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Slow cooker beef enchilada mix

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I love a nice hearty meal! We’ve been cutting down on takeaways this year and experimenting more at home. During the colder months I love to put the slow cooker on in the morning. The pot helps to keep my kitchen warm and the lovely smells fill my home. I’ve made slow cooker beef enchilada mix in my slow cooker a few times, and I love that you can adapt the recipe to whatever ingredients you have in!

Cooked slow cooker beef enchiladas in an oven dish

Ingredients for slow cooker beef enchilada mix

Slow cooker beef enchilada mix ingredients (tortillas, red pepper, red onion, chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper and Mexican spice mix)

1 red pepper

1 red onion – you can also add any other veggies you want to use up!

300g beef mince (I used 5%)

Salt and pepper

1 tin of beans (I used cannellini)

1 tin of chopped tomatoes

Mexican spice blend and 1 tsp of dried coriander. Sometimes I also use either my cajun seasoning or fajita seasoning

Pinch of sugar

100g grated cheddar cheese

Flour tortillas (Quantity varies depending on size – I used 5 large ones)

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Method for slow cooker beef enchiladas

This step is optional. Brown your mince. My multi-cooker has a saute function so I use this. If you want to save time you CAN skip this step and just put the raw mince in to the pot.

Season the mince with salt and pepper.

Add your chopped red pepper and red onion.

Add your drained beans, chopped tomatoes, spice mix and dried coriander.

Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours. You can leave longer on low if needed.

Filled your enchiladas and load them, seam side down, on an oiled baking tray or oven dish.

Sprinkle the grated cheese over the top.

Cook at gas mark 6 (200C) for 10 minutes until golden brown on the outside.

Cooked slow cooker beef enchiladas in an oven dish

Serve and enjoy!

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What to serve with this slow cooker beef enchilada mix?

Serve with delicious sides such as air fryer potato wedges or rice made in the slow cooker. It also goes great with roasted vegetables, nachos or a tasty Vegan coleslaw. I love to whip up this tomato and chilli salsa, that takes minute.

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Other uses for this slow cooker enchilada mix:

This enchilada mix can be used for tacos, and is a great way to make multiple meals with one big batch of cooking! I love meal planning with mince and this is a great recipe that you can easily adapt.

You could transform this into a mexican lasagne. It would be great as a lasagne filling and you could even adapt my slow cooker lasagne recipe to make this!

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What spices to use for beef enchiladas?

I often follow the above recipe but I have also just mixed together eyeballed quantities of plain flour, chilli powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and oregano. This works really well, and I love to add some coriander too for extra flavour!

What spices to use for chicken enchiladas?

For chicken enchiladas I like to use a spice mix that contains plain flour, chipotle chilli flakes, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, oregano and coriander. I also add cayenne on the days I want to give my recipe an extra punch!

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Want to turn down the heat of your enchiladas a little?

Just stir through some sour cream or natural (unflavoured!) yoghurt. This is a great way to cool down a recipe if you’ve overdone it on the spice a little and it adds a nice richness to it.

ALL of the slow cooker recipes on this website have been cooked using a Ninja Foodi OL750UK, or the previous model, but you can use ANY slow cooker, as timings should be very similar.

How to cook slow cooker beef enchiladas:

slow cooker beef enchiladas

Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword beef, mince, slow cooker
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Oven cooking 10 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Servings 5 enchiladas
Calories 365 kcal
Author Katykicker

Ingredients

  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 red onion
  • 300 g beef mince I used 5%
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 tin of beans I used cannellini
  • 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
  • Mexican spice blend I used this one and 1 tsp of dried coriander
  • Pinch of sugar
  • 100 g grated cheddar cheese
  • 5 large flour tortillas Quantity varies depending on size – I used 5 large ones

Instructions

  1. This step is optional. Brown your mince. My multi-cooker has a saute function so I use this. If you want to save time you CAN skip this step and just put the raw mince in to the pot.
  2. Season the mince with salt and pepper.
  3. Add your chopped red pepper and red onion.
  4. Add your drained beans, chopped tomatoes, spice mix and dried coriander.
  5. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours. You can leave longer on low if needed.
  6. Filled your enchiladas and load them, seam side down, on an oiled baking tray or oven dish.
  7. Sprinkle the grated cheese over the top.
  8. Cook at gas mark 6 (200C) for 10 minutes until golden brown on the outside.
  9. Serve and enjoy!

Note: All calorie information is for demonstration purposes only and is based on the specific uncooked ingredients that I used when creating the recipe.

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Slow cooker enchilada mix step by step cooking photographs of the ingredients, enchiladas being browning in the oven and enchiladas once browned
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