Shredded Beef Enchiladas are the perfect thing to serve for dinner. This is the best beef enchilada recipe I’ve ever had! They’re filled with the most flavorful shredded beef, and topped with sour cream, cheese, tomatoes, and more. Make this amazing beef enchiladas recipe right away!
Shredded Beef Enchiladas Recipe
Add this shredded beef enchiladas recipe into your weeknight dinner rotation. You won’t want to skip over these delicious and easy beef enchiladas!
If you’re new around here, you’ll quickly learn that Mexican food is one of my favorite cuisines. I especially LOVE enchiladas, and I have tons of easy enchilada recipes here…but most of them are chicken enchiladas! So it’s about time I share the best beef enchilada recipe ever.
This Shredded Beef Enchiladas recipe is SO perfect. It starts with making moist, flavorful beef to shred into the enchiladas, and then you top them off with all the best ingredients (cheese, tomatoes, sour cream, etc.) to make some amazing beef enchiladas supreme.
Learning how to make beef enchiladas with the best shredded beef is super simple. You’ll want to be serving these for dinner as often as possible, because they really are just that good! And these would be so good for Cinco de Mayo too!
Make these delicious Shredded Beef Enchiladas Supreme for your next weeknight dinner. All the best ingredients in the best beef enchilada recipe!
Best Beef Enchilada Recipe
I don’t use the word “best” lightly here. I’m typically more of a chicken enchiladas kind of girl, but these truly are the BEST beef enchilada recipe. So I’ll make an exception for these (and eat them all happily). Shredded Beef Enchiladas Supreme start with the beef, seared to perfection, and flavored with taco seasoning, chili powder, and beer. Shred it up into the most delicious shredded beef and add that into your beef enchiladas.
Ingredients:
- Beef Chuck or Shoulder Roast
- Taco Seasoning (homemade blend)
- Chili Powder
- Onions
- Garlic
- Cumin
- Beer
- Flour Tortillas
- Picante Sauce (or tomato salsa)
- Shredded Cheese
- Sour Cream
Shredded Beef Enchiladas Supreme
What makes these shredded beef enchiladas SUPREME? All of the amazing toppings of course. You got your cheese, shredded beef, and tortillas of course, but then there are all the classic Tex-Mex toppings to add on top. You can use whatever you like, but in my world, the more toppings, the better! Here’s what I like to put on mine.
Toppings:
- Sour Cream
- Tomatoes
- Avocado Slices (or Guacamole)
- Cilantro
- Jalapenos (if you like a little bit of heat)
- Onion
- Extra Cheese (please!)
How to Make Beef Enchiladas
This easy beef enchiladas recipe is so much simpler than you might think! It does take some time to cook the beef, but it’s well worth it in the end. Cook the beef, make the enchiladas, bake, and done!
- Season the roast with salt & pepper, then set it aside.
- Heat oil in a dutch oven, then add in the onion and saute for 4-5 minutes. Add in the garlic and cook another 30 seconds, then transfer the mixture to a plate.
- Now cook the beef in the same dutch oven. Sear the roast for about 4-5 minutes on each side. Then sprinkle it with taco seasoning, chili powder, and cumin, and pour the beer in the pot around the beef. Cover it with a lid and roast it in the oven at 300°F for 3-4 hours.
- When the beef is done cooking, shred it up using two forks.
- Now set the oven to 350°F and prepare your casserole dishes.
- Spread 1/2 cup of the picante sauce over the bottom of the casserole dish.
- Assemble the beef enchiladas by filling each tortilla with shredded beef, sour cream, picante sauce, sauteed onion, garlic, and shredded cheese. Roll them up tightly and place them into the casserole dish.
- Spread the rest of the sauce over the enchiladas, cover the dish with foil, and bake 15 minutes.
- Remove the foil, sprinkle them with cheese, and then bake another 10-15 minutes.
When they’re done cooking, top them with all your favorite ingredients (tomatoes, guacamole, more sour cream, etc) and serve hot.
To help speed up the process, you can prepare the shredded beef up to a couple of days ahead of time. Cook the roast according to instructions, shred, and store it in the refrigerator until you’re ready to make the shredded beef enchiladas.
Best Enchiladas Recipes
I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of eating enchiladas. They are just SO GOOD, and they’re plenty filling. Maybe add a side of rice or beans, but overall, they can be their own meal. I just can’t get enough of the cheesy goodness. Tortillas filled with all my favorite things and baked to perfection? Yup! That’s a meal I can get behind.
Besides these shredded beef enchiladas, here are some of the best enchiladas recipes to try:
- Chicken Enchiladas
- Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas
- Chicken and Sweet Potato Enchiladas
- Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas
- Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas
- Chicken Enchilada Skillet Pie
- Creamy Chicken Enchiladas
I just know you are going to love this Shredded Beef Enchiladas Recipe as much as I do! Dig in and enjoy!
See the recipe card below for details on how to make Shredded Beef Enchiladas. Enjoy!
If you like this enchiladas recipe, try our other favorite Mexican dishes:
- Baked Chicken Tacos
- Beef Taquitos
- Tequila Lime Baked Chicken Nachos
- Air Fryer Chicken Taquitos
- Queso Smothered Chicken Fajitas Recipe
- Cheesy Stuffed Peppers Recipe
- Easy Cheesy Mexican Rice Recipe
Shredded Beef Enchiladas Recipe
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Ingredients
- 3 pounds boneless beef chuck or shoulder roast
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons canola or olive oil divided
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 packets taco seasoning
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 12 ounce bottle beer
- 12 6-inch flour tortillas
- 1 24-ounce jar Picanté sauce or tomato salsa
- 3 cups shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
Toppings:
- Chopped tomatoes chopped onion, sliced avocado, chopped fresh cilantro, sliced jalapeno, sour cream, chopped iceberg lettuce
Instructions
- Heat oven to 300°F.
- Sprinkle all sides of roast with salt and pepper; set aside.
- Heat a large Dutch oven, over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil and heat the oil until it shimmers.
- Add onion and sauté about 4-5 minutes or until translucent; stir often. Add garlic, cook 30 seconds; stir continuously. Transfer the onion/garlic mixture to a paper towel-lined plate.
- Add the remaining 1-tablespoon oil to the Dutch oven and set heat to medium-high. Set the beef in the pot to sear 4-5 minutes without flipping it over. Once it has a nice sear, turn the roast over and sear the other side.
- Sprinkle the roast with taco seasoning, chili powder and cumin. Pour the beer around the roast and cover with a heavy lid.
- Cook at 300°F for 3-4 hours, or until beef is fork tender.
- Once the roast is tender, carefully shred the roast using two forks.
- Set the oven to 350°F and spray a 13x9-inch or two 7x11-inch casserole dishes with nonstick cooking spray.
- Spread ¼ cup picanté sauce in the bottom of each dish.
- To assemble the tortillas: layer each 1/3 full with shredded beef, sour cream, picanté sauce, sautéed onion/garlic mixture and shredded cheese. Roll tightly and place tortillas seam-side down in the prepared casserole dish.
- Spread remaining sauce over the enchiladas, cover with foil and bake 15 minutes. Remove the foil and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Bake an additional 10-15 minutes or until is melted and enchiladas are hot throughout.
- Serve with toppings of your choice.
- Enjoy!
Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!
Nutrition Information
Is it really 1006 calories per enchilada.? Or the whole tray? Thanks!
That would be per serving, which is 2 enchiladas. Hope that helps a bit!
Do you think this could be prepared in the slow cooker? Maybe after searing? Just wondering how long you think it would take. Thanks!
I haven’t done it that way so I’m not sure, but I do think it could work. Here’s a blog post from a friend that I think might be helpful: https://addapinch.com/slow-cooker-shredded-beef-recipe/
Craving these enchiladas right now!
They are SO yummy. I hope you try them out soon!
This was SO delicious! THANK YOU!
Thanks Pam! :)
These were amazing! Thank you so much!
Glad you liked them Jessica!
These enchiladas are so good!! On repeat at this house
Yay! Glad you love them!
My mouth is watering just looking at the pictures! I am making this tomorrow!
YAY!