Add Protein-Packed Enfrijoladas to Your Weekly Rotation

Add Protein-Packed Enfrijoladas to Your Weekly Rotation

There’s something magical about taking a few pantry staples like tortillas and canned beans and turning them into an elegant, comforting meal. Enfrijoladas do exactly that. Warm corn tortillas get dipped into a velvety black bean sauce, folded with cheese, and finished with fresh toppings like cilantro, onion, and avocado. They’re unfussy, deeply satisfying, and a perfect example of how simple ingredients—beans, tortillas, and a little love—can become the kind of comfort food you’ll come back to again and again.

Easy Weeknight Enfrijoladas

Easy Weeknight Enfrijoladas

Masienda Team

Servings

4

Category

Enchiladas

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp. vegetable oil, divided, plus more as needed

  • 8 corn tortillas

  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed

  • ½ medium white onion, thinly sliced, plus more for serving

  • Kosher salt

  • 2 (15-oz.) cans black beans, drained, or 3 cups cooked black beans

  • 1 cup low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth, plus more if needed

  • 12 oz. queso fresco or Cotija cheese, crumbled

  • Cilantro leaves and sliced avocado (for serving)

Directions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high and add 2 tbsp of oil. Working in batches and adding more oil if it runs low, cook each tortilla just until it gets a little color, about 1 minute per side. Set aside.

  2. Heat remaining 2 tbsp of. oil in the same skillet over medium-high. Add garlic and 1/2 onion, season with salt, and cook, tossing occasionally, until tender and beginning to brown, about 6 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer garlic mixture to a blender; reserve the pan with oil. Add beans and broth to blender and purée until smooth (it should be the consistency of yogurt; add more broth if needed). Taste and season with salt if needed.

  3. Set reserved pan over medium-high heat with its oil. Transfer bean purée to skillet and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Working one at a time and using tongs, dip tortillas in bean purée, turning to coat and leaving until softened, about 3 seconds per side (they will soften more as they sit). Transfer to a baking sheet as you go. Spoon 2 tbsp. cheese across the center of each tortilla; fold over like a taco.

  4. Divide among plates and spoon remaining bean purée over. Top with cilantro, avocado, more sliced onion, and remaining cheese.

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