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title: Enchiladas
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### notes
- lower fat beef is better
- use more red sauce to fully coat enchiladas
## Ingredients
- [ ] onion
- [ ] ground beef 1 pound
- [ ] tomato paste 240g (2 cans)
- [ ] refried beans 450g (16oz)
- [ ] monterey jack 450g (4 cups)
- [ ] garlic 3 cloves
- [ ] red chili powder 
- [ ] cumin 
- [ ] large tortillas [^1] 
- [ ] [Chili White Sauce](/recipe/chili-white-sauce/)
- [ ] [Red pasta sauce (rough draft)](/recipe/red-pasta-sauce/)
- [ ] oil to grease pan
## Tools
- pan
- baking dish
- cutting board
- kitchen knife
- garlic press
## Steps
- dice onions
- sauté onion in the pan over medium heat
- add beef and cook until no longer pink
- drain the pan 
- stir in the beans, tomato paste, chili powder, garlic, and cumin until homogeneous 
- take off heat and stir in cheese until it is stringy
- add half of the white sauce to the bottom of the baking dish
- place 220g of meat mixture into a tortilla, and roll it up, placing the roll in the pan
- repeat until the mixture is gone
- drizzle remaining white sauce and red sauce over the rolls
- place the baking dish in oven preheated to 425 °F (~220 °C) for 20 minutes

#recipe #recipe/dinner 

[^1]: use small for chimichangas