Cheesy Bean and Cheese Enchiladas

[auntie_loo]

Wow, this was heaven.  thank you so much!  and the greatest part is you get the cheesy flavour without having to use an oil laden soy cheese.  Huzzah!   

[shannierae3]

I just made these for dinner and I used one large onion and it was plenty!  I used whole wheat flour tortillas and had no problem w/ them being crumbly.  I had one big can of mild enchilada sauce b/c that is all my health food store had.  I used three cans of pinto beans  b/c that's what I had.  Refried beans is a good idea so is adding some chopped green chilies.  I thought these were good but just a little bland.  Maybe add some Bragg's next time.  My five year son liked them.  I definitely wish I had some Tofutti sour cream....but hey there is always next time.  I used 10 tortillas but it was squishing out everywhere!  A casserole is a good idea.  Yummy cheez sauce.  My first time to try anything like this.  Thanks for the good recipe!

[pixieled]

this was AWESOME. i used a combo of black, pinot & great northern beans. left out the olives & added more salsa. also i used regular "wraps" because i couldn't find corn tortillas. so great, everyone loved them.

[stephstear]

This was delicious!!  I made it with the green chile enchilada sauce instead of the red. (sent hubby to the store and he came home with the wrong thing...) but it was still truly great!! I am a brand new vegan (about 4 days now) and I have to say that I didn't miss the cheese or sour cream at all.  Yummy Yummy.  Oh, and I ran the nutrition information for this recipe and if you make 10 servings using all black beans then each serving is:


286  calories
50.25  grams carbohydrates
3.75  grams fat
14.25  grams protein

Altogether delicious and healthy (a little carb-heavy but my tortillas were not the low-carb version)

[stephstear]

This was delicious!!  I made it with the green chile enchilada sauce instead of the red. (sent hubby to the store and he came home with the wrong thing...) but it was still truly great!! I am a brand new vegan (about 4 days now) and I have to say that I didn't miss the cheese or sour cream at all.  Yummy Yummy.  Oh, and I ran the nutrition information for this recipe and if you make 10 servings using all black beans then each serving is:


286  calories
50.25  grams carbohydrates
3.75  grams fat
14.25  grams protein

Altogether delicious and healthy (a little carb-heavy but my tortillas were not the low-carb version)

***REALLY IMPORTANT:  I forgot to mention that in order to get these low-fat results, I completely omitted the margarine. I didn't replace it with anything at all.  Just leave it out. It's still fantastic!!!

[mdvegan]

These were really good.  I made the whole recipe of cheese sauce (it is awesome, by the way!), 1 can of fat free refried beans with green chiles, 1/2 jar of Santa Barbara Olive Company Field Run Organic Garlic Olives (these are the best jarred olives known to man), Trader Joe's Mexican Red Sauce for the enchilada sauce, 1 medium onion, and added the juice of one lime.  I ended up with one full 13 x 9 enchilada casserole.  Yum! 

[Honeydew]

This was great!  I substituted corn for the olives and halfed the recipe.  It turned out really good but the next time I make it I will make more of the cheese sauce because it was a bit dry.

[holycow]

This was great! I made it for a potluck and layered it and everyone loved it! Only thing I changed was adding corn instead of onions and olives, and adding Old El Paso taco seasoning, Goya Sazon and Adobo powder to the beans before mixing everything up.
Thanks for the great recipe!

[ungreen]

I have a question: does it matter whether you use dijon or yellow "American" mustard for the cheese sauce?  What have you all been using?  All I have lying around is dijon, but I wonder whether that would be too strong and thus ruin the taste of the cheese sauce....  Thanks for the help!

[ungreen]

I made this recipe casserole-style but messed it up in tons of ways.  It still tasted good, though, so I'd definitely recommend trying the recipe (especially if you can follow directions!).

My main problem was that I tried to cook while listening to NPR and got distracted while putting things together...       Well, as a result, I forgot to add the cilantro, salsa, and onion to the filling.  I ultimately sprinkled some of the chopped onions and some dry cilantro on top, and that worked ok.  I used a 30 oz can of veggie refried beans and 1/2 15 oz can of pinto beans, an 8 oz can of olives, some corn, and 1/2 can green chilis for the filling.  I did use dijon mustard for the mustard (not sure if that was right, it was all I had around) and also I took someone else's suggestion of adding lime juice and cumin to the cheese sauce, and I'm really glad that I did because I think that made all the difference.  When I tasted the cheese sauce by itself I thought it was sort of yucky... too nutritional yeasty, to me, but the lime juice and cumin helped a lot, and then once you bake it and everything blends together, it's really good.

The main thing that I wish I'd done differently (apart from add all the ingredients to the filling!) is I wish that I'd done a double layer of tortillas (I used corn) on the bottom and the top, so that you could taste the tortillas more.  I think they got sort of lost in my end product, but then again I made a lot of filling.

Oh, last thing: I'd say this makes more like 10 servings.  It's a lot of food!

[lavandula]

These turned out really well, and all of my roommates liked them!! Although, I had way too many beans and a lot of the filling left over.  So I made enchiladas for dinner two nights in a row.  I also added a small can of green chillies.  Very tasty!

[shelloid]

Wow, this was very yummy.  The 'cheese' sauce was fantastic - this will now be my favorite food please!
I made this for my meat-eating boyfriend who also has a bit of a phobia about beans & even he liked it!
Couple of changes I made - added some chopped mushrooms (coz I love 'em & every meal contains mushrooms!), used fresh garlic as I don't keep garlic powder (don't think I've ever seen it, just garlic salt), omitted olives and used only one can of beans to placate boyfriend & added some TVP instead.  It was very good.
I also did what others have said & layered my tortillas - as I was making my own enchilada sauce, didn't let it cool & was burning my fingers trying to roll the enchiladas.  It ended up like a enchilada lasagna kinda thingy. Yum yum, will be making again!

[mrsfore3]

  These were some of the best enchilladas that I've had.  I was kind of in a rush the first time that I made them, so I did it more like a lasagna and layerd the tortillas and filling instead of rolling them.  My husband (a tried and true Southern meat & potatoes man) even took them to work for the guys to try.  He's asked me to make them twice now.  Great job!

[dornorozeto]

OHMYFREAKINGGOODNESS these rule!  There are three kids and two adults in my house, and the kids are of the "I don't want it if it's not chik'n nuggets or cold cereal" variety.  However, they went NUTS over these enchiladas!  I can't even describe how delicious they are!  The cheez sauce is perfect and I'll be making it often as a sauce for pasta or steamed veggies.  I used a can of refried beans, a can of black beans, and about half a can of Great Northern beans I had left over from another recipe.  I also added about a teaspoon of cumin and two tablespoons of lime juice, and omitted the margarine.  It made WAY too much filling for 10 enchiladas and I ended up using 12 flour tortillas and 3 small corn tortillas, which were all the tortillas I had in the house, and still had some filling left over.  I had to use two pans to fit them all in!  I schmeared the leftover filling on top of the small pan of enchiladas and they were gooooood that way.  My non-vegan family put sour cream all over the top along with lettuce and tomato, and some hot picante sauce spiced them up nicely for the grownups.  I bet I'll be making these once a week from now on!

[VanillaSky]

These were excellent!!  The cheese sauce is very good.  They go well with rice and a glass of merlot!