I was a little hesitant when choosing this recipe considering beans + spices = stomach pain. But seeing the pictures of the finished product online didn't do anything but make me salivate, which made it harder to resist making this recipe.
Ingredients
serves 6
- 12, 6″ flour tortillas (~100 calories each)
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
- 1, 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1, 16 oz bag frozen bell pepper strips, cooked and drained
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 2 1/4 cups medium salsa, divided
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 13×9″ baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and spread 1/2 cup of salsa over the bottom.
Lay your tortillas out on a clean work surface. In a large bowl, mix the rice, beans, peppers, taco seasoning, and 3/4 cup salsa.
Divide evenly among the tortillas. Roll each tortilla tightly and place seam side down in the prepared baking dish.
You may have to place some of the filled tortillas horizontally to make them fit. Pour the remaining 1 cup salsa evenly over the tops of the rolled tortillas in the baking dish.
Sprinkle the cheese over the top.
Bake for 18-20 minutes, until the cheese has melted. Serve with hot sauce and sour cream.
Source: http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/2011/03/01/vegetarian-black-bean-enchiladas-2/
This dish turned out very, very tasteful. I would say that it is definitely on my top three favorite meals that I have made throughout this whole experience. My parents and I couldn't ponder up any suggestions, other than to add meat. But I had to remind them that the reason I wanted to make enchiladas was not only to eat healthy and still get the satisfaction of eating at Taco Bell, but to try a vegetarian dish for once.
I would say that I do enjoy eating at Taco Bell's chicken burritos, Crunchwrap Surpremes, and tacos, but due to the recent allegations of Taco Bell's "fake meat", I have decided to try my own enchilada recipe. According to the USDA, Taco bell uses a synthetic mixture called "Taco Meat Filling" as shown on their container labels, such as the one pictured below.
The list of ingredients include beef, water, isolated oat product, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, oats (wheat), soy lecithin, sugar, spices, maltodextrin (a polysaccharide that is absorbed as glucose), soybean oil (anti-dusting agent), garlic powder, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, acaramel color, cocoa powder, silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), natural flavors, yeast, modified corn starch, natural smoke flavor, salt, sodium phosphate, less than 2% of beef broth, potassium phosphate, and potassium lactate.
The amount of real beef in a packet is 36%. The other 64% of "beef" consists of tasteless fibers, various industrial additives, and some flavoring and coloring. In other words, I have chosen to cut back from Taco Bell and try to cook up my own Mexican delicacy.
(http://gizmodo.com/5742413/this-is-what-really-hides-in-taco-bells-beef)
By cooking this dish, I have learned that learning how to cook our own meals can benefit our health. First of all, by cooking our own foods, you use pure and real ingredients. You are given the opportunity to choose the ingredients you want to use along with making your dish as chemical and artificial free as you want. When you're cooking, you are well aware of what foods, spices, oils, etc. that you are using, therefore putting you in charge of your own health.
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