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    Home » Recipes » Main Dish » Meat

    beef enchiladas

    Published: Oct 15, 2012 · Updated: May 31, 2019 · 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 this 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.

    If you feel like overachieving, you could always make your own corn tortillas but buying them from the store is perfectly ok 🙂
    Just make sure you buy the ones that only list corn, lime, and salt in the ingredients. Skip those with preservatives and other unnecessary ingredients.

    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 make it a little healthier and 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
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    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 35 minutes
    Total Time: 55 minutes
    Servings: 5
    Author: Meme

    Ingredients

    • 1 lb tomatillos about 12-15 medium, husked and rinsed
    • 1-2 jalapeños stemmed and halved lengthwise & seeded
    • 1 large yellow onion half chopped and half diced
    • ½ cup cilantro chopped, divided
    • ¾ teaspoon salt divided
    • 1 teaspoon oil
    • 1 lb lean ground beef or sirloin
    • 1 green bell pepper diced
    • 2 teaspoon ground cumin
    • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
    • 10 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. {I like mine pretty smooth}. Season with ½ 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 salsa verde {that you just made} into the ground beef mixture.
    • Preheat the oven broiler. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
    • 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 salsa verde evenly over filled tortillas. Top with cheese. Broil for about 5 minutes, until cheese is bubbly & lightly browned. Sprinkle with remaining cilantro to serve.

    Notes

    *Based on this recipe from Fine Cooking

    What to Use in This Recipe

    large red stock pot
    Large pot
    Blender
    two black skillets with silver handles
    Skillet
    Did you try this recipe?Be sure to leave a comment & recipe rating below. Bonus points for tagging @memeinge & #livingwellkitchen on Instagram! THANK YOU! xo

    Meme

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