If you’re looking for an easy, crowd-pleasing, vegetarian dinner recipe, these double cheese vegetable enchiladas are for you!
Yum! Who doesn’t like enchiladas? They’re like the Mexican version of lasagne! They are perfect for cold weather, because they’re the ultimate comfort food. Anything baked in the oven is wonderful when it’s cold outside.
This version is packed full of 5 different vegetables, making it a great dish to make if you’re trying to reach your 5 a day.
These enchiladas are perfect served with:
Vegetable Enchiladas – Ingredients and Tips
- Red onion, courgettes, button mushrooms, yellow bell pepper – these are the vegetables that are used to make the smoky filling inside your enchiladas. You can switch these out with other vegetables – corn and black beans would work very well too.
- Smoked paprika, cumin, cinnamon– these are the ground spices used to make the smoky flavour. Hint – if you ever buy those fajita kits, this is all that’s inside those powder sachets, so you can save some money and just buy the jars of spices.
- Tomato puree – to bring the filling together. You don’t want the filling to be too soggy, so don’t switch for chopped tomatoes.
- Tortilla wraps – use your favourites. These could be white, corn or whole meal.
- Chopped tomatoes – these are used for the easy peasy topping for the enchiladas. I like to use a good quality tin of chopped tomatoes here because you tend to get a consistent texture that’s not too watery, but you can use any.
- Cheddar and mozzarella cheese – the combination of these two cheeses makes for the ULTIMATE cheesy enchilada topping!!
More Mexican recipes:
- Mexican Style French Toast
- One Pot Mexican Bean Stew
- Tomato, Red Pepper and Coriander Soup with Nachos
- 15 Minute Pork and Pineapple Tacos
- Smoky Pork and Black Bean Tacos
- The BEST Breakfast Burrito
- Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Burritos
- Tomato Salsa Tostadas
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Easy Cheesy Vegetable Enchiladas
These double cheese vegetarian enchiladas have 5 different types of vegetables and are stuffed with an incredible, smoky filling. A family friendly crowd-pleaser.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 red onion
- 200 grams button mushrooms
- 1 yellow pepper
- 2 courgettes
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 8 tortilla wraps
- 400 gram tin chopped tomatoes
- 100 grams cheddar cheese grated
- 100 grams mozzarella grated
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 220 degrees Celsius.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok. Add the peeled and sliced onion, halved mushrooms, sliced pepper and sliced courgettes. Cook over a medium-high heat for 5 minutes, until starting to soften, then stir in the tomato puree, smoked paprika, cumin and cinnamon. Cook for another 5 minutes, then remove from the heat.
- Lay out your tortillas on a flat surface. Place a spoonful of the veggie mixture into the centre of each one, then fold them up as you would a fajita. Lay the wraps side by side in a large oven proof dish.
- Pour the chopped tomatoes over the wraps. Try to do it evenly, but don’t worry if they don’t reach the edges. Top this with an even layer of the grated cheddar and mozzarella.
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, until the tortillas are crisp at the edges and the tomatoes are hot and bubbling.
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Nutrition
Calories: 463kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 21gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 920mgPotassium: 884mgFiber: 6gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 1331IUVitamin C: 85mgCalcium: 459mgIron: 5mg
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So cheesy and so delicious – you are going to love these!
I wish I could have two or three of these for diner tonight.
What a great example of nice mexican food ???
I don’t normally eat veg….I prefer raw meat, but these were delicious! And so easy! Best wishes Scar
I’m glad such an eminent figure as yourself enjoyed it – as your next meal I’d recommend Yazu!
Looks great – had to look up ‘courgette.’ i learn something new everyday! thank you!
Looks great. I have been looking for an enchilada recipe recently. Thanks for sharing.
I adore Mexican food, love the idea of a veggie version!
Thanks Isabella!
Looks great! I look forward to making these.
These look so good I would probably forget about the absence of meat….
yum yum!
Was looking for a good recipe for this thanks! ?
This looks very yummy! I’ll have to try it!
Thank you!
Looks yummy must try
Thanks Maira 🙂
Sounds great! Love the addition of cumin and cinnamon, my favourite spices!
Thank you!
Definitely going to make this! Love Mexican, especially when it is loaded with veggies!
Thanks Kristel!