Beef Enchiladas

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (10 ounce) can enchilada sauce
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 12 small corn tortillas
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1 small yellow onion, small diced
• 8 ounces medium cheddar, grated
• salt & pepper
• cayenne pepper
• vegetable oil
• sour cream
• diced avocado
• chopped fresh cilantro
• salsa
• chopped tomato
• sliced black olives

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 in a small saucepan, heat enchilada sauce, tomato sauce and chili powder together over low heat.
• 3 in a medium skillet, fry ground beef over med. high heat until browned. remove all but 1-2 tablespoons of fat, then add onion and cook approximately five minutes longer until onion is translucent. season with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper to taste.
• 4 heat vegetable oil (about 1/2" deep) in skillet to 350 degrees, or until it bubbles around the end of a wooden spoon. working one by one, drop a tortilla in and let cook approximately 30 seconds, or until limp. remove from oil & drain on paper towels, layering each tortilla between two towels.
• 5 (for a lower fat version, wrap tortillas in damp paper towels and microwave for one to two minutes, or until limp/pliable.
• 6 pour enough sauce into the bottom of a greased 13x9" pan, to approximately 1/8" thick. begin filling tortillas with 3 tbls. beef mixture and 2 tbls. grated cheese. roll up, and place tortillas fold-side down, until all tortillas have been used. pour the rest of the sauce evenly over the top of the enchildas.
• 7 bake for twenty minutes, or until you see the sauce bubbling. sprinkle the additional cheese on top, then bake for five more minutes.
• 8 serve with refried beans and rice.
• 9 *this can be made a day or two in advance and kept in the refrigerator; can even be frozen. baking time will need to be adjusted accordingly.