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How to Make Beef Enchiladas with Homemade Sauce - A Step-by-Step Guide

Beef Enchiladas with Homemade Sauce is a classic Tex-Mex dish that brings together the bold flavors of tender beef, warm spices, and rich, homemade enchilada sauce. This recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner or a casual gathering with friends and family. The combination of savory beef, gooey cheese, and zesty sauce will have everyone coming back for seconds.

One of the highlights of this dish is the homemade enchilada sauce. Made from scratch, this sauce is bursting with flavor and...

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Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder, or more to taste
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • cooking spray
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 (4 ounce) cans fire-roasted diced green chiles
  • ½ green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 8 low-carb high-fiber tortillas (such as La Tortilla Factory®)
  • 1 (8 ounce) package shredded low-fat Mexican cheese blend

Information

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 55 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
  • Servings: 4

  • Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour; cook and stir using a wooden spoon until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Mix in chili powder and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in chicken stock, tomato paste, oregano, cumin, and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer enchilada sauce until thickened and smooth, about 15 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat the inside of a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
  • Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
  • Heat olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion, green chiles, and green bell pepper until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Mix in ground beef and black beans. Stir in 1/2 of the enchilada sauce; cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Spoon beef mixture evenly onto the center of each tortilla and roll tortilla around filling. Place tortillas, seam-side down, in the baking dish. Cover tortillas with remaining enchilada sauce and Mexican cheese blend.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 20 minutes.

    • Nutrition

    815 cal.

    • Total Fat: 45g
    • Saturated Fat: 15g
    • Cholesterol: 113mg
    • Sodium: 2560mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 62g
    • Dietary Fiber: 16g
    • Total Sugars: 11g
    • Protein: 49g
    • Vitamin C: 69mg
    • Calcium: 144mg
    • Iron: 8mg
    • Potassium: 1392mg

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