Skillet Enchilada Rice
Raise your hand if you are still recovering from Daylight Savings Time ending this weekend? To add insult to injury it has been rainy, foggy, and cold these past few days for us. The extra hour of sleep was nice the first night- Sophia went to bed late the night before, and Isabella knows she can’t come downstairs until 6:30am. That has since worn off, and now Sophia has been waking up about 45 minutes earlier. By the time I get our morning routine straightened back out it will be March and the clocks will spring forward again.
And it’s not just the mornings! On Sunday James kept asking if I was going to start cooking dinner and it was only 3:00 in the afternoon. Neither of us have been able to keep our eyes open past 9:00pm. I don’t know how that one measly hour can have us all so jacked up. Isabella has kickball practice twice a week and it’s going to be dark before practice even starts! I’m laughing at myself as I type this because it’s not like this doesn’t happen EVERY YEAR. I guess for some reason I’m feeling it harder this time around- I think because I’m busier than ever.
But you know what helps me out on busy nights (when I’m running out of daylight)? Quick and easy meals like this hearty Skillet Enchilada Rice.
We love enchiladas- cheese, beef, chicken- all of them, and I make them often in our dinner rotation. It’s a pretty safe bet that if we go to a Mexican restaurant I am going to order the beef enchiladas. If I had to pick a favorite meal that my Mom makes, it’s her beef brisket enchiladas- no contest. The only thing I don’t like about enchiladas is they can be time consuming. With this dish I can get the flavor I crave without all the effort.
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked rice
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1 cup green enchilada sauce
- 1 cup red enchilada sauce
- 8 oz Mexican blend cheese shredded
Instructions
- Cook rice according to package instructions.
- Brown ground beef with onion and bell pepper in a large skillet; drain.
- Add seasoning to the beef.
- Stir in enchilada sauce, 1 cup cheese, and rice; mix well.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and heat for 5 minutes.
- Top with remaining cheese and cilantro (optional).
- Allow cheese to melt and serve.
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Hi, this looks so good! How many does it serve when you make it? Also, what’s green enchilada sauce?! I don’t think we get that here! Thanks!
This dish looks very tasty! Seems fairly quick and easy to make also. A new recipe for me to try as I have not had this one before.
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Have a great weekend 🙂
Emily, What an amazing looking dish. Makes me hungry!! Thanks for linking up to Tasty Thursdays at The Mandatory Mooch. I will be featuring this post at this week’s party. It goes live tonight!! Thanks, Nichi
This is a serious YUM YUM YUM! Thank you so much for sharing this at Domestic Superhero last week! I am featuring your recipe tomorrow, at my weekly link party! Hope to see you back!
Oh this looks so yummy and I love anything I can make all together in one pan. I’d love to have you come link your post up the weekend re-Treat link party that ends tonight – http://www.playpartypin.com/2013/11/weekend-re-treat-link-party-43.html.
Britni @ Play. Party. Pin.
This looks so dang good! Will pin for sure. My boys will love this!
One thing I love living in a small country – no time changes 🙂 {I’d be even more confused than I already am!} Pinned your recipe, it looks delicious !
This looks like my kind of recipe! Saw your link over at Sumo’s Sweet Stuff and wanted to stop by and say hi and pin while I was here 🙂
Shauna @ The Best Blog Recipes
I know they do it for the kids so they’re not heading to the bus in the dark in the mornings, but I can’t stand daylight savings time! For me, it’s mostly because I drive East to work in the morning and West on the way home, so I can’t see either way – the sun is right in my eyes. As for the Enchilada Rice, that looks/sounds awesome! When you mentioned chips, it made me think of how I like to scoop my chili with Frito Scoops. I’ll have to try that with this too. 🙂
I am HATING this daylight savings ending thing too! My kids and my schedules are all jacked up too. But this skillet enchilada rice sounds delicious! What a perfect easy weeknight meal! Pinning!
This looks delicious! Enchiladas are my fave, too:)