon Ramsay stuff right there, big bro!!!
It is one of my favorite things to make, it's been awhile. All leftover gone now time to plan for tomorrow, hehe
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