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This enchilada recipe has quite the twist! It’s made with canned biscuit dough instead of enchiladas and it’s so much fun!
My favorite holiday of the year is coming up soon. Any guesses what it is??
Cinco de Mayo.
Apparently, it’s not that big of a deal in Mexico.
Americans have sort of taken it over and turned it into a big taco fest and I’m absolutely, 100 percent okay with big taco fests.
I mean. Taco. Fest.
Who would turn that down?
Taco fests are my jam.
This year, I thought we’d experiment with some other recipes, though.
My family will only eat tacos for 3.423 meals in a row before they start giving me dirty looks.
Enchiladas are always a favorite, but when I got it in my head that I needed enchiladas for dinner, I was all out of tortillas. The horror!
I mean, honestly. We are much more likely to have tortillas in our house than sandwich bread. My husband finds this odd, but you’d think he’d understand me after nearly 20 years of marriage.
So, anyway, when that enchilada craving hit, I improvised and used canned biscuit dough.
I always have tons of tubes of dough in my fridge. Is that weird? I don’t think so! They’re so versatile.
Anyway, I just chopped up some biscuits, coated ’em in enchilada sauce (my favorite kind is from Trader Joe’s, but any canned or homemade sauce works here!), and then threw the rest of the enchilada fixin’s right on top.
Couldn’t be easier than this!
You can totally customize this to fit your family’s tastes!
Use ground or shredded chicken instead of the beef.
Swap out green enchilada sauce for the red.
Add more or less cheese. (I vote for more. Who would use less cheese?!)
Toss in some black beans and chopped tomatoes.
The biscuits “bubble up” as they bake, which is how this gets the name!
You’ll probably notice that I have a lot of Mexican inspired recipes on this blog.
I’m just a white girl in the middle of a bunch of cornfields, so I don’t claim that these are authentic, but they sure hit the spot for my family!
You might like my low carb taco casserole or my fried tacos, too. Oh, and my taco lasagna? Seriously good stuff.
Hope you enjoy! 🙂
Bubble Up Enchilada Bake
Ingredients
- 1 package Pillsbury Grands! biscuit dough
- 10 ounces enchilada sauce
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 4 ounce can diced green chiles
- 1 cup grated cheddar
- 1 cup grated pepper jack or monterey jack
- Cilantro for garnish
- Avocado or guacamole for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Open the biscuits and slice each biscuit into 8 small pieces. Add to a medium bowl and pour the enchilada sauce over the top. Stir to coat.
- Brown the ground beef in a large skillet. Drain the grease and stir in the taco seasoning and 2 tablespoons of water. Stir in the green chiles.
- Pour the biscuits and enchilada sauce into a 9x13 baking dish. Top with the ground beef. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the biscuits are cooked through and the cheese is fully melted.
- Top with cilantro, avocado, sour cream, hot sauce, etc.
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Annie says
I’d like to try but biscuit dough is really hard to find around here. What should I use instead?
Karly says
As the primary ingredient here is biscuits, I’m not sure you’ll get the same results with an alternative. Maybe try using homemade biscuit dough?
Dena says
Biscuits
Sarah says
This is a recipe from Betty Crocker that predates your blog. Probably should have changed the name at least.
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/enchilada-bubble-bake/e506a8c2-524b-4d31-8c2e-803485db9632
Mandy says
Goodness Miss Sarah, does someone need a hug? I don’t think there’s such thing as an “original recipe” anymore. Using your measuring stick, pretty much everyone’s special chocolate chip cookie recipe is plagiarism. Besides, if you look at the Betty Crocker recipe and this one there are several differences, and did you really use your precious time to search the internet for a similar recipe so that you could call her out on it? Probably better to have kept your sourpuss comment to yourself and moved along. Hope your day gets better and that you have a Merry Christmas! 🙂
Karly says
Same name, similar recipe, but they’re definitely not the same thing. No need for me to change the name. 🙂
Amy @Belly Full says
So, I’ve never heard of a bubble up bake, but I guess it’s a thing? And I can see why. YUM.
Jane says
This was so good!! I made it with my leftover shredded chicken. We have a keeper!!
Karly says
Glad to hear that!
Renee Mikulin says
What size biscuits said you use? What was weight of them? I bought the grandson and didn’t use all of them ,I thought it was too much biscuit for recipes. Quantity /weight would be nice to know.
Kathy says
Worst meal ever
Jennifer says
I have this in the oven as I type this, my family has not tried this yet but I know they will love it. Thank you for the recipe, I love trying new ideas and different ways of trying something, so much fun and I get tired of doing the same o thing all the time. I pinned this recipe. Thank You Karly.
Karly says
Hope everyone loves it!
Pattue says
Cannot recall if I reviewed this but this recipe is a huge hit with my hubby. He gets a huge smile in his face when he sees biscuits in the fridge because he knows this casserole is coming soon. I have found that Trader Joe’s biscuits make the best version of this so use those if you have a TJs near you. I also add a bit of cilantro to the meat mixture and on top because we love the flavor.
If anyone has a breakfast version of a bubble up that they would like to share, I’d really appreciate it. I’d love to try that out in hopes of serving for New Years brunch. Thank you.
Karly says
Glad to hear it’s a hit!
I haven’t seen a bubble up version or attempted one myself, but I might give one a shot!
Nicolee says
I made this tonight and it was super good. We even had leftover taco meat so that cut down on the prep time also. So easy and the family loved it with a little hot sauce on top. Thank you for a wonderful and easy recipe!
Karly says
Glad it was a hit! 🙂
Darcy says
I’m so trying this one next! So happy I found your site.
Melissa says
So great and easy! I added a little chopped jalapeño & sprinkled with some crushed tortilla chips on top before baking. I can’t wait to check out your other recipes!
Karly says
@Melissa,
Awesome! The crushed tortilla chips sound amazing! 🙂
Jocelyn says
My whole family loved this! I used homemade biscuit dough (and homemade enchilada sauce and 3 T homemade taco seasoning), so I made things harder for myself than necessary, but it was totally worth it! Thanks for another fantastic dish.
Karly says
@Jocelyn,
Yay! Glad you liked it. And good for you, with the homemade sauce and biscuits! Ya overachiever. 😉
Allie | Baking a Moment says
Love this spin on enchiladas, Karly! My kids would go nuts over this. Looks so cheesy good!
nicosnana says
This is so easy. Love enchiladas but what a mess!!! This recipe can be altered to make spoon pizza. Also delish
marcie says
Karly, this was a Grand idea! Sorry, I had to say that. haha Tortillas or no tortillas, this enchilada bake is calling my name. I LOVE Cinco de Mayo! 🙂