Name: Easy beef enchiladas with cheese and tomato
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 500 gram beef mince; 2 tablespoon tomato paste; 1 cup corn kernels, fresh or frozen; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 ground coriander; 1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 1/2 cup tomato pasta sauce; 400 gram can black beans, drained and rinsed; 8 flour or corn tortillas; 1 cup tasty cheddar cheese, grated; 2 tomatoes, diced; 1/4 cup coriander leaves

Easy beef enchiladas with cheese and tomato

The perfect Mexican dish for a flavour-packed weeknight dinner the whole family will love. The best part? This delicious enchilada recipe can be on the table in under an hour

This recipe first appeared in Food magazine.

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

500 gram beef mince

2 tablespoon tomato paste

1 cup corn kernels, fresh or frozen

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 ground coriander

1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes

salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 1/2 cup tomato pasta sauce

400 gram can black beans, drained and rinsed

8 flour or corn tortillas

1 cup tasty cheddar cheese, grated

2 tomatoes, diced

1/4 cup coriander leaves

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a 22 x 30cm rectangular baking dish with oil.

2.Heat a large frying pan over a high heat, add the oil, then quickly brown the mince, stirring to breakup lumps, until well-coloured.

3.Add the tomato paste, corn, spices and salt and pepper, mixing these with the mince before adding1 cup of the pasta sauce and the black beans. Allow to boil for a minute or so before removing from the heat.

4.Spoon the filling along the centre of a tortilla, roll up and place seam side down in the baking dish. Continue with remaining tortillas and filling.

5.Drizzle with remaining pasta sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 15 minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbling.

6.Serve sprinkled with diced tomato and coriander leaves.

PER SERVE: Energy: 967kcal, 4050kj Protein: 68.1g Fat: 39.2g Saturated fat: 16.1g Cholesterol: 167mg Carbohydrate: 78.8g Fibre: 14.8g Sodium: 1301mg
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