Instant Pot Enchiladas Recipe

A plate of cheesy beef enchiladas, made perfectly in an instant pot, is artfully stacked on a white square plate with a hint of tortillas in the background.

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Instant Pot Enchiladas Recipe

Instant Pot enchiladas are great with ground beef, sausage, chicken or shredded pork inside. Smothered with cheese they'll make your mouth water every time.

Prep Time15

Cook Time7

Course: Entree, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Mexican

Keyword: beef, chicken, enchiladas, instant pot, ninja foodi, pork

Servings:

Author: Justine

Equipment

1 pressure cooker

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef or spicy ground sausage, ground turkey, or precooked shredded chicken or pork
1 packet taco seasoning 2 tbsp
1 can green chiles diced, 4 oz.
4 cup cheese shredded
12 medium tortillas
1 can enchilada sauce 28 oz.
1/2 small onion diced, optional

Instructions

Turn pot to saute and add ground beef and taco seasoning. Break apart and cook until no longer pink. If adding onions add with this mixture to soften. Drain grease when done.
Then add 1 cup enchilada sauce and diced chiles. Cook another 4 minutes or so. Turn pot off. Empty contents into a bowl and clean pot out.
Warm tortillas in microwave for about 15 seconds so they bend well. One at a time put 1/8 c. meat mixture + 2 heaping tbsp full of cheese. Roll up tightly and place into pressure cooker pot with open side facing down.
Pour remaining enchilada sauce on top of the whole pile inside pot.
Top with 2 c cheese on top, seal lid and vent.
Set to pressure high for 7 minutes followed by a natural release for 2 minutes. Release rest of steam.
Open and serve.

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