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Easy enchiladas

person serving enchiladas

These are quick, make a lot of food, and all of the ingredients are really versatile. Well, except the enchilada sauce.. but its nice to have a couple stocked up.

Difficulty Beginner
Time
Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Rest Time: 10 mins Total Time: 50 mins
Servings 12
Best Season Suitable throughout the year
Enchilada fillng
  • 1 large onion
  • 6-12 cloves of garlic
  • 2 jalapenos
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 1 lime
  • 0.5 cup chicken bullion (I prefer using Better Than Bullion, Chicken Flavor. Its concentrated!)
  • 3 can black beans or mixed beans. (I like to make these from scratch :))
  • Outer enchiladas
  • 24+ corn tortillas
  • homemade or canned enchilada sauce (I like using Las Palmas Green Chile Enchilada Sauce)
  • grated cheese (optional)
  • 1 can black olives, sliced (optional)
  • 0.5 cup cilantro, diced (topping for after its cooked)
Instructions
  1. Make filling

    Fry together onions, garlic, jalapenos in olive oil with taco seasoning and Mexican oregano.
    Once the onions are transparent, add the bell pepper and fry until starting to soften.
    Add the beans, chicken bullion and more taco seasoning and oregano.

    Cook briefly until the beans are hot.

  2. Assemble enchiladas

    Preheat oven to 400F.

    This can be quick and you can be sloppy about it. No need to make tidy enchiladas unless you have the extra time.

    Microwave the stack of corn tortillas for a minute or a minute and half. Just so they are soft and don't crumble.

    Pour some of the enchilada sauce into a Pyrex baking dish.

    Dip a tortilla into the sauce, glob some bean filling in, and roll and tuck into the dish.

    Once they are all in, pour the rest of the sauce over them. Cover with cheese and/or just olives (if you skipping the cheese, it might look a little nicer if you sprinkled some chopped tomatoes or something colorful over it).

    Bake at 400F for 20min. Finish by broiling them on high.. but watch them the entire time so they don't get ruined. You want them toasted not burnt!

    Squeeze lime over them, and sprinkle with cilantro.

    Let them cool for about 10 min before serving.

    Enjoy!

Keywords: beans, mexican, latin