This is one of those simple, get it on the table in less than thirty minutes meals. It is so easy and contains basic ingredients that we all have in our kitchen.
Not only is this Enchilada Rice fast and easy to make, it is kid friendly. It is also a meal all by itself. You can serve this with tortilla chips and salad, but you do not have to.
I love basic dinners like this. We all need recipes like this for those days when we want to feed our family a healthy home cooked meal, but do not have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen.
Enchilada Rice
Make Mexican night easy using just a few basic ingredients with this enchilada rice recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked rice (I usually use leftover rice from a previous meal)
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (10 ounce) enchilada sauce, or use homemade
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1 cup shredded pepperjack cheese, or you can use all cheddar or colby jack cheese
- 1 cup frozen corn
Instructions
- In a large skillet brown ground beef. Drain off any grease and return to the pan.
- Stir in remaining ingredients, except cheese, and cook on medium-low until heated through.
- Stir in cheese and serve.
- Enjoy!
Notes
If you are gluten-free be sure to read labels to make sure that your ingredients are gluten-free.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 486Total Fat: 24gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 95mgSodium: 723mgCarbohydrates: 35gFiber: 5gSugar: 3gProtein: 34g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
Thank you for a great quick and easy GF recipe. I am going to try and make it this week. Love your site!
@Colleen, You are welcome! I love gluten free food, that is normal food. No one would ever think about this being gluten free or not. Which is another thing I love about it. 🙂
Ooooo love this! I think Ill replace the meat with TVP (Bob’s Red Mill brand is gluten free to my knowledge). But it fits the bill for a quick meal I can whip up after work.
WHY would you replace the meat?? People have been bad-mouthing meat lately and it makes me angry.
Lynn, I’ve tried this once before and loved it (especially the homemade sauce!!) – I was wondering if you thought this would be an okay meal to do as a freezer meal and just defrost and reheat in oven before serving? Thanks!
@Melissa, I think it might freeze okay, but I have had mixed results in general with freezing rice. Some things it really changes the texture and we don’t like it as well, but I think it is worth trying on this recipe. If you try it I would love to hear how it works.
Love this recipe and its versatility …. I made it with chicken and black beans and it was great. My husband told me not to lose this one. Thanks so much for the recipe and all your hard work to make my life easier.
@Allison Lawrence, We like black beans in this too and I have been meaning to try it with chicken, but have not yet. I am glad to know that they chicken version works well also. I agree I love the versatility of this recipe. I am so glad that you liked it.
Both my husband & I are trying to eat healthier. I adapted this recipe for a “Meatless Monday” dinner and it was really good. He loves casserole-style meals and this fit the bill wonderfully. I omitted the ground beef and included a can of (rinsed & drained) black beans and kidney beans (good source of iron, I’ve read) and used reduced fat, 2% Mexican blend cheese and brown rice. It was delicious and he took the leftovers to work for lunch! Thanks so much for an inspirational site and wonderful recipes!
@Ann Grismore, That sounds like a great way to adapt it. I will have to try it meatless some time.
@Ann Grismore,
Oh, and a can of chopped green chiles. We love them and they added great flavor to this meal.
Hi, i just had to leave a comment to tell you thanks for this recipe! My 7 yr old LOVED it…i made it with kidney beans and jasmine rice and left the corn out since i didn’t have any and it was a success! We ate it with organic corn chips and sour cream. Thanks so much! I love all your recipes they always look so good…
Thank you so much for this recipe! I had enchilada sauce and thought would this work? So I found you on google.
I did make it a meat free dish by omitting the beef and adding TVP. I also added RoTel.
My husband raved about the rice (which usually he isn’t a big fan of rice)
I am glad that you found my site and enjoyed the recipe. I am also glad to know it worked meatless and with Rotel. We love Rotel, but I have never tried it in this. I will have to do that something. Thanks for letting me know how much you enjoyed it.
I made this tonight and it was super quick and so delicious! I make rice in huge batches and freeze it in 2-3 cup containers so all I had to do was brown the meat, defrost the rice and viola, the meal took less than 15 minutes from start to finish. I make 18 cups of jasmine rice at a time and warm it in the microwave for 4-5 minutes and it’s ready to go. It works great every time. 🙂
We just had this for dinner (slightly changed, ie kidney instead of pinto beans) and from my 7 year old daughter to my 83 year old mother-in-law, we loved it! I even sort of made your enchilada sauce. I had to adapt it somewhat as I could not make it very spicy for the ma-in-law and also we don’t seem to be able to buy chillies in tins, etc here in NZ, so I simply added some sweet chilli sauce. I have been requested to include it on next months menu planner. Thanks Lynn for a great idea.
I am so glad that you enjoyed it. And thanks for sharing the changes that you made. It sounds great.
My daughter and I love this recipe! I make it meatless since we are vegetarians. I omit the meat but add sauted onion and green peppers. Thanks a bunch!!
I am glad you have enjoyed it. The meatless version sounds great!
I am making out a menu today for a upcoming week of company for supper, and this recipe is JUST what I was looking for. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this recipe! Im a mother of 9 children and my husband and I have been laid off work for more then a year now. So making meals on a budget is very important as well as making things stretch. Its always harder at the end of the month for us so when I saw that I had all the ingredients to this recipe in my cupboard I thought to my self “perfect”..my kids and my husband LOVED it! Thanks again, this one is going on our “easy meals to make for the month” list!
I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I love sharing simple and budget friendly meals. I hope you and your husband are able to find jobs soon!
Have you ever tried it with Ekrich type sausage?
I have 2 kids who don’t like beans (sigh). Is there any substitute or just leave them out?
I would just leave them out. I think it would be fine without them if your kids don’t like them.
Love this recipe! Whenever I’m @ a loss for what to make and our budgets a little tight I check your list of frugal meals! I’m making 3 things from it this week. Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
I am glad you enjoy that recipe! My family loves it too. And I am so glad you find the list of frugal meals helpful. I have quite a few more frugal meal ideas planned for this fall that I hope you will enjoy as well. Thanks for reading!
Made tonight and family loved it!! Thanks for sharing this recipe!!
I am so glad you enjoyed it!