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Cheesy Beef Enchilada Casserole

This Cheesy Beef Enchilada Casserole makes the perfect flavor-packed meal with cheese, black beans, and rice to name a few ingredients. It’s great for a weeknight dinner and an amazing comfort food recipe that’s super easy to make.

Cheesy Beef Enchilada Casserole

This beef enchilada casserole will have the entire family glad it’s dinner time! This zesty rice casserole is packed with spices, black beans, tomatoes, enchilada sauce and seasoned ground beef. Literally takes just minutes in the kitchen. Easy dinner ideas are my favorite kind of recipes to make. Developing quick and simple dinner recipes is one of my favorite things to do because I know how hard it is to get dinner on the table during busy weekdays. I’ve used simple pantry ingredients to get dinner on the table in no time.

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Ingredients For Beef Enchilada Casserole

Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make this beef enchilada casserole at home. See the recipe card located at the bottom of the post for full instructions and details.

How To Make a Beef Enchilada Bake

Preheat Oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish lightly with cooking spray. Cook rice according to package directions then place in a large bowl.

Add Enchilada Ingredients To Rice. To rice bowl, add black beans, green chilies, diced tomatoes, salt, cumin and pepper. Stir to combine then transfer to 9 x 13 inch baking dish.

Add Ground Beef. Top evenly with cooked ground beef then pour enchilada sauce evenly over beef.

Top With Cheese. Add shredded cheese to top of casserole then bake for 20-25 minutes, until hot and cheese is melted. Serve warm.

Remove casserole carefully from oven and serve nice and warm!

How To Serve

Serve this dinner recipe with a side salad or roasted vegetables if desired. This casserole is great on it’s own as well. Chips and salsa are always welcome when serving Mexican food too! If you have fresh cilantro on hand, chopped fresh cilantro adds color and another layer of fresh flavor to the top of the casserole.

Leftovers

Store any leftover casserole in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Reheating Instructions

Reheat in a microwave safe bowl, loosely covered in the microwave for 60-90 seconds until hot.

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Cheesy Beef Enchilada Casserole

This Cheesy Beef Enchilada Casserole makes the perfect flavor-packed weeknight dinner! It's the most amazing comfort food recipe that's super easy to make.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 447kcal
Author: Jenny
Cost: $25
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Equipment

  • Oven
  • 9 x 13 inch baking dish
  • mixing bowl
  • mixing spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons

Ingredients

  • 3 cups dry short grain white rice
  • 15 ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
  • 10 ounce can diced tomatoes with chilies mild version
  • 4 ounce can Diced Green Chilies
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pound cooked ground beef lightly seasoned
  • 10 ounce can Red Enchilada Sauce
  • 2 cups Mexican blend shredded cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish lightly with cooking spray.  Cook rice according to package directions then place in a large bowl.
  • To rice bowl, add black beans, green chilies, diced tomatoes, salt, cumin and pepper. Stir to combine then transfer to 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Top evenly with cooked ground beef then pour enchilada sauce evenly over beef. Top with shredded cheese then bake for 20-25 minutes, until hot and cheese is melted. Serve warm.

Nutrition

Calories: 447kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 798mg | Potassium: 429mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 370IU | Vitamin C: 5.7mg | Calcium: 198mg | Iron: 3.2mg
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