Fiesta Beef Enchiladas from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Fiesta Beef Enchiladas Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

8 oz 93% lean ground beef
1/2 cup sliced green onions
2 tsp fresh minced or bottled garlic
1 cup cold cooked white or brown rice
1 1/2 cups chopped tomato, divided
3/4 cup frozen corn, thawed
4 oz shredded reduced-fat Mexican cheese blend, divided
= (or Cheddar cheese)
1/2 cup salsa or picante sauce
12 corn tortillas - (6" to 7" dia)
Nonstick cooking spray, as needed
1 can mild or hot enchilada sauce - (10 oz)
1 cup sliced romaine lettuce leaves

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook ground beef in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add green onions and garlic; cook and stir 2 minutes.

Combine meat mixture, rice, 1 cup tomato, corn, 1/2 cup cheese and salsa; mix well. Spoon mixture down center of tortillas. Roll up; place seam-side down in 13- by 9-inch baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Spoon enchilada sauce evenly over enchiladas.

Cover with foil; bake for 20 minutes or until hot. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese; bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Top with lettuce and remaining 1/2 cup tomato.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 4 Starch, 2 Meat, 1 Fat.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 438; Calories from Fat 21%; Total Fat 11g; Saturated Fat 4g; Protein 27g; Carbohydrates 64g; Cholesterol 42mg; Sodium 783mg.

Source:
"Diabetic Cooking at http://www.diabeticcooking.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"08-09-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Publications International Ltd, 2002"

Servings: 4

“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”

~ Doug Larson

 

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