Slow Cooker Beef Enchilada Stack Recipe (2024)

This Slow Cooker Beef Enchilada Stack recipe has all the flavor of beef enchiladas without all the work! Easy to throw together!

My husband absolutely loves enchiladas including this new Slow Cooker Beef Enchilada Stack!

I love enchiladas too, but sometimes I hate making them because they take a long time- all the rolling of each enchilada.

This recipe has everything that regular enchiladas do, it’s just stacked in your slow cooker instead of rolled into a pan. Half the work with all the flavor? Yes please!

I also love that I can make it during the day (I usually throw it together in the morning when my kids are getting eating breakfast or playing), then when that bewitching hour of 5 pm rolls around and my kids turn hangry (hunger+angry = hangry), dinner is ready for them.

Ingredients needed for Slow Cooker Beef Enchilada Stack:

• 1poundground beef
• ½green bell pepperdiced
• ½yellow squashdiced
• 1oniondiced
• 15ouncespinto beansrinsed and drained
• 15ouncesblack beansrinsed and drained
• 1cupsalsa
• 10ouncesred enchilada saucedivided
• 1ouncelow sodium taco seasoningpacket
• 2cupsshredded Colby Jack Cheese
• 6corn tortillas6 inch
• 2cupsshredded lettuceoptional topping
• Tablespoonssour creamoptional topping
• 1tomatodiced-optional topping
• 1avocadodiced-optional topping

How to make this Slow Cooker Enchilada Dish:

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook ground beef, green pepper, squash, and onion until ground beef is no longer pink.

Reduce heat to low and add beans, salsa, 1/2 can of the enchilada sauce, and taco seasoning and cook until heated through. Let simmer for 5 minutes so that the flavors can meld together.

Pour 1/3 of the meat mixture in the bottom of the slow cooker sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, sprinkle 1/2 cup of the cheese over the meat and top with two tortillas (they will overlap a little in the middle). Repeat layers two more times.

Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over the top of the tortillas (spread with a spatula if you need to) and top with the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.

Cover with lid and cook on low for 3-4 hours (just until it’s heated through)

Scoop servings onto plates and top with your favorite toppings.

Love Slow Cooker Enchiladas? Try our new Slow Cooker Enchilada Pasta Recipe!

How to make these Slow Cooker Beef Enchilada Stack in the oven:

To make this in a 9×13″ pan, follow recipe steps #2 and #3, then spray a 9×13″ pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Layer the meat mixture and tortillas in the pan, top with enchilada sauce and cheese, then bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.

It will be more like a casserole, but still just as delicious!