Enfrijoladas with beef

February 22, 2013

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I know, typically when a Mexican dish is named for beans, there is no meat in it. However, this doesn’t fly for my upper teenage boys–they must have their beef! I knew they would like the base of this dish well enough, so I just went about adding enough ingredients to it to make it a dish they would LOVE, and LOVE they do! It is a perfect quick weeknight meal. Added bonus is that it is actually fairly nutricious as well being that there are whole wheat tortillas, beans (duh), and lot of calcium

1 15 ounce can refried beans
1/2 cup beef stock
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup onion-diced
2 tablespoons Taco seasoning
4 cups shredded cheese of your choice-I used a Mexican blend
6 whole wheat tortillas

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium saucepan, heat the refried beans through. Add in the stock, water and the tomato paste, stirring until smooth. In a medium skillet, brown the ground beef, adding in...
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Nutritions

Calories
557

Sodium
558mg
23% DV

Fat
30g
46% DV

Protein
39g
78% DV

Carbs
26g
8% DV

Fiber
4g
18% DV