Easy to Make Delicious Enchiladas!

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This ground turkey and black bean enchilada dish is absolutely bursting with flavor. Eat along with a bowl of crispy, tortilla chips and salsa -- and enjoy!

When you eat at home, you can save money and relax. Plus, these sumptuous enchiladas are surprisingly so easy to make.

Stuff your enchiladas with your choice of filling -- healthy, ground turkey or lean ground beef. Include black beans for extra fiber and deliciousness. Roll and place filled tortillas in a casserole dish. Smother in red, enchilada sauce and top with shredded cheese. You can also sprinkle additional toppings, such as onions and cilantro. Bake in oven until sauce is molten and cheese is bubbling and piping hot. You will impress yourself and your household with how good it looks – and how amazingly luscious and flavorful it tastes!

For today’s menu we have:

• Appetizer side of warm tortilla chips & salsa
• Ground turkey enchiladas topped with melted cheese and chopped cilantro

What you’ll need: 

1 casserole baking dish for enchiladas like this one

1 medium oven safe bowl for chips like this one

1 bowl for salsa like this Molcajete one

Plates to showcase your entrée like these beige or black southwestern border stoneware dishes.

Enchilada Ingredients:

1 pound ground turkey (can substitute with lean ground beef)

½ cup chopped white or yellow onion

½ cup chopped fresh cilantro

1/2 lime

1 tablespoon chipotle seasoning (optional) 

1 tsp olive oil

2 (15 oz) bottles of red enchilada sauce (I personally use 365 Whole Foods Market Organic Red Enchilada sauce. We love it!)

1 can 15 oz black beans

6 medium-sized, flour and corn tortillas. (Mixed flour-and-corn or flour tortillas work best because they are pliable and less likely to break like corn tortillas.)

2 cups shredded Mexican cheese (or Monterey & Chedder blend)

Optional toppings: diced onions, chopped cilantro, sour cream

Side Dishes

1 large bag tortilla chips

1 jar of salsa sauce

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 365°F.
2. Chop onions and cilantro. Add olive oil to a large skillet and stir onions and cilantro at medium heat until onions are translucent.
3. Add ground turkey. Brown meat while mixing in onions and cilantro at medium-high heat. Drain excess oil.
4. Add one can black beans with excess liquid. (Including liquid will keep filling from becoming too dry when baked later.)
5. Sprinkle chipotle seasoning (optional) and add juice from half of one lime.
6. Add 1 (15 oz) bottle of enchilada sauce. Mix into meat at medium heat until mixture is bubbling. Then set aside.
7. Time to assemble the enchiladas! Take a tortilla and lay it flat.  Lay ground turkey mixture in an even line. Add shredded cheese (as much or as little as you prefer). Roll tightly to close. Place in baking dish seam down.
8. Pour remaining enchilada sauce over the tortillas, then top with remaining cheese. Sprinkle with diced onions and cilantro (optional).
9. Bake for 25 minutes. Cheese should appear melted and sauce bubbly.
10. Serve with a dollop of sour cream (optional).

Appetizer side of tortilla chips and salsa

Place tortilla chips in medium sized oven safe bowl. Heat for 3 minutes at 300°F. Remove from oven with mitts and place on trivet to protect table.

Pour salsa into small serving bowl. Much on chips with salsa dip.

It’s so exciting when you pull these beautiful, bubbling, piping hot enchiladas out of the oven!  You will impress yourself and your guests. They are so flavorful and melt-in-your mouth with every bite.  Enjoy!