Description
Beef and Cream Cheese Enchiladas are a creamy spin on the classic beef enchilada! Juicy, seasoned beef is swirled with tangy cream cheese and wrapped up with fresh lettuce in a soft flour tortilla, drenched in tomatoey enchilada sauce, smothered in cheddar cheese, and baked until bubbling.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon garlic, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 cups enchilada sauce (24 ounces)
- 8 flour tortillas, burrito size
- 2 cups baby romaine lettuce, chopped
- 16 oz cheddar cheese, shredded (or Mexican cheese blend)
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
Instructions
- Step 1: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. In a medium saute pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add in the beef, garlic and season with the salt and pepper and cook until the meat is browned and cooked through, about 8-10 minutes. Stir in 1 cup of enchilada sauce.
- Step 2: Prepare an assembly line to make your enchiladas. Spread 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce in the bottom of a 13×9 pan.
- Step 3: Working with one tortilla at a time, evenly split the filling ingredients (ground beef, cream cheese, lettuce and 8 oz of the cheddar cheese) evenly between the 8 tortillas. Fill the tortilla with the filling ingredients in the center of the tortilla, roll it up tightly and place into the prepared 13×9 pan. Continue until all of the tortillas have been filled, rolled and tucked in the baking dish.
- Step 4: Pour the remaining 1 1/2 cups of enchilada sauce over the top of the prepared enchiladas, making sure that all of the tortillas are covered. Top with the remaining 8 oz of shredded cheese.
- Step 5: Bake the enchiladas for 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese topping is melted and the sauce is bubbling. Enjoy!
Notes
Use a butter knife to easily spread the cream cheese onto the tortilla.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 511 kcal
- Sugar: 1.4 g
- Sodium: 1050 mg
- Fat: 35.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 18 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 17.1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 13.9 g
- Fiber: 1.9 g
- Protein: 35 g
- Cholesterol: 110 mg
Keywords: beef enchiladas, cream cheese enchiladas, dinner, comfort food, Mexican-style