Weeknight Enchiladas

There are about a million and one ways to make enchiladas (green sauce, red sauce, chicken, beef, etc. etc.) but the steps involved sometimes seem a little daunting. 

This is a simple recipe that is easy enough to make even after a long day. This week was a crazy one for me, and I even had the time to make these tasty little suckers. 

One of my favorite things about this recipe in particular is that it has lots of chili powder, which happens to be one of my personal favorites in the spice cabinet!!!!
I'm all about that smokey flavor. 

Ingredients:

1 lbs. of ground beef

1/2 cup of chopped onion

1 can (14-1/2 oz) drained diced tomatoes 

1 can (6 oz) tomato paste

1/2 cup of water

3 teaspoons of chili powder

1-1/4 teaspoons of salt 

1/4 teaspoon of pepper

Flour tortillas 

Shredded cheddar cheese

First, chop the onion and add to a pan with ground beef. 

Cook on medium heat until beef is browned on the outside.

Strain the fat out of the pan, and then add the meat and onion back in. 

Removed from the heat, add in the tomatoes, tomato paste, water, chili powder, salt and pepper. 

Next, it's time to set up your assembly line for filling your tortillas.

Set out your filling, tortillas, cheese, and lightly greased casserole dish.

I use the small tortillas for this dish, well because they are just too darn cute that way!

When filling your tortillas, keep in mind that your going to need to save some of the filling to pour over the top, so don't use it all for the tortillas.

Fill your tortillas (not too much, where you can't close it) and sprinkle with cheese.

Roll, and place seam side down in your casserole dish. 

Pour the remainder of your filling over the top. Notice that the filling isn't thin and soupy....another reason I love this recipe!!!

Top with cheese, cover with foil and bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Uncover, and bake for another 3-5 minutes. 

A lot of times when I make this, I will double the recipe and keep the second casserole dish in the freezer for an even easier meal another night. 

Everyone is jealous when I bring these leftovers to work because they smell amazing! 

Plus like I said, everyone thinks they were a lot of work...shhhh don't tell them how easy it was!!!