So I got this recipe out of the Taste of Home cookbook, and tweaked it a little to my personal preferences. These are really good, and fairly easy to make, too. (Especially compared to the empanadas, LOL.) Also, on the plus side, there's no oven required for this recipe.

Skillet Enchiladas

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb. ground meat (beef or turkey)
1 medium onion (finely chopped)
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 can enchilada sauce
1/3 cup milk
Canola oil
8 corn tortillas
2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar or mexican-style cheese

OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup chopped olives
1 to 2 tbsp. finely chopped green chili peppers
jalapenos (if you like it spicy)

PREPARATION:

You're going to need two skillets for this, a large one and a small one. Start with the large one; cook the meat and onion together over medium heat until the meat is nicely browned. Drain off the grease. Stir in the soup, enchilada sauce, milk, and the peppers if you want peppers. Cover and simmer on low heat for about 20 minutes, occasionally stirring to make sure it doesn't cook to the bottom of the pan.

At about the ten-minute mark, put just enough canola oil in the little skillet to cover a tortilla shell, and get it good and hot. Cook each tortilla one at a time for about three seconds, or just until it goes limp. BE CAREFUL because if you cook it too long, it'll go tough. Also be careful taking them out of the oil; use a spatula or something flat like that, because tongs will just tear up a soft tortilla and you need them whole. As you take them out of the oil, set them out flat on a paper towel to drain.

When the meat mix is finished cooking, scoop out a little less than half of it into a bowl. Then put about a quarter cup of cheese (or so) on each tortilla, along with olives if you want them or peppers or whatever. Then roll them up like burritos and lay them in the skillet on top of the meat mix. Once they're all in there, pour the rest of the meat mix back in on top of them, cover, and cook for just a few minutes. Now take the rest of your cheese and sprinkle all over the top of everything, cover again and cook for a couple more minutes just to get the cheese melted. Yummy!

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