Spinach Enchiladas - Low-Fat
"Some time ago there was a post in the Tex-Mex/Mexican Food Forum asking if it was possible to find reduced fat recipes. This recipe is proof positive that it can be done. I have not tried this yet but will soon."
photo by Redsie
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1⁄3 cup onion, finely diced
- 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans or (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 3 teaspoons chili powder, divided
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin
- 1 (8 ounce) can low-sodium tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1⁄2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 8 (8 inch) corn tortillas
- 3⁄4 cup reduced-fat monterey jack cheese
- 1⁄4 cup low-fat cheddar cheese
- 1 dash salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large skillet combine spinach, mushrooms, onions, beans, 2 teaspoons chili powder and red pepper flakes over medium heat. Cook 5 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat.
- Combine tomato sauce, water, remaining 1 teaspoons Chili powder, cumin and pepper sauce in a pie pan. Stir well. Dip tortillas into tomato sauce mixture and stack on wax paper.
- Divide spinach filling into 8 portions. Spoon onto centers of tortillas. Roll up and place tortillas in a baking dish. (You want the enchiladas to nestle together.).
- Spread remaining tomato mixture over enchiladas. Cover dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove foil and spread cheese on top of enchiladas, returning them to the oven another 5-10 minutes until cheese is melted and gooey.
- Microwave option: After preparing enchiladas (step 4), cover dish with vented plastic wrap. Microwave at medium for about 10 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Microwave at Medium for about 1 minute or until cheese is melted.
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very good. next time i'm doubling the beans (spinach was just a little too overwhelming), but, it is definitely a keeper. thanks for posting -
Great! Only change I made was to use fresh baby spinach rather than frozen, and regular tomato sauce rather than reduced sodium. Very yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe! -
I love this - you have to be careful to make enough tomato sauce to cover the dish but it turns out splendidly and even my anti-veggie male family members love it. -
this recipe was surprisingly pretty good. i did add a pound of x-lean ground beef with a 6 oz. package of mushrooms and a 16 oz. pack of spinach. insteda of making the sauce i used a large can of roarita enchilada sauce and then just layered the tortillas instead of rolling them. i always try to find the easiest way to make my meals. :) also i used reg extra sharp cheddar. i feel that with it being so good for you the whole fat cheese doesnt hurt too much. also, you can taste the spinach but it wasnt too over powering for us. thank you, we will be making this again. -
This recipe looked soooooo good! I was dying to try it and cooked it exactly as written. However neither DH or I cared for it at all. We threw away a ton of leftovers. I'm sorry! There was wayyyyy too much spinach. I would cut it in half at least, next time and instead of 1 can beans, I'd add 2. We used pinto and really liked that part. There also wasn't enough sauce, and I used a 10oz can. It came out kind of dry.
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My version was less low fat than intended as I had full fat chedder to hand and felt the need to butter the baking dish (I did manage to resist the temptation to add oil when frying the filling ingredients though). The filling was wonderful, although I had to make a few changes due to DH's sensitive tastebuds and what I had to hand (I reduced the amount of chili powder and subbed the hot pepper sauce with minced chippotle chillies in adobo sauce). I noted Kumquat the Cat's friend's comments and didn't dry the spinach; I also added a bit of bean water when I noticed the filling sticking to my (non stick pan). I'd not tried dipping tortillas in sauce before; although I managed to get sauce everywhere while doing it (if something can be spilt or splodged, I'll do it), it made such a difference to the finished dish that I'll continue with this method in future. Scrumptious recipe Toni.
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