Enchiladas

Cuisine: Mexican
Effort: Medium
Spice Level: Mild
Cook's Fave: Yes

Serves: 6, Calories: 540, Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

Sauce:

  • 3 tsp garlic purée.  51
  • 1 tsp chilli purée.  10
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée.  10
  • ½ tbsp distilled malt vinegar (clear).  10
  • 1 kg passata.  280
  • 3 tsp mild chilli powder
  • 2.½ tsp cumin
  • 1.½ tsp smoked paprika
  • 3 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • ½ tsp oregano
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • ⅛ tsp salt

Enchiladas:

  • 1 tbsp veg oil.  124
  • 500g (5% fat) beef mince.  840
  • 1 Knorr beef stock pot.  60
  • 1 large onion, chopped.  75
  • 3 peppers, chopped.  150
  • 300g mushrooms, chopped.  40
  • 2 tsp mild chilli powder
  • 2 tsp ancho chilli flakes
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 150g mature Cheddar, grated.  623
  • 8 (Old El Paso) soft corn wheat tortillas.  968

Method

  1. Sauce: In medium saucepan; Add all sauce ingredients. Stir. Bring to boil. 5 mins. Turn off heat.
  2. Preheat oven to 170°C Fan/Gas Mark 5.
  3. Enchiladas: Meanwhile, in sauté pan; Soften onion and peppers in oil. 10 mins.
  4. Stir in chilli powder, cumin, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt. 2 mins.
  5. Brown mince. 5 mins. Stir in stock pot.
  6. Stir in mushrooms until water releases. 10 mins.
  7. Add ½ sauce to beef mix, plus ½ cheese. Stir to melt.
  8. In 12x9" Pyrex roaster; Cover base with ¼ sauce.
  9. For each tortilla, spoon on beef mix, roll, lay in a row in dish.
  10. Mix remaining ¼ sauce into remaining beef mix, pour over rolled tortillas, sprinkle on remaining ½ cheese.
  11. Bake for 30 mins, until cheese is golden.
  12. For easier slicing and serving, stand for additional 30 mins.

Calories = 3241

  • 3241 / 6 = 540

Tip: Reduce cheese to 75g, scatter on top only. Calories reduced to 488 per portion.





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