Creamy Sriracha Beef Enchiladas

This beef enchiladas recipe combines spicy ground beef with creamy Sriracha sauce & lots of cheese for a delicious recipe that’s quick and easy to make!

It’s been an entire week since my last new recipe post on the blog! Why the long wait for a delicious new recipe you ask?! Because I took my first trip to New Orleans last week with two of my best friends!

If you follow me on Instagram you got to see all of the alligator holding (yup, that happened!) beignet eating, St Patricks Day glitter throwing, tutu wearing fun! I even created a Food Bloggers Guide to New Orleans with some of my favorite spots to eat, drink and shop in the city!

I loved the city and the food, and was so inspired to come home and create my own spins on beignets, shrimp and grits and jambalaya!

While this enchilada recipe was not inspired by my trip to New Orleans, it is a recipe I’ve been planning for a while now and I couldn’t wait to get home from my trip to whip it up!

If you’ve spent some time browsing around the blog, you’ll notice a common trend, lots of recipes with Sriracha! Sriracha Honey Pulled Pork Tacos, Sriracha Steak Fried Rice and Sriracha Candied Bacon Grilled Cheese are just a few of my favorites!

I love incorporating the spicy sauce into recipes in both traditional and non-traditional ways!

One of my favorite sriracha recipes to date is the recipe for Chicken Enchiladas with Avocado Sriracha Sauce that I created last June.

I took that enchilada recipe and put a new spin on it with beef instead of chicken and a completely new sauce recipe!

The result was a creamy, spicy, meaty beef enchiladas recipe of deliciousness that I seriously can’t wait to make again!

Creamy Sriracha Beef Enchiladas Recipe Ingredients

• 1 ½ lb ground beef
• 1 tbsp chili powder
• 2 tsp paprika (divided)
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp onion powder (divided)
• 1 tsp garlic powder (divided)
• 1 tsp salt (divided)
• 1 + ½ cup chicken broth (divided)
• 1 cup sour cream
• ¼ cup sriracha
• 6 oz can tomato paste
• 8 medium flour tortillas
• 2 cups pepper jack cheese (shredded)

Creamy Sriracha Beef Enchiladas Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Add the ground beef to a large skillet over medium heat. Cook through, then drain any grease. Add the chili powder, 1 tsp paprika, cumin, oregano, ½ tsp onion powder, ½ tsp garlic powder and ½ tsp salt. Pour ½ cup of chicken broth over the seasoned ground beef.

Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. 

In the meantime, combine the remaining 1 cup of chicken broth with the sour cream, sriracha and tomato paste in a food processor, or blender. Add the remaining 1 tsp paprika, ½ tsp onion powder, ½ tsp garlic powder and ½ tsp salt.

Blend until all ingredients have been incorporated into a smooth, creamy sauce.

Now, it’s time to prepare the “enchilada making station”.

Pour a spoonful of sauce on each tortilla, flip and cover the other side in sauce.

Place a large spoonful of ground beef in the middle of each tortilla, sprinkle a little cheese over the beef.

Roll the tortilla up over the ingredients and place in a 9 x 13 baking dish. Repeat until all of the enchiladas are prepared.

Pour any remaining sauce over the enchiladas.*

*I poured most of the remaining sauce on the enchiladas, but had about ½ cup remaining, which I proceeded to pour over my eggs for breakfast the next morning 🙂

Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the enchiladas.

Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.

Remove the beef enchiladas recipe from the oven and dig in!

Seriously you can’t go wrong with a simple, saucy, spicy, sriracha enchilada recipe!

I just created a new Pinterest board specifically for Sriracha Recipes, so if you love sriracha as much as I do, go check it out and give it a follow!

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Beef Enchiladas with Creamy Sriracha Sauce

This beef enchiladas recipe combines spicy ground beef with creamy Sriracha sauce & lots of cheese for a delicious recipe that's quick and easy to make!

Servings: 8 enchiladas

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Author: Whitney Bond

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients

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• 1 ½ lb ground beef
• 1 tbsp chili powder
• 2 tsp paprika, divided
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp onion powder, divided
• 1 tsp garlic powder, divided
• 1 tsp salt, divided
• 1 + ½ cup chicken broth, divided
• 1 cup sour cream
• ¼ cup sriracha
• 6 oz can tomato paste
• 8 medium flour tortillas
• 2 cups pepper jack cheese, shredded

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Add the ground beef to a large skillet over medium heat.
• Cook through, then drain any grease.
• Add the chili powder, 1 tsp paprika, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp oregano, ½ tsp onion powder, ½ tsp garlic powder and ½ tsp salt.
• Pour ½ cup of chicken broth over the seasoned ground beef.
• Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
• In the meantime, combine the remaining 1 cup of chicken broth with the sour cream, sriracha and tomato paste in a food processor, or blender.
• Add the remaining 1 tsp paprika, ½ tsp onion powder, ½ tsp garlic powder and ½ tsp salt.
• Blend until all ingredients have been incorporated into a smooth, creamy sauce.
• Pour a spoonful of sauce on each tortilla, flip and cover the other side in sauce.
• Place a large spoonful of ground beef in the middle of each tortilla, sprinkle a little cheese over the beef.
• Roll the tortilla up over the ingredients and place in a 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Repeat until all of the enchiladas are prepared.
• Pour any remaining sauce over the enchiladas.
• Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the enchiladas.
• Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 493kcal (25%)

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