Ground Beef Enchiladas

Sheri-BDB's Note:

For great tasting enchiladas with homemade sauce, you have to try this one! It's the only one I make!

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

Enchilada Sauce

• ¼ cup shortening
• ¼ cup flour
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• ½ teaspoon oregano
• ½ teaspoon cumin
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups water
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 3 teaspoons beef bouillon granules

Enchiladas

• 1 ½ lbs ground beef
• 1 onion , chopped
• salt
• pepper
• ½ cup oil
• 1 dozen corn tortilla
• 6 ounces sliced olives
• 3 cups cheddar cheese , grated

Directions:

1. In skillet put in shortening and melt, add flour and cook just until lightly browned (be careful don't do it to long).
2. Add seasonings making a paste.
3. Add water gradually then add tomato sauce and add beef granules.
4. Cook until thick stirring constantly.
5. In separate skillet, cook ground beef and onions until done; drain.
6. Salt and pepper to taste.
7. Place 1/2 cup oil in pan and heat.
8. Heat the tortillas in oil, one by one.
9. Dip the tortillas in the sauce.
10. Add 2 or 3 tablespoons ground beef mixture to each tortilla and a sprinkle of olives to each and a little sprinkle of cheese.
11. In a 9x13 pan spread a thin layer of sauce on bottom.
12. Roll up enchiladas and place in pan.
13. Cover enchiladas with remaining sauce and cheese and sprinkle with olives.
14. Bake in oven at 350°F degrees for 30 minutes.

Reviews

[Scotland]

Great sauce and very easy to make. I was excited I even had some Mexican oregano I'd just bought. I just wish I hadn't added (2 tsp) of beef bouillon paste, it made it salty. I'll be buying the granules for the next time! Thanks for sharing.

[Melany *]

These are fantastic! This was my first time making a homemade enchilada sauce, and I'll never buy canned again! Very filling, nicely spiced, and tasty. I will make this recipe again and again. Thank you so much!

[Texas Shorty]

These turned out well but I did add some smokey paprika to the sauce to ramp up the flavor a bit more. I think next time will add chopped green chilis to the beef mix also. Southwest flour tortillas also added to the flavor. I skipped the messy step of dipping the tortillas in sauce. I ladled a little on the tortilla, swirling it around the tortillas, then added the beef mix and cheese, rolled them up and added the remaining sauce on top and this worked well.