Beef enchiladas with a lime sour cream

by Paul Warburton on 30 April 2010  |  2 comments
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Beef enchiladas with a lime sour cream (Serves 4)

I regularly have cravings for spicy food and it doesn’t get much hotter than Mexican dishes for when I need to fulfil the craving. Now I don’t put cheese on my enchiladas as it doesn’t feel very authentic to layer a nice flavoursome filling and sauce with a great big handful of English cheddar, however if you prefer cheese just put it on - a good sour cream and a cooling bottle of cerveza does the trick nicely though.

Ingredients

• 500g of Tesco premium beef mince (£2.20)
• 1 can of KTC red kidney beans (25p)
• 500g of Tesco tomato passata (50p)
• 1 large brown onion (17p)
• 8 plain tortilla wraps (£1)
• 300ml of soured cream (88p)
• 1 lime (30p)
• 3 fresh green chillies (20p)
• 1 can of Tesco value chopped tomatoes (35p)

The cupboard staples...

Salt, black pepper, olive oil, 3 cloves of garlic, vinegar, chilli powder, paprika, cumin and 1 beef stock cube.

Total cost

If you already have the cupboard staples, then according to mysupermarket.co.uk, this trolley was cheapest at Tesco where it came to £5.85 - that's £1.46 per head!

Instructions

• Get the oven preheated first to 180C.
• First up is the tomato sauce as we want this to reduce down a little and really develop some flavour. Get a little olive oil in a saucepan and gently sauté 3 green chillies and 2 cloves of garlic (both finely chopped) for about 60 seconds. Try not to get too much colour because if the garlic burns it will taste bitter. Now add the tomato passata, the can of tomatoes, 1 pint of beef stock, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, 2 teaspoons of sugar and a good twist of salt and black pepper. Turn down to a simmer and you want to reduce down by about 30% until the sauce thickens a little.
• Next up the beef filling for the enchiladas. Get a good heavy pan on the heat; add a little olive oil and 1 finely chopped onion. Gently fry the onion for 2 minutes. Then add the beef - you want a nice high heat as we want to get the beef browned. It will take around 5 minutes to take on a good brown colour.
• Once the beef has a nice brown colour, keep on a high heat and add the kidney beans, 1 finely chopped clove of garlic, 2 teaspoons of chilli powder, 1 teaspoon of paprika, 2 teaspoons of cumin and a good twist of salt and black pepper. Cook out the spices for a further minute and add around ¼ of a pint of water, simmer for a further 3 minutes on a medium heat.
• Now we’re ready to assemble. Take a tortilla, place a good tablespoonful of the beef filling into the centre and roll into a cigar shape and place into an oven dish (we want a good snug fit for the enchiladas). Repeat with the rest of the tortillas.
• Then pour the sauce over all of the tortillas and place in the pre-heated oven for 20 to 25 minutes until the sauce is bubbling. Whilst the enchiladas are cooking squeeze the juice of one lime into a bowl of the soured cream and mix well with a good pinch of black pepper.
• Happy eating!

A bit about the Frugal Recipes chef, Paul Warburton

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Paul Warburton, a lovemoney.com staff member, had a hectic career in the world of hot kitchens and screaming chefs before joining the lovemoney.com products development team.

During these years, under the tutorage of some great chefs, he honed his skills in cooking for numbers within a tight cost and portion-controlled environment.

Now he's planning to regularly offer his help to all budding chefs in the lovemoney.com community, so you can enjoy his original, low-cost recipes with your family and friends every Friday for free!

What lovemoney.com readers have said about Paul's other recipes

"We enjoyed this recipe very much: easy to make and even easier to eat!" varneyrob

“Thanks Paul, another great tasting easy recipe. It was my first risotto attempt ever and it was great, I even impressed my in-laws with it. Many thanks...” welshlady

"I made this recipe and it was absolutely delicious! Seriously good! Five of us feasted on it, and feasted well..." Ibeshy

"I made this recipe on Saturday night, and my 13 year-old son promptly requested it again for the following night!" Malcolm Wheatley

"This is a cracking risotto recipe. Just had it for lunch & it's a winner. More recipes please. Thanks." SavvyLass

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If you like this recipe, why not also try Paul's other Frugal Recipes:   Slow roasted duck legs and charlotte potatoes with a carrot and cumin salad | Paella | Asparagus and gruyere tart with new potatoes | Haddock fishcakes with radish and watercress salad and lemon crème fraiche dressing | Prawn and pea risotto Honey roasted gammon and apples with champ | Hot chocolate fondants with crème Chantilly | Shin of beef, kidney and ale pie Tandoori chicken with coconut rice & mint raita | Homemade gnocchi with a tomato & thyme sauce, spinach and ricotta  | Frugal Pancakes | Griddled black pudding, chimichurri mash and caramelised apples  | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice  | Lamb koftas with a feta, mint and chickpea salad & chilli grilled pittas  | Pork, rosemary and white bean ravioli with a chilli tomato sauce  | Sausage & leek casserole with parsley dumpings | Pork, chorizo & cannellini bean stew | Rabbit, bacon & thyme pie | Potato rosti with creamed spinach and poached egg | Pumpkin and sage risotto | Slow braised oxtail with autumn mash | Spiced whole mackerel with chickpea salad | Twice cooked belly pork (with gravy) parsnips and sweet apple red cabbage | Roasted pheasant | Portobello mushroom, port and stilton wellington | Lemon tart with fresh vanilla mascarpone | Massaman curry |  Smoked mackerel pate on crostini and red onion confit  |Rolled breast of lamb with garlic mash and Savoy cabbage | Lemon & rosemary chicken thighs |  Thai Pollock curry with egg noodles | Chunky pea and ham soup| Spaghetti alla carbonara | Pork stroganoff | Green chilli meat balls, sunflower seed couscous salad and mint yoghurt |  Tagliatelle with air dried cured ham and minted peas | Beef, thyme and mushroom loaf with potato dauphinoise | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice | Egg Florentine with smoked cheddar and rocket salad | Beef, mushroom and thyme pie | Spicy tuna, bean and coriander lasagne |  Beef koftas with a feta, spinach and fresh mint salad | Chorizo and pea risotto | Sausage and rosemary hotpot | Beef & thyme (Lancashire) hotpot

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