Butternut Squash and Black Bean Enchilada Casserole
- October 12, 2016 by Taylor
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Butternut Squash and Black Bean Enchilada Casserole is ooey, gooey, cheesy fall comfort food!
If your farmers market is anything like ours in Minneapolis, then you know that winter squash season is officially here. Butternut, acorn, carnival, spaghetti, kabocha, and hubbard squashes - they’re all in season! It’s my favorite food season of the year, for sure.
If you’re a winter squash fan like myself, then you know the key to embracing the season is having a really good knife and a set of arm muscles to cut them in half and an even better vegetable peeler to peel off the skin.
Unfortunately, my absolute favorite, all-star vegetable peeler broke this summer in a sweet potato incident. Since the one I had was a gift, I had no idea how to replace it, so I bought the cutest one I could find on my next Target run.
Turns out, just because a vegetable peeler is cute, doesn’t mean it works. So, after some quick texts to a couple of my friends who cook, I found out the recommended peeler is the OXO brand. A quick Amazon Prime purchase later, I was set to peel all the squash I desired.
Which leads us to this Butternut Squash and Black Bean Enchilada Casserole. Butternut Squash definitely tops my list of squash because it’s versatile and SO delicious! I love it pureed in soups, cubed in stews, and now diced up in this enchilada casserole.
What is an enchilada casserole, you might be wondering? It’s basically all of the deliciousness of enchiladas, without the hassle of having to roll up each enchilada. You just layer everything instead. As in, a layer of tortillas, a layer of filling, a layer of enchilada sauce, and a layer of cheese. Then repeat. It’s so easy and so good!
The filling for this particular enchilada casserole is butternut squash, black beans, and some spices. The majority of the prep work is in the cutting and cooking of the squash and after that and the layering, you let the oven do the work and bake it until it’s hot and bubbling.
Top it with some chopped green onions and dinner is served!
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Ingredients
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small butternut squash peeled, seeds removed, and diced into small chunks
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 15 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 12 corn tortillas
- 20 ounces red enchilada sauce
- 2 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- Green onions diced for topping
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat.
- Add squash and cook until squash is soft and cooked through, about 25-30 minutes. Add an extra tablespoon of olive oil if you feel like it is needed so all of the squash is coated in oil.
- Add cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, salt, and black beans, and stir well to combine with squash.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In the bottom of a 9x13” baking dish, spread about ½ cup of your enchilada sauce on the bottom.
- Top with 6 corn tortillas. You’ll want them to overlap a little to cover the entire bottom.
- Spread about half of your butternut squash and black bean mixture over the tortillas and then about ¾ cup of enchilada sauce, and 1 cup of cheddar cheese.
- Repeat with remaining tortillas, butternut squash/black bean mixture, enchilada sauce, and cheese.
- Top with foil and bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake 10 more minutes.
- Let cool for a couple of minutes, then cut and serve topped with green onions.
- Enjoy!
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I can never figure out what to do with squash during the fall season...this is on the meal plan for this week! Yum!
Hope you love it Kacey!
This was absolutely delicious. And so easy too. Thank you!!
Great to hear this, jo Anna!