Quick Easy Cheesy Enchiladas That Are Awesome

These Quick Easy Cheesy Enchiladas That Are Awesome are perfect for a busy week night meal. Only three ingredients, but tons of delicious flavor! Let me repeat, quick and easy too!

Our family loves enchiladas! Typically, I would make beef enchiladas for the family until one day, one of the littles requested that I make half just cheese, please! After that, I learned that I need a whole casserole dish of cheesy enchiladas because they quickly disappeared. As a busy mom, I love how quick and effortless these are. Your children can whip this dish up for mom on any night of the week!

Quick Easy Cheesy Enchiladas That Are Awesome

Ingredients

1 can of red enchiladas sauce
8 corn tortillas or flour tortillas
16 oz. block of Monterey Jack Cheese or any favorite cheese of choice

Tools

grater
9×13 baking dish
cutting board

Instructions For Making – Quick Easy Cheesy Enchiladas That Are Awesome

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Shred your Monterey Jack Cheese. We love to shred our own cheese, it just tastes better! But if you are running short on time, grab a bag already shredded and you are ready to go.

Grater with Monterey Jack Cheese grated in a pile.

In your 9×13 baking dish, drizzle a small amount of enchilada sauce across the bottom.

If using corn tortillas, heat in the microwave for about 10 seconds to soften so they will fold easily and not tear.

Begin filling each corn tortillas with just enough cheese so that you can close your tortillas easily.

Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese in the corn tortilla.

Place each filled tortillas seem down so the cheese stays nicely inside.

Quick Easy Cheesy Enchiladas That Are Awesome, 8 Cheese Enchiladas in a casserole dish with enchilada sauce being poured over the top.

Once all eight are arranged, pour the remaining can of red enchilada sauce all over your enchiladas.

Top with the remaining Monterey Jack Cheese.

Quick Easy Cheesy Enchiladas That Are Awesome, 8 Cheese Enchiladas in a casserole dish with enchilada sauce and shredded Monterey Jack Cheese all over the top. Getting ready to be baked.

Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted. Enjoy!

Side Dish Ideas – Quick Easy Cheesy Enchiladas That Are Awesome

Our family loves to serve these with white rice, Spanish rice, black beans, refried beans or pinto beans. Also, tortilla chips with a good salsa or white cheese sauce! Lastly, you can’t beat the traditional salad with ranch dressing. Check out how we make our ranch dressing in this post.

All Plated Up

This night I had made both cheese and beef enchiladas to feed the family! All but one got gone by somebody, I think they were hungry! We served the enchiladas with a simple, but delicious salad along with a bowl of pinto beans. We topped our pintos with chopped onions and freshly shredded Monterey Jack Cheese. It hit the spot.

Canned Pinto Beans Tip

Can canned pinto beans be good? Oh yes! I take 3 cans of pinto beans, any brand will do, and cook them with a little drizzle of olive oil and some Better Than Bouillon beef flavored base to your tasting. You will really enjoy these! Sometimes, we just need a quick and easy side.

A plate with an enchilada, side salad with Monterey Jack Cheese and a bowl of pinot beans with onions and Monterey Jack Cheese with Canned Pinto Bean Tip written in the middle.

Budget Friendly – Quick Easy Cheesy Enchiladas That Are Awesome

In this busy life that we live, it is so tempting to run through the drive thru when you just don’t feel like cooking. But with rising prices, a fast food trip for our family can cost $40 – $50 depending on where we stop. The cost savings this meal will bring to your family will motivate you to get these ingredients in your grocery order, plan ahead and have some Quick Easy Cheesy Enchiladas That Are Awesome! Can I say this meal is so amazingly affordable. Just for fun, see below: