These Healthy Ground Turkey Enchiladas have all of your favorite taco flavors and are finished off with the same toppings you love, but they’re rolled up and baked all together in the oven for only 25 minutes. The perfect weeknight dinner when you want something light, but still cozy.
Yummy Ground Turkey Enchiladas
Let’s try something new for Taco Tuesday! I love stuffing tacos, but sometimes it’s nice to just scoop food out of a casserole dish, plop them on my plate, and enjoy.
These easy Ground Turkey Enchiladas are so simple to cook up, making them a perfectly easy weeknight dinner that the whole family will love. Plus, you can wrap the dish you bake them in with aluminum foil or saran wrap and put it in the fridge to store your leftovers.
Easy peasy, no mess, minimal clean up, and so delicious, now we’re talking. I highly recommend adding this family favorite to your meal rotation on busy nights, but I think you’ll also love these Blackened Mahi Mahi Tacos, this Mexican Spaghetti, these Zucchini Enchilada Roll Ups, or these Chicken Taco Casserole on your dinner table, too.
Check out this round up of ALL of my favorite taco night sides too! Or check out this post for more delicious recipes using ground turkey – this Ground Turkey Skillet and this Teriyaki Ground Turkey are my current favs!
FEATURED COMMENT
Recipe Ingredients
- Extra Lean Ground Turkey: You could use another protein like ground beef or shredded chicken as well.
- Fajita Seasoning: You should be able to find this pre-packaged at the grocery store. If not, fajita seasoning is super easy to make with what you already have at home with a combination of garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, paprika, onion powder, salt and cayenne. I use Elote Seasoning in this recipe, too, which adds a great taste. If you don’t have this, omit or add more fajita seasoning.
- Fat-free Greek Yogurt and Fat-free Sour Cream: This will serve as one of the bases for our enchilada sauce. I’ve also used cottage cheese as a replacement for sour cream and it works.
- Flour Tortillas: I use the “Cut Da Carb” ones from Trader Joes but any soft, flour tortilla will work.
- Cheese: One of the most important ingredients. Gotta have cheese with your enchiladas! I used Cheddar Cheese and Monterey Jack.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Substitutions and Variations
- Meat – If you aren’t a fan of ground turkey, try this recipe with lean ground beef or ground chicken. Or make these tasty enchiladas vegetarian instead with black beans or refried beans in place of the meat.
- Veggies – Add extra veggies to your enchiladas. Sauté up some bell pepper, poblano pepper, yellow onion, red onion, garlic cloves, corn, or sweet potatoes and add them to your tortillas along with the meat mixture.
- Enchilada Sauce – Instead of the creamy white sauce, reach for jarred green or red enchilada sauce or make a homemade enchilada sauce!
- Cheese – You can get creative here with what type of cheese you use shredded Mexican cheese, colby jack, cotija, pepper jack or mozzarella.
How to Make This Recipe
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Finely chop the spinach and onions.
2. Heat a non-stick large skillet over medium heat, spray with a little cooking spray and cook ground turkey, fajita seasoning and onions.
3. Once turkey is cooked through and onions are translucent, add in spinach and cook until wilted.
4. In a bowl, whisk together flour and almond milk first. Then mix sour cream, yogurt, green onion and elote seasoning into the bowl to make a sauce.
5. Set half the sauce aside to use as topping. Add the rest to the vegetable and ground turkey mixture.
6. Spoon ground turkey enchilada filling mixture onto tortillas. Roll them up and place with the seam down into an ungreased casserole dish. Seam side down is important so they don’t unroll in the oven!
7. Spoon the rest of your sauce over top of the tortillas. Garnish with tomato slices and shredded cheese. You can use as much as you’d like. I like to cover the tortillas completely.
8. Bake your Ground Turkey Enchiladas uncovered for 25 minutes.
9. Remove from oven and garnish with green onions, more tomato, sriracha, and fresh avocado. Enjoy!
How to store enchiladas
These Healthy Ground Turkey Enchiladas hold up great as leftovers or as meal prep. You can simply wrap them the dish you baked them in with tin foil or plastic wrap or transfer to an airtight container and keep in your fridge for 3-4 days. Reheat in the microwave the next day for 60-90 seconds or by placing the entire dish back in the oven at 300°F for 10 minutes.
What type of tortillas are best for enchiladas?
My favorite tortilla to use in this recipe is the low carb whole wheat flour tortillas from Trader Joe’s. A close second is Mission Tortilla Carb Balance tortillas (also whole wheat flour).
I highly recommend a flour based tortilla though. Corn tortillas are very delicate, as they fall apart very easy and do not absorb as much enchilada sauce as flour ones do.
Other Common Recipe FAQs
Yes! However, I suggest you freeze them raw and then take them straight from frozen to the oven. To do this, assemble the enchiladas (sauce, cheese, and all), place in your baking dish, then cover tightly with plastic wrap and then foil. When ready to enjoy, bake straight from frozen at 350°F for 35 minutes.
Frozen enchiladas will keep fresh for 3-4months. If you try to freeze cooked enchiladas, it’s likely the tortillas will get mushy/soggy during the reheating process.
Yes, classic enchilada sauce is red typically from either tomato sauce or tomato paste. There are also green enchiladas variety using green peppers, green chiles, or jalapeños to make a green sauce.
In this Healthy Ground Turkey Enchilada recipe, we use a white sauce made with Greek yogurt and sour cream. This makes the sauce extra creamy and also adds a bit more protein to the dish.
If you like your enchiladas with lots of sauce, you could also add a store bought or homemade red or green enchilada sauce inside or on top of these Ground Turkey Enchiladas for extra flavor and moisture.
Enchiladas can get a bad wrap for being heavy and filled with “unhealthy” ingredients. In this recipe, we use lightened up ingredients. Per one Ground Turkey Enchilada has 30 grams Carbs, 12 grams Fat, 22 grams Protein. Carbs will fluctuate depending on the type of tortilla you use and fat will depend on whether or not you use fat-free dairy products. Regardless, these Ground Turkey Enchiladas are a great source of protein and extremely tasty!
Use any of your favorite taco ingredients and load these enchiladas up! My favorite toppings for healthy turkey enchiladas include sliced tomatoes, salsa verde, and sliced avocado. Other ideas: guacamole, shredded lettuce, queso fresco, jalapeño slices, black olives, hot sauce, etc!
For best results, try not to go overboard with the sauce. You want your own enchilada sauce to cover the ground turkey enchiladas, but not so much that they are swimming. A great way to determine if you have the right amount of sauce is if the bottom of your baking dish is just barely covered. Save any remaining enchilada sauce to add on top after they bake.
Serving suggestions
Serve this Ground Turkey Enchilada Recipe with some Mexican Brussel Sprouts, a side of chips and Easy Mango Salsa, and of course a Spicy Orange Margarita.
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Healthy Ground Turkey Enchiladas
Equipment
- Non-stick pan
- Casserole dish
- Mixing Bowl
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Spoon
Ingredients
Enchiladas
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 8 oz fat-free sour cream
- 8 low-carb flour tortillas
- 4 cups fresh spinach, chopped
- ½ cup white onion, chopped
- ½ cup unsweetened almond milk
- ¼ cup fat-free greek yogurt
- ¼ cup green onion, chopped
- 4 tbsp fajita seasoning
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 tsp elote seasoning
- ½ cup cheddar cheese
- ½ cup monterey jack cheese
Toppings
- ¼ cup salsa verde
- 1 avocado
- 1/2 cup tomato, diced
- sriracha
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- Finely chop the spinach and onions.
- Heat a non-stick pan with a little cooking spray over medium heat and cook ground turkey and onion in fajita seasoning mix. Once turkey is cooked mostly through, add in spinach and cook until wilted.
- In a bowl, whisk together the flour and almond milk. Then add in the sour cream, yogurt, green onion and elote seasoning to make a sauce. Set half aside to use as topping. Add ground turkey and vegetable mixture to the sauce.
- Spoon ground turkey mixture on tortillas and roll them seam down into an ungreased casserole dish. You can also add some shredded cheese into each tortilla before rolling if you'd like.
- Spoon the rest of your sauce over top of the tortillas. Sprinkle diced tomatoes, shredded cheese, and salsa verde over the enchiladas. Ensure each tortilla is well covered.
- Bake your Healthy Ground Turkey Enchiladas uncovered for 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and garnish with more tomato, salsa verde, sriracha or queso, and fresh avocado. Enjoy!
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I had all the ingredients on hand to make these- win! I used the trader joe wraps also and they helped together perfectly. These enchiladas were perfect (and easy) comfort food).
Tried these healthy enchiladas for dinner and was blown away by the flavor! Using ground turkey was such a smart twist, making it lighter but still so satisfying.
I love enchiladas and this is such a great recipe. A burst of flavors in each bite!