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This super easy Skillet Enchiladas recipe will become a family favorite! Ground beef, black beans, a flavorful enchilada sauce, tortillas and cheese come together for a one-pan, 20-minute meal! 

overhead view of ground beef skillet enchiladas with corn tortilla strips

One-pan dinners are the best, there is no way around it. The fewer the dishes, the more I enjoy the meal!

This super easy skillet enchiladas recipe contains only have a handful of basic ingredients and is ready in under 30 minutes. No rolling and baking like a traditional enchilada recipe, just all the flavor!

Ingredients in Skillet Enchiladas 

The best part about this recipe is that it only requires five very basic ingredients. You will need:

  • Ground beef
  • Black Beans
  • Enchilada Sauce
  • Corn Tortillas
  • Cheese

How to Make Skillet Enchiladas 

Traditional enchiladas are delicious but a bit more tedious. It can be a difficult recipe to squeeze into a busy weeknight. These ground beef enchiladas are so much easier because everything is made right in one pan!

This is how you make them:

  1. Heat a large skillet to medium heat. Brown the meat and drain off any grease.
  2. Add drained and rinsed black beans and enchilada sauce, stir well.
  3. Add sliced tortillas and top with cheese. Allow the mixture to simmer and those delicious flavors to meld!
  4. Top with avocado, sour cream or whatever your favorite Mexican toppings are.

Can I Use Ground Turkey? 

Yes! I prefer using ground beef because it delivers a more authentic enchilada flavor, but these easy enchiladas can also be made with ground turkey, pork, or chicken. 

Tips for Making Simple Enchiladas in a Skillet 

This is an easy dish to customize based on your personal preferences. As written, I use ground beef, black beans, enchilada sauce, corn tortillas and shredded cheddar. Just five basic ingredients, you probably already have on hand. But you could switch up and use ground turkey, pinto beans or shredded pepper jack if you want to add a little extra kick.

I prefer making my ground beef enchiladas with corn tortillas, but you can substitute flour tortillas if desired. Just note that the consistency won’t be the same. 

If using ground beef, I recommend buying 85 or 90% lean. That way, there’s enough fat that the beef won’t be dry, but there’s not so much that you’ll wind up with a greasy beef enchilada skillet.  

overhead view of ground beef skillet enchiladas

More One-Pan Dinner Recipes: 

If you love one-pan meals, try our one pan Easy Taco Mac, Spicy Drumsticks with Rice, or my favorite Cabbage Casserole. These are perfect weeknight meals when you need something hearty in a snap!

This super easy One Pan Enchilada dish will become a family favorite! Ground beef, black beans, a flavorful enchilada sauce, tortillas and cheese come together for a simple one pan, 20 minute meal! 

Skillet Recipes

 

This super easy One Pan Enchilada dish will become a family favorite! Ground beef, black beans, a flavorful enchilada sauce, tortillas and cheese come together for a simple one pan, 20 minute meal! 

One Pan Enchilada

Yield: 4
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes

This super easy One Pan Enchilada dish will become a family favorite! Ground beef, black beans, a flavorful enchilada sauce, tortillas and cheese come together for a simple one pan, 20 minute meal! 

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef or ground turkey
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 (10 ounce) can of enchilada sauce or one recipe Homemade Enchilada Sauce (recipe link below)
  • 5 corn tortillas,cut in half then sliced into thin strips
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

  1. Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat. Drain off grease.
  2. Add the rinsed and drained black beans and enchilada sauce
  3. Stir mixture well, cover and reduce heat to low. Let simmer for 10 minutes.
  4. Add sliced tortilla strips, stir well, top with cheese and cover. Let mixture simmer 5-10 more minutes until cheese is melted.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 563Total Fat: 29gSaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 151mgSodium: 568mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 7gSugar: 8gProtein: 37g

To avoid any confusion I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it is not known to affect blood glucose levels. To calculate Keto recipes listed on this site carbs - fiber = net carbs. I use Nutrifox as my nutrition calculator. This nutrition information is an estimate based on the information provided by Nutrifox and the specific ingredients I used.

© Annie Holmes
Cuisine: Comfort Food / Category: Dinner

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Comments

  1. Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl says

    Oh I sooooooo need this in my life! These looks amazing. Totally drenched in sauce and cheese. LOVE. I survive on quick cooking alone. I love to bake for hours on end, but cooking? Need quick and easy! This is going to be a great recipe to turn to!
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  2. Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says

    Love that this dish can be made in one and ready in 20 minutes! Just about the best meal ever! I definitely need to try this out, as it would be perfect for busy weeknights. And my husband and I could eat Mexican just about everyday, so this is right up our alley!
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  8. Stacey+@+Bake.Eat.Repeat. says

    I seriously need to try enchiladas! I keep seeing recipes for them and they all look amazing. And this one is fast too, so that makes it even more amazing! I love mexican food, but for some reason have never had enchiladas. That is going on the list of things to make! These look fantastic Annie!
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  9. Ashley says

    Did you say 20 minutes?? I need all the quick meals I can get right now! Things are nuts with all the holiday stuff going on. This looks delicious!
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    • Maebells says

      Absolutely! I made a really involved dinner last night, it sounded like a great idea at the time, but when I was cleaning up the kitchen I literally loaded the dishwasher FULL from top to bottom with all of my prep/cooking dishes! So I am all for one pan meals now!
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  15. Bri+|+Bites+of+Bri says

    This is the perfect meal for when you don't feel like making dinner. Busy weeknights without energy often end up in takeout but this is the perfect recipe to pull together fast. Pinning! I know we'll love it with all that flavor!
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  22. Lisa says

    Just made tonight and it was a hit with the family. My picky 6 year old even had seconds and asked if I would make it again. For sure, do the homemade enchilada sauce....super easy and flavorful. I also added whole kernel corn to put some light flavor. This will be a staple for dinner.
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  23. Laura says

    Looks great! I love making homemade enchilada sauce, thanks for including the recipe. Have you every used corn chips instead of the sliced tortillas? I know it would add more salt but I think it could still work if you reduced salt elsewhere. Thoughts?
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  24. Lisa says

    Used ground turkey, seasoned with Mexican spices, added spinach, cilantro and scallions, only used half the cheese. The per serving nutritional information on the printable recipe is incorrect. The totals must be for the whole thing.
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