Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Black Bean and Corn Tortilla Enchiladas

This is a recipe I pulled together last summer and what we ate for dinner tonight. It's yummy yummy! It might seem a little involved at a glance, but it's really easy and tastes good even if you just kind of throw it all together in the pan.

Garlic Enchilada Sauce(from the Amazing Wheat Book)
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 cup tomato sauce (4 of those little cans)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric (opt.)
1/4 teaspoon cumin
dash of cayenne pepper

Directions:
Saute garlic in olive oil for a minute. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer 20 minutes. This can be made ahead of time if you want.

Enchiladas
Ingredients:
1 lb. hamburger, browned
2-15 oz cans of black beans, drained
Seasonings: salt, garlic powder, chili powder, cayenne pepper
16 corn tortillas
some sour cream
1 recipe of Garlic Enchilada Sauce 
some cheese

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 and grease a 9x13 pan.
2. Make the sauce and brown hamburger.
3. Add drained black beans to hamburger meat and season to taste with shakes of the seasonings listed or ones of your choice.
4. Spread some sauce in the bottom of the 9x13 pan.
5. Build your enchiladas. For best results: warm the tortillas in the microwave or on skillet so they don't tear. Fill the tortillas with meat/bean mixture and a dollop of sour cream. Corn tortillas are small, so they don't roll up all that well, so just fold it over and put them seam side down in the pan (you can put a line of 12 lengthwise in the pan and then put 4 on the side or you can do 3 rows of 5 width-wise). I've even make it like a layered casserole. It doesn't really matter. It will taste good.
6. Pour the rest of the sauce over the top of the enchiladas and spread to cover. Shred cheese over the top.
7. Bake 10-20 minutes. The ingredients are all cooked, so just heat up until you reach your desire of cheesy meltiness.
8. Eat! I served it up with a fresh salsa. I just cut up one tomato, 1/4 of an onion, and a little chopped jalapeno. You could have rice, beans, salad, or whatever you normally eat with enchiladas.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Heidi,

    This sounds like the stuff you fed us when we came to visit you in TX? It was SO good!!! I'm glad I found your new blog through facebook. What is your family's blog address again?? email me at
    at [dot] ormond [at] gmail [dot] come

    you can see our blog at dustinandamyormond[dot]blogspot[dot]com

    Hope you're doing well!!

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