Beef Enchiladas

These easy Beef Enchiladas are hearty and packed with three different cheeses, offering a good dose of protein and dairy. Add your favorite toppings and serve alongside rice and beans for the perfect Mexican inspired meal the whole family will love. 

BEEF ENCHILADAS

Enchiladas are easily one of my favorite Mexican inspired meals that I make for my family.

There are a few things I love about enchiladas, including how easy they are to put together, how many different ingredients you can use, depending on what you have on hand, and you can load them up with one of my favorite foods, cheese.

These Three Cheese Beef Enchiladas come together with a few main ingredients: ground beef, tortillas, enchilada sauce and three cheeses.

For my version of these Three Cheese Beef Enchiladas I used sharp cheddar, pepper jack and monterey jack cheese but you can use whatever three cheeses you prefer.

If you are looking for meal ideas for your family on those busy weeknights, these enchiladas are the answer.

The three different cheeses gives your family a good dose of calcium and protein to keep them satisfied and give them the energy they need to finish out the day.

Today I am partnering with the American Dairy Association Mideast to celebrate all things dairy, and share with you how it is an essential part of your nutrition. When it comes to dairy, experts recommend 3 servings of dairy foods every day.

But did you now that 85% of Americans aren’t consuming enough dairy foods each day.

Milk, cheese and yogurt contain a unique package of nine essential nutrients.

Cheese is the No. 2 source of calcium for Americans and the No. 1 food craving, beating even chocolate.

That is me! I am addicted to cheese and crave it a lot. Don’t believe me?

Check out the recipe section devoted to cheese on my site.

The nice thing about cheese is that it can provide calcium to meet nutrition recommendations and help to fill the protein gap.

A win-win!

Recipe Ingredients

• Ground beef
• Onion
• Red bell pepper
• Diced green chiles
• Chili powder
• Salsa
• Enchilada sauce
• Shredded cheese
• Flour tortillas

One tip when cooking with fresh cheeses, like Feta and Mozzarella, and aged cheeses, like Parmesan, they don’t melt well, so it’s important to grate them and pair with cheeses that melt easily, like Swiss, Cheddar, Gouda, Muenster, Gruyere and Brie.

September is National Family Meals Month. I am a huge fan of making meals at home because you control the ingredients and you know what your family is putting in their bodies.

Home-cooked meals, especially those prepared from scratch, have benefits you may not be aware of.

Preparing meals at home, versus options like going through the drive thru or ordering takeout, can help with weight control, save time and money and provide a more balanced meal that includes multiple food groups. It also cuts down on food waste!

These beef enchiladas would be the perfect home cooked meal.

Another fun fact for those that live in Ohio, we rank 10^th nationally in hard cheese production.

It is the No. 1 Swiss cheese-producing state in the nation!

I picked a good state to live in as a cheese lover.

Ohio and West Virginia dairy farmers raise more than 268,000 dairy cows on about 2,200 dairy farms.

In an average year, Ohio and West Virginia dairy cows produce approximately 5.6 billion pounds, or about 656 million gallons, of milk. Live in Ohio or West Virginia? See what dairy farming family may live closest to you—your milk may come from their farm!

Other Beef Recipes to Try:

GROUND BEEF LAYERED HUMMUS

SPAGHETTI PIE

MEDITERRANEAN GROUND BEEF ZUCCHINI SKILLET

MEDITERRANEAN GROUND BEEF STUFFED PEPPERS

MEDITERRANEAN BAKED BEEF MEATBALLS

BEEF KAFTA MEATBALLS

MEXICAN ZUCCHINI 

Beef Enchiladas

These easy Beef Enchiladas are hearty and packed with three different cheeses, offering a good dose of protein and dairy. Add your favorite toppings and serve alongside rice and beans for the perfect Mexican inspired meal the whole family will love. 

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Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: beef, cheese, dairy, dinner, easy, enchiladas, ground beef, Mexican, protein

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

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Author: Julia

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• ▢ 1 pound ground beef
• ▢ 1/4 of a sweet onion, diced
• ▢ 1/2 of a red bell pepper, seeds removed, diced
• ▢ 1 – 4 ounce can of diced green chiles
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon chili powder
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons salsa
• ▢ 1 – 10 ounce can of enchilada sauce
• ▢ 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
• ▢ 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese
• ▢ 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese
• ▢ 8 10 inch flour tortillas

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Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large skillet heat the 2 Tablespoons olive oil over medium hight heat.
• Add the onion and bell pepper and sauté for 2 minutes. Add the ground beef and cook until the beef is browned. Drain the fat from the beef. Return the beef to the skillet. Stir in the green chiles, chili powder, and salsa.
• In a 9×13 inch baking dish use 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce and coat the bottom of the dish. Stir the 1/2 cup of pepper jack cheese into the beef and set aside.
• Place tortillas on a large plate. Using a spoon place 2-3 spoonfulls of the beef mixture into the center of the tortilla and roll it until closed. Place seem side down in the dish. Continue to do all of the tortillas laying them side by side.
• Drizzle the remaining enchilada sauce over the top of the enchiladas and sprinkle the 1 1/2 cups cheese over top of the enchiladas.
• Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake in the oven on 350 for 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly and the enchiladas are warm on the inside.
• Garnish with fresh tomatoes, cilantro and green onions.

Notes

• You can add more vegetables to this easily. I love to a variety of colors of bell pepper and sweet corn.
• Black beans can be a nice addition and can be added when you stir in the green chiles.
• Garnish with whatever you fancy. Some ideas are diced red onion, sour cream, salsa, green onion, cilantro, avocado and jalapeño.

Today’s post was sponsored by ADA Mideast . As always, opinions are 100% my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that allow me to create new and delicious recipes!