Esperanza's Beef Enchiladas

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 12 corn tortillas, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 1/2-2 lbs ground beef
• 1/3 cup yellow onion, finely chopped
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can taco sauce or 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can enchilada sauce
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope taco seasoning mix or 1 (1 ounce) envelope dry enchilada mix
• 8 ounces mild cheddar cheese, shredded
• 8 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded
• 1 (6 ounce) can black olives, drained and chopped
• 6 green onions, finely chopped
• sour cream (optional)
• guacamole (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. heat oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat. add enough tortilla pieces to fill, but not crowd the skillet; fry until crisp. remove with slotted spoon; set aside to drain on paper towels. repeat with remaining tortilla pieces.
• 2 cook and stir ground beef and onion in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring to break up meat until beef is browned; drain fat. add taco or enchilada sauce, tomato sauce, water and taco or enchilada seasoning mix. bring to a boil over high heat. reduce heat to low and simmer 20 minutes.
• 3 combine beef mixture with 2/3 of fried tortilla pieces in a large bowl; transfer to 13x9-in baking dish. top with remaining 1/3 of tortilla pieces, cheeses, olives and green onions. bake until cheeses are melted, about 10 minutes. serve, and garnish with sour cream and guacamole, if desired.