Cheesy 5-Star Enchiladas Recipe
The BEST homemade Cheese Enchiladas! Our favorite authentic cheese enchiladas are easy, fast and insanely delicious!
I am a teeny-tiny ok HUGE snob when it comes to Mexican food. My husband and I spent a few months living in Mexico and everything I thought I knew about Mexican food was changed. I came away with tons of favorite recipes, like Authentic Mexican Rice, delicious homemade corn tortillas, homemade tamales and my favorite homemade horchata!
My idea of good tacos” is super snobby now too. There’s nothing quite like an authentic Mexican street taco!
There’s a restaurant in my home town of Park City that makes some pretty legit Mexican food (It’s called El Chubasco, if you’re ever visiting!). I love their Camarones a la Diabla and street tacos, but my all-time favorite thing on the menu is their cheese enchiladas. They make them just how I loved them when we lived in Mexico!
Ingredients
lb. lean gr. beef
1 can kidney beans, drained & rinsed
1-10.5 oz. can corn, drained
1-4 oz. can diced green chilies
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. cumin
1/4 t. chili powder
1/2 c. picante sauce or salsa
2-10 oz. cans mild enchilada sauce {I used 1 mild, 1 medium}
1 can Campbell’s Cheddar Cheese soup
10 (6 1/2 in.) fajita tortillas
2+ handfuls grated Mexican cheeses
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375.
Brown gr. beef. Drain off & blot out extra grease. Mix in kidney beans, corn, diced green chilies, and spices. In a separate bowl, combine salsa, enchilada sauce, and cheddar cheese soup. Warm up slightly to help un-condense the soup. Add about 1 cup of sauce mixture to gr. beef filling and stir.
Put about 1/2 c. of prepared sauce in the bottom of a 9×13 pan. Start generously filling tortillas and rolling them up, seam down. I left the cheese out of my enchiladas because of the cheesy sauce, but you can also sprinkle some grated cheese inside of each enchilada if you’d like. Once all enchiladas are rolled up, cover with remaining sauce mixture. Top with two generous handfuls of cheese, or more. Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another couple minutes, until cheese is melted. *
