Black Bean Enchilada Stack
My Black Bean Enchilada Bake is stacked up high with Mexican food goodness. It is one of my favorite family vegetarian dinners and I hope you will love too.
Ingredients
- ½ teaspoon olive oil
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 1 sweet onion, chopped
- ¼ teaspoon salt, divided
- ¼ teaspoon pepper, divided
- 1 15 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes, I use fire roasted garlic
- 1 4 oz can green chilies
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic, 2 cloves
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne powder, optional
- 16 small corn tortillas
- 8 oz shredded reduced fat Mexican cheese
- ¾ cup salsa
- toppings: sour cream and additional salsa
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large pan, sauté the pepper and onion over medium heat until translucent or about 5-8 minutes. Sprinkle half the salt and pepper over the pepper and onion while cooking.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low. Add the black beans, tomatoes, chilies, garlic, spices and the rest of the salt and pepper to the pan. Stir the mixture together well and allow to simmer for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Taste and adjust spices if necessary.
- Line the bottom of a greased 8x8 casserole dish with tortillas.
- Layer ⅓ of the beans mixture on top of the tortillas.
- Cover with ¼ of the cheese.
- Repeat the layering another two times until you have three layers.
- To finish the dish add another layer of tortillas. Cover that with the salsa and then the last quarter of the cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove the foil and finish in the over for another 15 minutes. Total of 30 minutes in the oven.
Notes
If you have a favorite Mexican spice blend, feel free to use that instead of all the individual spices. You can use my DIY version here!
Nutrition
Calories: 379kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 20gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 1055mgPotassium: 780mgFiber: 12gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 598IUVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 574mgIron: 4mg
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