Beef Enchiladas with Homemade Sauce

Description

Beef enchiladas with homemade sauce. Top with black olives, mashed avocado, and fresh cilantro!

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder, or more to taste
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • cooking spray
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 (4 ounce) cans fire-roasted diced green chiles
  • ½ green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 8 low-carb high-fiber tortillas (such as La Tortilla Factory®)
  • 1 (8 ounce) package shredded low-fat Mexican cheese blend

Instructions

  1. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour; cook and stir using a wooden spoon until smooth
  2. 1 to 2 minutes. Mix in chili powder and cook until fragrant
  3. about 30 seconds. Stir in chicken stock
  4. tomato paste
  5. oregano
  6. cumin
  7. and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer enchilada sauce until thickened and smooth
  8. about 15 minutes.
  9. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat the inside of a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
  10. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly
  11. 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
  12. Heat olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion
  13. green chiles
  14. and green bell pepper until softened
  15. 5 to 10 minutes. Mix in ground beef and black beans. Stir in 1/2 of the enchilada sauce; cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes.
  16. Spoon beef mixture evenly onto the center of each tortilla and roll tortilla around filling. Place tortillas
  17. seam-side down
  18. in the baking dish. Cover tortillas with remaining enchilada sauce and Mexican cheese blend.
  19. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted
  20. about 20 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 52 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 7 mins

Servings: 4

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