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I am happy to bring you yet another 30 Minute Skillet recipe today, ladies and gentlemen. I have had such a great response to these quick skillet meals. I’m thrilled to hear your families are enjoying them as much as mine is. My kids have started saying things like “Wow, you really love to make dinner in that skillet!” and “Sweet, she is getting the skillet out again. I bet it’s gonna be good.” Truly. Those very words were spoken to me just the other day. It put a smile on my face. 🙂
If you have missed the other 30 Minute Skillet dinners I have posted in the past couple of months, here is run down for you.
30 Minute Lasagna Skillet
30 Minute Skillet Chicken Enchiladas
30 Minute Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Skillet
The Ground Beef Enchiladas I have to share with you today are packed with flavor. A meaty enchilada sauce is layered between corn tortillas, cheese, fresh cilantro, green onion and olives. More cheese is added to the top and then broiled to a melted delight. It’s not overly spicy, which my kids appreciated.
Hope you give it a try guys!
Now, let me show you how to make it happen.
1. Grab a deep, oven safe skillet. Mine is 3 inches deep and 11 inches wide.
2. Heat the skillet up over medium high heat. Add 1 pound ground beef, 1/2 a chopped onion and 2 cloves chopped garlic. Hit it with a bit of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often until the meat is browned and the onions are translucent. Should only take about 5-6 minutes.
3. While your meat is browning, chop 4 green onions, 1/4 cup cilantro and 1 can of sliced olives and set them aside.
4. When your meat has browned, drain the grease from the pan and add 1 can enchilada sauce.
Pour in 1 cup chicken broth, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1 tablespoon of butter. Give everything a nice stir and bring it to a simmer. Cover and let is the sauce simmer away for 5 minutes. Those flavors need a chance to get to know each other better. 🙂
5. Pour all but 1 cup of the sauce into a separate bowl.
6. Layer 6 corn tortillas into the skillet,
and cover them with half of the remaining sauce.
7. Cover the sauce with 2 cups Mexican blend cheese.
Sprinkle half of the green onions, cilantro and olives over the cheese.
8. Layer 6-7 more tortillas into the skillet…
and cover with the remaining sauce.
9. Sprinkle 2 more cups of cheese onto the sauce.
10. Turn your oven to broil. Please, pretty please be sure that your skillet is oven safe. If it’s not, just allow the cheese to melt while you have the pan on the stove top. If your pan is oven safe then pop it in and let the cheese get nice and melted.
Watch it carefully. It should only take 3-4 minutes.
11. Allow the skillet to sit for 3-4 minutes, then sprinkle the remaining green onion, olives and cilantro on top.
Then dig in, baby.
Yum-Ba-Lina. 🙂
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 C cilantro, chopped
- 1 (2.25 ounce) can slices olives
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 1 (28 ounce) can enchilada sauce (I used mild)
- 1 C chicken broth
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 Tb butter
- 12 corn tortillas
- 4 C Mexican blend cheese
Instructions
1. Grab a deep, oven safe skillet. Mine is 3 inches deep and 11 inches wide.
2. Heat the skillet up over medium high heat. Add 1 pound ground beef, 1/2 a chopped onion and 2 cloves chopped garlic. Hit it with a bit of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often until the meat is browned and the onions are translucent. Should only take about 5-6 minutes.
3. While your meat is browning, chop 4 green onions, 1/4 cup cilantro and 1 can of sliced olives and set them aside.
4. When your meat has browned, drain the grease from the pan and add 1 can enchilada sauce. Pour in 1 cup chicken broth, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1 tablespoon of butter. Give everything a nice stir and bring it to a simmer. Cover and let is the sauce simmer away for 5 minutes. Those flavors need a chance to get to know each other better. 🙂
5. Pour all but 1 cup of the sauce into a separate bowl.
6. Layer 6 corn tortillas into the skillet, and cover them with half of the remaining sauce.
7. Cover the sauce with 2 cups Mexican blend cheese. Sprinkle half of the green onions, cilantro and olives over the cheese.
8. Layer 6-7 more tortillas into the skillet and cover with the remaining sauce.
9. Sprinkle 2 more cups of cheese onto the sauce.
10. Turn your oven to broil. Please, pretty please be sure that your skillet is oven safe. If it's not, just allow the cheese to melt while you have the pan on the stove top. If your pan is oven safe then pop it in and let the cheese get nice and melted. Watch it carefully. It should only take 3-4 minutes.
11. Allow the skillet to sit for 3-4 minutes, then sprinkle the remaining green onion, olives and cilantro on top.
Dig in and enjoy!
Yum-Ba-Lina indeed!!! You crack me up! And yum-Ba-Lina indeed! Can’t wait to give it a try! 😀
For anyone interested, Rachel Ray has a tip to wrap the skillet handle with aluminum foil if it isn’t oven safe. I’ve put skillets in the oven and there’s a weird aroma (smells like wood and plastic burning together) if you handle isn’t oven safe. The foil trick works every time, just be sure to cover that handle completely so it doesn’t melt/ burn in the oven!
Nia,
What a great tip, thanks for sharing it with us!
~Jamie
I recently found your blog and decided to give this recipe a try. I used ground turkey and flour tortillas but everything else was the same. It was delicious! Even my husband loved it and he is quite picky. I will definitely make this recipe again. Thank you!
I have made this twice now….excellent go to recipe but be warned, it literally feeds an army. Today I made 1/2 the portion and we may still have leftovers tonight after I feed my family of 4. Really a great tasting, easy skillet dinner though. I give it 5 Stars*****
I have made this a few times now. Very easy and I love that it is a one pot dish. The family loves it! I have also made it with green enchilada sauce instead of the red. Yummy!!! Thanks for another great recipe!
I made this tonight, and my family could not stop eating. I made it with your cilantro lime rice, refried beans, and a green salad. It was a great meal. I will be making this again and filing this recipe under my favorites. Thanks for sharing another fabulous recipe.
Can you freeze leftovers? I would love to make this recipe, but am only one person and it sounds as though even 1\2 of the recipe makes a large quantity of of delicious sounding recipe. Thank you in advance for your help.
Finally made this tonight! It was SOOOO good. I made it in a glass casserole dish instead of my skillet. REALLY a wonderful and easy recipe! Thanks so much Jamie!