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Super Simple Tuna Enchiladas Recipe

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These simple and delicious tuna enchiladas make for a quick and easy midweek meal.

This is a tasty dinner using a handful of cheap and basic ingredients that will take around 30-45 minutes.

The numbers below will make for two servings.

Ingredients

To make 2 servings

  • 1 small onion
  • 2 tortilla wraps
  • 500g passata Could swap for chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tin kidney beans, drainedCould swap for black beans
  • 1 can tuna, drained
  • Grated cheese (optional)
  • Chilli powder or paste (optional, amount to taste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin (adjust to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon paprika (adjust to taste)
  • Salt & pepper (amount to taste)
  • Olive oil

How to make super simple Tuna Enchiladas

  1. In a pan fry the peeled & chopped onion in a splash of oil for 5 minutes over a medium heat.
  2. Add the garlic and fry for a further 30 seconds.
  3. Optionally add around 1/2 teaspoon (add more/less depending how spicy you want it) of the chilli powder or paste and stir through for a minute.
  4. Add chopped tomatoes or passata, tuna and beans.
  5. Season to taste with the salt, pepper, cumin and paprika.
  6. Allow to simmer gently for 5 minutes.
  7. In a baking dish, split the majority of the mixture between two tortilla wraps and fold up.
  8. Pour over the remaining mixture on top.
  9. Optionally sprinkle over some grated cheese.
  10. Bake at 200 degrees/180 degrees fan for 15 minutes.