Recipe: Ground Turkey Enchiladas

This is a favorite in our house and I’ve even made it for family members that don’t share my undying love of Mexican food (it’s truly hard to imagine that we are related) and they loved it too! Suffice it to say, when your three-year-old loves it, and your in-laws love it, it’s a keeper! So, here’s our favorite recipe for ground turkey enchiladas! Hope you enjoy!

Tip: Don’t forget to pair it with Nana’s Simple Homemade Tortilla Chips and Papa’s Guacamole recipe, found directly below the enchilada recipe on this page!

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
4 oz can diced green chilies (mild)
10.5 oz can Cream of Mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
1 lb ground turkey
2 cups Mexican shredded cheese
5 burrito-size flour tortillas
1 package taco seasoning
optional: 1/4 cup milk (for thinning sauce)

Method

Sprinkle taco seasoning over raw ground turkey meat and stir in. Cook meat in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Set aside, but keep in the frying pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium-size saucepan over med-high heat, stir together butter, garlic powder, diced green chilies, and Cream of Mushroom soup. Add sour cream. Mix well and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and mix again. Pour approximately 1/4 of the sour cream sauce into the saucepan with the meat and stir. Add 1 cup of shredded cheese to meat mixture and stir again. Fill flour tortillas with meat mixture, roll, and place seam side down in a large, greased baking dish. For a thicker sauce, simply pour the remaining 3/4 of the sauce over the enchiladas in the baking dish. For a thinner sauce, add 1/4 cup milk to sauce and mix well before pouring over your enchiladas. Take remaining 1 cup of shredded cheese and sprinkle equally over the entire dish. Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes.

Nana’s Simple Tortilla Chips…

Want a delicious, but simple, “cheat” fix for homemade tortilla chips? My mom cuts tortillas into quarters and then fries them in a heavy stock pot with oil. Bring the oil to high heat and work in small batches of maybe 3 at a time. Gently move tortillas around in the hot oil using a slotted spoon or tongs, flipping them regularly until they are golden brown. When the oil is hot, these chips burn very fast, so don’t leave your chips and oil unsupervised. Remove the chips carefully with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Serve warm.

Papa’s Guacamole

Our entire family loves Papa’s Guacamole!! We hope you enjoy it too!

Ingredients:

2 medium size ripe avocados, mashed
1 medium size tomato, chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
3 slices purple onion, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 lime

In a medium mixing bowl, add chopped tomato, chopped cilantro, and chopped onion to mashed avocados. Stir in garlic salt. Mix well. Squeeze juice out of 1/2 lime on top and stir. Serve fresh.