Hola! You are probably wondering WTH an "enchi-rito" is. I certainly would have been if I were in your shoes. I found
this recipe on Allrecipes.com for "enchiladas," but according to the comments that is very untrue and somewhat offensive since true enchildas are made with corn tortillas, not flour tortillas. I liked one commentator's description of an "enchi-rito" so I'm choosing to call it that- I can't help it, I have a thing for funny words.
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 (1.5 ounce) package dry enchilada sauce mix
- 10 (10 inch) flour tortillas
- 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium skillet over medium high heat, cook the ground beef and onion until beef is evenly browned and onion is tender.
- Prepare the enchilada sauce according to package directions. Pour 1/4 cup of the sauce into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.
- On each flour tortilla, place an equal portion of the ground beef mixture and about 1 ounce of Cheddar cheese, reserving at least 1/2 cup of cheese. Then tightly roll the tortillas and place seam side down in the baking dish.
- Pour the remaining sauce over the top of the enchiladas and sprinkle with the remaining cheese and olives.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly and cheese is thoroughly melted.
My Changes
- Per comments, I added 1/2 a pack of taco seasoning to the ground beef.
- We used canned enchilada sauce, both regular red mild & green. B LOVED the green, I preferred the red.
- We also had refried beans and sour cream to add at the end, because that's what we like.
- We used about 1.4 lbs of ground beef to make 4 enchi-ritos, with enough for one more left over. Maybe we just overstuffed them, because they were HUGE after cooking. But delicious none the less.
- I left out the olives, because I accidentally picked up green olives instead of black and that just didn't seem like good substitution.
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