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Home » Dinner » Cheesy Vegetable Enchiladas

Cheesy Vegetable Enchiladas

Created: June 2, 2017 Updated: April 20, 2023 by Lyuba Brooke 10 Comments *This post may contain affiliate links. Read More...

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Creamy, cheesy, spicy enchiladas loaded with veggies, cheese, and sauce. These delicious vegetable enchiladas are made with mojo marinade and packed into tortillas with lots of Monterrey Jack cheese. The enchiladas are topped with creamy salsa verde sauce and more cheese.

Vegetable Enchiladas in a yellow casserole dish with avocado and cilantro on top.

It’s been a while since I’ve made some enchiladas. I don’t know what I’m waiting for because enchiladas are ALWAYS so popular with my family.

Not a surprising fact that everyone loves them because how do you not love cheesy, saucy, warm enchiladas wrapped in a soft, sauce soaked tortilla? I’m drooling just thinking of it and it thinking about it gets that reaction, just imagine what happens when you pull it out of the oven and the scent hits your nose. It’s heavenly!

In my book, even tacos, burritos, or chimichangas don’t come close to the deliciousness that enchiladas are. I think it’s the “baked in sauce” part that brings all ingredients together in one bite and soaks through the tortilla and the filling. That is what makes enchiladas my favorite Mexican-style dish. These cheesy vegetable enchiladas are no exception to the line of delicious enchiladas that I have in my repertoire.

A spatula lifting vegetable enchiladas out of casserole dish

Do you have a favorite Mexican dinner dish?

I bet tacos will be number one for most people. That would actually be an interesting survey to conduct. I might just have to ask my Facebook followers and see what are their favorite Tex-Mex dishes.

I’m going to make an educated guess and say that top three would be Tacos, Burritos, and Quesadillas.

two enchiladas on a plate with avocado and cilantro on top
Vegetable Enchiladas in a yellow casserole dish with avocado and cilantro on top.

Cheesy Vegetable Enchiladas

These delicious vegetable enchiladas are made with mojo marinade and packed into tortillas with lot’s of Monterrey Jack cheese. The enchiladas are topped with creamy salsa verde sauce and more cheese.
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Course: dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American, Mexican
Prep Time: 40 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 enchiladas
Calories: 715kcal
Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • Vegetables:
  • 3 medium bell peppers mix up the colors
  • 1 small red onion
  • 3 medium portobello mushrooms
  • 2 large poblano peppers
  • Marinade:
  • Juice from 1 large orange
  • Juice from 1 large lime
  • 2 Tbsp white vinegar
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 2 Tbsp minced cilantro
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder more if you want spicier marinade
  • Salt
  • Creamy Salsa Verde Sauce:
  • 8 oz can salsa verde
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • Salt
  • 1/4 tsp chili powder
  • 2/3 cup grated Monterrey Jack cheese
  • Enchiladas:
  • 6-7 “soft taco” large flour tortillas
  • 12 oz Monterrey Jack cheese block,
  • Topping:
  • 1 large avocado
  • 1 Tbsp minced fresh cilantro
  • 2 Tbsp lime juice

Instructions

  • Slice peppers, onion, and mushrooms thinly. (Take out the seeds from all the peppers.) Add them into a large mixing bowl.
  • Whisk together ingredients for the marinade and pour marinade over veggies. Mix well and let them stand for 15-20 minutes.
  • Preheat a large cooking pan over medium heat and add a little bit of oil. Take the veggies out of the bowl but save most of the marinade for later.
  • Cook veggie, stirring often, until softened. Raise the heat to medium-high and add marinade to the veggies. Cook for 5-7 more minutes, stirring often, and take off heat.
  • Sauce:
  • Heat up a sauce pot over medium heat. Add salsa verde to the pot and bring it to simmer. Let it simmer for a couple of minutes and whisk in sour cream and heavy whipping cream. Let the mixture heat through and add grated cheese, salt, and chili powder. Stir until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth. Take off heat.
  • Grate Monterrey Jack cheese and set side.
  • Enchiladas:
  • Preheat the oven to 350.
  • Lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish and spread a little bit of sauce over the bottom.
  • Spread some cheese along the center of the tortilla. Scoop some vegetable mixture (with a slotted spoon) over the cheese. Roll tortilla and place it in the baking dish, seam down. Repeat with remaining tortillas, vegetables, and most of the cheese. Leave some cheese for topping.
  • Pour remaining sauce all over enchiladas and sprinkle remaining Monterrey Jack cheese on top.
  • Bake for 17-20 minutes.
  • Topping:
  • Cut, take out the pit and peel avocado. Chop avocado and add it to a small mixing bowl. Add lime juice and cilantro. Mix well and spread it over the cooked enchiladas. (If you want MORE avocado topping, feel free to double it.)

Nutrition

Calories: 715kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 1149mg | Potassium: 652mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1627IU | Vitamin C: 88mg | Calcium: 653mg | Iron: 4mg
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vegetable enchiladas in a casserole dish with 2 taken out of the dish

      

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I’m Lyuba Brooke, mother of 2, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind willcookforsmiles.com. I share many classic and original recipes, cooking tips, and tutorials. My passion is sharing delicious meals for everyone to try. Read more...

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Comments

  1. sara says

    March 21, 2023 at 11:54 am

    5 stars
    I love these! Thank you for sharing this recipe!

    Reply
  2. Kori says

    November 25, 2017 at 5:46 pm

    5 stars
    Thanks for this recipe! We’ve made it multiple times and it always hits the spot.

    Reply
  3. JANA CLAREY says

    November 11, 2017 at 4:00 pm

    lookingfor a good vegiterian enchalada.
    Will try these tonight.

    Reply
    • JANA CLAREY says

      November 11, 2017 at 4:03 pm

      sorry i misspelled vegetarian

      Reply
    • lyuba says

      November 13, 2017 at 4:00 pm

      I really hope you enjoy it, Jana! Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  4. Sandi M says

    September 17, 2017 at 9:47 pm

    These are yummyful! Made them tonight minus mushrooms (still trying to get the 22 year old child to try them) and we both loved the recipe. It’s so flavorful.

    Reply
  5. Nell T says

    August 4, 2017 at 8:03 pm

    Made these tonight. They were awesome, so full of flavor. I omitted the mushrooms and added corn and black beans.

    Reply
    • lyuba says

      August 17, 2017 at 10:51 am

      Awe, thank you! I’m so glad to hear that 🙂
      Don’t be afraid to add any veggies you love!

      Reply
  6. Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says

    June 4, 2017 at 7:03 am

    I could eat enchiladas every single day!! There are so many ways to make them and yours, Lyuba, looks amazing. This is such a great way to get in a meatless meal. I certainly don’t think you’d miss the meat with all the other flavors that are going on. Great photos!! Have a Happy Sunday!

    Reply
    • lyuba says

      June 6, 2017 at 8:30 am

      Awe, thank you so much! I LOVE enchiladas myself. With so much veggies and cheese flavors, you won’t need no meat 🙂
      Thank you, Marisa!

      Reply

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