Beef Enchiladas with Spicy Red Sauce

Name: Beef Enchiladas with Spicy Red Sauce
Prep time: 2 h 35 min
Cook time: 2 h 35 min
Total time: 2 h 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 118 milliliters beef broth; 170 grams tomato sauce; 473 milliliters chicken broth; 1 teaspoons chili powder; 4 teaspoons chili powder; 1 teaspoon dried basil; 1 teaspoon dried cilantro; 8 6-inchs (6 inch) flour tortillas; 118 milliliters chopped fresh cilantro; 1 Tbsp minced garlic; 4 teaspoons minced garlic; 454 grams ground beef; 1 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 118 milliliters shredded Mexican-style cheese blend; 473 milliliters shredded Mexican-style cheese blend; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 118 milliliters finely chopped onion; 177 milliliters finely chopped onion; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 118 milliliters prepared red enchilada sauce; 118 milliliters prepared salsa; 0 teaspoons salt; 170 grams tomato paste

Beef Enchiladas with Spicy Red Sauce

Beef Enchiladas with Spicy Red Sauce is a Mexican recipe that serves 4. This recipe covers 35% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 806 calories, 45g of protein, and 48g of fat. It works best as a main course, and is done in around 2 hours and 35 minutes. If you have beef broth, flour tortillas, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Beef & Cheese Enchiladas with Homemade Red Sauce, Red Enchiladas with Beef, and Spicy Beef Enchiladas.

Instructions

To make the spicy red sauce, heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, and cook and stir 1/2 cup of onion until the onion is softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in 4 teaspoons of garlic, and cook and stir until fragrant, another 3 to 5 minutes, watching carefully to avoid burning the garlic. Stir in the oregano, 3 1/2 teaspoons of chili powder, basil, salt and black pepper, 1 teaspoon of cumin, the dried cilantro, salsa, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and chicken broth until the sauce is smoothly combined.

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Salt And Pepper

Dried Cilantro

Chicken Broth

Chili Powder

Tomato Paste

Tomato Sauce

Olive Oil

Sauce

Oregano

Garlic

Basil

Cumin

Onion

Salsa

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Sauce Pan

Bring the sauce to a simmer, reduce heat to low, and simmer about 30 minutes, stirring often, until the flavors have blended and the sauce has thickened slightly.

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Sauce

While spicy red sauce is simmering, cook and stir the ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat until the meat is evenly browned. Break the meat up into crumbles as it cooks, and drain off excess grease.

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Ground Beef

Red Sauce

Meat

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Frying Pan

Mix in 3/4 cup of onion, 1 tablespoon of garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of cumin into the meat, and cook and stir until the onions are softened and the meat mixture is fragrant with spices, 5 to 10 more minutes. Stir in the enchilada sauce and beef broth; simmer for 5 more minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup of Mexican cheese blend, and allow the cheese to melt into the meat sauce. Reduce heat to low, and simmer the meat sauce for 30 more minutes to thicken.

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Enchilada Sauce

Cheese

Chili Powder

Beef Broth

Garlic

Onion

Spices

Cumin

Sauce

Meat

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Pan

Oven

Spray both sides of each tortilla with cooking spray, stack up the tortillas with a piece of aluminum foil between each tortilla, and wrap the stack with aluminum foil.

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Cooking Spray

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Place the tortillas into the preheated oven to warm, about 10 minutes.

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Tortilla

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Oven

Spread about 1/2 cup of the spicy red sauce over the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Fill each tortilla with the meat sauce, reserving about 1/2 cup of the meat sauce; roll the tortillas into enchiladas, and arrange in the baking dish, seam sides down.

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Sauce

Tortilla

Meat

Roll

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Baking Pan

Pour the remaining spicy red sauce over the enchiladas.

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Red Sauce

Sprinkle with the reserved 1/2 cup of meat mixture, and top with remaining 2 cups of Mexican cheese blend.

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Mexican Cheese

Meat

Bake until the cheese topping is golden brown and the sauce is bubbly, about 30 minutes.

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Cheese

Sauce

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Oven

Remove from oven and sprinkle with cilantro to serve.

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Cilantro

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Oven

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Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé are great choices for Enchilada. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. The Calista Coast Range Pinot Noir with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 25 dollars per bottle.

Calista Coast Range Pinot Noir

The 2012 Calista Coast Range Pinot Noir is deep ruby red in color with aromatics of dried cherries, rose petal, violet and roasted coffee bean. Rhubarb, cherry and notes of cranberry flow through the palate to a balanced and lengthy finish of mixed dark fruit and black tea.