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    Home » Recipes » Main Dish » Meat

    beef enchiladas

    Published: Oct 15, 2012 · Updated: Apr 14, 2024 · Post may contain affiliate links

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    These enchiladas are completely homemade with a delicious salsa made from tomatillos, jalapeños, and cilantro

    These Beef Enchiladas with Salsa Verde from Living Well Kitchen are completely homemade with a delicious salsa made from tomatillos, jalapeños, and cilantro

    I make some sort of Mexican-inspired meal at least once a week.

    They're usually so flavorful and pretty easy to make healthy.

    One of my favorites to make is enchiladas.

    So the other day when I was checking my email and saw a recipe from Fine Cooking for Quick Beef Enchiladas with Salsa Verde, I just couldn't resist.

    How can you skip over a quick recipe for enchiladas?!

    These Beef Enchiladas with Salsa Verde from Living Well Kitchen are completely homemade with a delicious salsa made from tomatillos, jalapeños, and cilantro

    Plus I love that they are completely homemade, including the green enchilada sauce.

    These Beef Enchiladas with Salsa Verde from Living Well Kitchen are completely homemade with a delicious salsa made from tomatillos, jalapeños, and cilantro

    I changed the recipe a tiny bit just to have some more veggies, but I stuck pretty close to the original recipe.

    beef enchiladas with salsa verde from Living Well Kitchen

    Beef Enchiladas with Salsa Verde

    These enchiladas are completely homemade with a delicious salsa made from tomatillos, jalapeños, and cilantro
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
    Servings: 5
    Author: Meme

    Ingredients

    • 1 large yellow onion
    • 1 pound tomatillos about 10 medium, husked and rinsed
    • 2 medium jalapeños seeds and stems removed
    • ½ cup cilantro chopped, divided
    • ½ teaspoon salt divided
    • 1 pound lean ground beef or sirloin
    • 1 medium green bell pepper diced
    • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
    • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
    • 10 small corn tortillas 6-inch
    • 1 ¼ cups shredded cheddar cheese 5 oz.

    Instructions

    • Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add in tomatillos, jalapeño, and the chopped onion. Cover and reduce heat to a simmer.
    • Simmer for 10 minutes, until tomatillos & onions are tender. Drain and carefully put into a blender with ⅓ cup cilantro. Blend until it reaches your desired consistency. Season with ¼ teaspoon salt. Set aside.
    • Meanwhile, heat oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet or Dutch oven. Add ground beef, remaining diced onion, diced bell peppers, cumin, remaining ¼ teaspoon salt, and pepper. Cook, breaking up beef into small pieces with a spoon, about 7 minutes. Carefully blot with a paper towel to absorb excess grease {discard paper towel}.
    • Stir ½ cup of the green sauce into the ground beef mixture.
    • Preheat the oven broiler.
    • Heat the tortillas according to package directions. Fill each tortilla with about 3-4 tablespoon beef mixture. Top with 1 tablespoon cheese. Roll up, and lay seam side down in baking dish. Repeat until all the tortillas are filled.
    • Pour the remaining green sauce evenly over filled tortillas. Top with cheese. Broil for about 5 minutes, until cheese is bubbly & lightly browned. Sprinkle with remaining cilantro to serve.

    What to Use in This Recipe

    large red stock pot
    Large pot
    Blender
    two black skillets with silver handles
    Skillet
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    Meme

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