Super Easy Cheese Enchiladas Recipe - Only 3 Ingredients! (2024)

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You only need three ingredients to make these restaurant style cheese enchiladas with an optional homemade enchilada sauce to take them to the next level!

Looking for more Mexican recipes? Try this Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup, my Mexican Casserole, these Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas and these Vegetable Enchiladas.

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My Favorite Cheese Enchiladas
Cheese Enchilada Recipe Ingredients
Homemade Enchilada Sauce vs Store Bought
How to Make Cheese Enchiladas
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My Favorite Cheese Enchiladas

For all the cheese lovers in the world, this is the enchilada recipe for you! Growing up in Texas, cheese enchiladas are a way to test a Mexican (or Tex-Mex) restaurant on if they are really up to snuff.

A good cheese enchilada should consist of an extra flavorful sauce, wrapped around a tortilla, holding in all that delicious melted cheese.

Like a classic American grilled cheese, Cheese Enchiladas are so simple to make with just 3 ingredients. Focusing on preparation method and using good quality and flavored ingredients makes all the difference.

These enchiladas are absolutely delicious and very easy to make. You can use store bought enchilada sauce or my Homemade Enchilada Sauce (ready in just 7 minutes!) to ensure they have excellent flavor!

Cheese Enchilada Recipe Ingredients

This enchilada recipe only needs three ingredients in total. They are seriously that easy and simple to make!

corn tortillas (white or yellow)
shredded Mexican blend cheese
red enchilada sauce

You can top them with fun toppings, if you choose too, but most of my family likes them straight out of the pan just as the are.

Below are some topping ideas:

Sour Cream
Guacamole/Avocado
Tomatoes
Cilantro
Jalapenos (fresh or pickled)

Homemade Enchilada Sauce vs Store Bought

I recommend my homemade Enchilada Sauce for these cheese enchiladas because it will add tons of flavor. Plus, it only takes 7 minutes to make.

You can absolutely use store bought, but I have never found a store bought enchilada sauce that is as flavorful as my homemade version.

Another bonus to making your own enchilada sauce is that you can season it up to your taste. You can also make it spicy if you like spicy dishes!

My husband loves when I add a chipotle pepper in adobo sauce to our homemade enchilada sauce and make spicy chipotle cheese enchiladas!

How to Make Cheese Enchiladas

The method of making these cheese enchiladas is almost as important as the ingredients.

To start, you will need to wrap the corn tortillas in a damp paper towel and microwave them for 15 seconds. If you don’t, they will break while you try to roll them.

Second, you will need to dip each tortilla in the enchilada sauce before rolling them. This gets all the flavor inside the enchilada!

Lastly, fill the dipped tortilla with lots and lots of cheese and roll them up! You can watch the video in this post to see my easy method!

Tons of flavor and lots and lots of delicious melted cheese make this Cheese Enchilada Recipe a sure fire winner and a crowd favorite!

Make a double batch and freeze the second batch for another easy dinner later, you won’t regret it!

If you enjoy this recipe, check out my other Enchilada Sauce and please leave a comment or review below letting me know how this recipe turns out for you!

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Yield: 8 servings

Cheese Enchiladas

You only need three ingredients to make these restaurant style cheese enchiladas with an optional homemade enchilada sauce to take them to the next level!

Prep Time15 minutes minutes

Cook Time25 minutes minutes

Total Time40 minutes minutes

Ingredients

2 ½ cups enchilada sauce
16 corn tortillas, white or yellow
6 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Spread a little enchilada sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish. Set aside.
Wrap tortillas in a damp paper towel and microwave for 15 seconds. This will help soften the tortillas so they roll without cracking as much.
Working with one tortilla at a time, dip a tortilla in the enchilada sauce and immediately lay it into the casserole dish.
Fill the tortilla with cheese, roll it up and push it to the end of the pan, seem side down.
Continue this process until your pan is full. Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over your tortillas.
Sprinkle the tops with more cheese. Cover casserole dish with foil and bake for 15 minutes.
Remove foil and cook for 10 more minutes, until the sauce is bubbling and the cheese is perfectly melted.
You can also prepare these enchiladas in advance and refrigerate for up to 12 hours, or until ready to cook.

Video

Notes

To freeze, complete all the steps until it's time to bake them. Then freeze them instead! When you are ready to eat them, bake them frozen and expect it to take about double the time to bake as the recipe says since they are frozen.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 405kcal, Carbohydrates: 23g, Protein: 23g, Fat: 25g, Saturated Fat: 15g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 80mg, Sodium: 306mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 1g

Cuisine: Mexican

Category: Dinner Ideas