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Ground Turkey and black bean enchiladas have become my family’s favorite dinner. Tangy enchilada sauce, flavorful ground turkey, black beans, and melty cheese. The perfect dinner served with a side of white rice, maybe some more black beans, chopped tomato, sour cream, and cilantro.
What are in these Turkey And Black Bean Enchiladas?
Ground Turkey
I used ground turkey, mostly because that was what I had when developing this recipe, and because I am not a huge fan of ground beef. But use ground beef or whatever kind of ground meat you and your family likes, I’m sure it will turn out amazing.
Spices
I only used three spices - not including salt and pepper. These three spices - dried oregano, ground cumin, and chili powder, while are already in the enchilada sauce, the addition of them again in the meat helps to add more flavor to the meat as well as the final dish.
Homemade Enchilada Sauce
For this recipe, I used my Homemade Enchilada Sauce, you could also use store-bought if you are in a hurry to make dinner, but if you have some time, I would highly suggest the homemade version to take these enchiladas to the next level.
Homemade Flour Tortillas
I made my Homemade Tortillas for this recipe, they are really easy to make and they taste better than the store-bought kind.
Black Beans
The first time I made these enchiladas I didn’t include black beans in the filling, and while they are good they felt like they were missing something. The next time I made sure to include black beans and they made the enchiladas even more delicious. I just used about 1 - 2 tablespoon of beans per enchilada and it made a great difference.
Cheese
Of course, the star of the show is the cheese! I used raw, organic white cheddar cheese.
How to Make Ground Turkey and Black Bean Enchiladas?
Start by preheating your oven to 400F degrees and heating a cast-iron skillet at medium heat on the stove.
Once the skillet is hot add 3 tablespoon of vegetable oil/ ghee and add the chopped onion and cook until it is just starting to brown, then add the ground turkey. Cook the turkey until brown.
Next add the minced garlic and spices- the dried oregano, ground cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper to taste. You want to toast the spices to awaken their fragrance, this takes about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Once the ground turkey and onions are done, remove them from the heat.
Line a 9 x 13 baking dish with parchment paper and add to it 1 /2 - 1 cup of Homemade Enchilada sauce.
Then start by adding some of the ground turkey mixture, black beans, and cheese to the flour tortilla. Roll it up then place it in the baking pan, seam side down. Repeat with remaining tortillas and filling.
Pour remaining enchilada sauce over the top of the tortillas and sprinkle remaining cheese over the top.
Bake, uncovered in the oven until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown.
Serve with a side of rice, black beans, sour cream, and cilantro. Enjoy!
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Turkey and Black Bean Enchiladas
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Mexican
Description
Ground Turkey and black bean enchiladas have become my family’s favorite dinner. Tangy enchilada sauce, flavorful ground turkey, black beans, and melty cheese. The perfect dinner served with a side of white rice, maybe some more black beans, chopped tomato, sour cream, and cilantro.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground Turkey
- ½ cup black beans (Cooked and drained)
- ½ onion diced
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil/ ghee
- 4 - 5 Flour tortillas
- 16 oz Enchilada Sauce
- 16 oz cheddar cheese (shredded)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F degrees
- Start by heating a cast iron skillet with 3 tablespoon of vegetable oil / ghee. Once hot add the chopped onion.
- When the onion is translucent and just starting to brown, add the ground turkey and cook until browned.
- Next add the minced garlic, dried oregano, ground cumin, chili powder, and salt and pepper. Mix the meat and the spices until combined and just starting to smell fragrant, about 30 seconds - 1 minute. Taste for seasoning, adjust if necessary.
- Line a 9 x 13 baking dish with parchment paper, and add about ½ - 1 cup of enchilada sauce to the bottom of the pan.
- Take a flour tortilla and add a cheese, meat, and black beans down the middle of the tortilla. Roll up the tortilla and place in the baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas.
- Pour the rest of the enchilada sauce over the top of the tortillas and add remaining cheese over the top.
- Bake uncovered in 400F degree oven for 20 - 25 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and golden brown.
- Serve with a side of white rice, black beans, sour cream, and cilantro. Enjoy!
Keywords: Enchiladas, Homemade enchilada sauce, main dish, mexican
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