Quick Easy Beef Enchiladas

Quick Easy Beef Enchiladas: Just 5 ingredients come together quickly for a restaurant worthy meal you will serve over and over! Also a low carb chicken casserole version!

My teenager heartily approved of these Quick Easy Beef Enchiladas by saying, “It seems like we are eating in a restaurant”. I will take that to mean they are good!  They ARE good.  

They are a good blend of taco meat, cheeses and a red chili sauce. I take a big short cut here and use canned sauce and leftover taco meat. That makes it so simple to mix together and bake.  

We use the large size soft tortillas and they are very loaded with beef and cheese inside so each is 2 servings.

Also try Quick Easy Chicken Enchiladas; much like these but with chicken and a green chile sauce.

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Low Carb Options:

If you would like a low carb version of a similar recipe, check out Chicken Enchilada Casserole. It is one of my most popular recipes!

You could also simply use low carb tortillas if you are not sensitive to wheat products. These are only 6 net carbs and worked very well.

Other Great Ground Beef Recipes:

Best Gluten Free Low Carb Meatloaf

Big Batch Homemade Chili

Beefy Lentil Soup

Simple Recipe for Hamburgers

Best Low Carb Burger

Best Gluten Free Low Carb Meatloaf

Easy Potato Beef and Corn Casserole

Slow Cooker Spaghetti or Pizza Sauce

Quick Easy Beef Enchiladas

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Tip for the taco meat:

If you make your taco meat ahead of time, you will have your meal ready put together even faster. If I am going to pull out my skillet, take time to cook meat and then wash it, I might as well get 5 meals out of it as 1, right? And If I can wash something once instead of 5 times, you can bet that is the route I will take. It doesn’t take too much more time to cook 5 pounds of meat as 1 pound so when I cook meat, I cook as much as I can and then split it up into freezer containers for meals so they are easy to use later. It is so nice to have that made up ahead of time to pull out when needed. 

I can actually pull meat out of the freezer as I gather the other ingredients. I can thaw it in the microwave for a minute and a half and it is ready to go. Shew! That saves me from the, “Oh no, it almost dinner time? What are we having?!” scare!! 

Need an easy recipe for homemade taco seasoning?

I have a taco seasoning recipe if you need it. I love to have some made up in the cabinet. It is cheaper than store bought but it is so much better for us too. It has no fillers and no MSG that gives me a headache. This takes only 7 herbs and spices from my cabinets and combining them into one jar; so simple! And it makes enough for 7 pounds of meat.

Does Quick Easy Beef Enchiladas Reheat and Freeze well?

Yes, they reheat wonderfully and also freeze well. If I want enough to freeze, I will make two pans because we always want enough left to have some for lunches. We think they are just as good the next day.

Ingredients:

soft flour tortilla wraps

cooked taco meat

refried beans

cheddar cheese

Old El Paso red enchilada sauce (or any other brand you like)

sour cream for topping, optional

Directions:

Spread ½ cup plus about 2 more tablespoons of refried beans into a wrap. Just use about 1/3 of the can for each wrap. My husband calls this the glue.

Add ½ cup of taco meat.

Add ½ cup of cheese.

Fold wraps and place in greased baking dish.

Cover with enchilada sauce and rest of cheese.

Bake in preheated 350* oven for 25 minutes and then broil for 2-3 minutes until top is nicely browned.

**Please note that it is not safe to broil in a Pyrex or glass dish–IT COULD SHATTER! If you want the cheese toasted, use a broiler safe pan to do this step. 

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