Easy Enchiladas

Name: Easy Enchiladas
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil or other cooking oil; 12 corn tortillas; 1 teaspoon clove garlic, minced (about; 397 grams can) crushed tomatoes, preferably fire roasted; 177 milliliters chopped cooked green chiles (about a 4-ounce can), or 1/3 cup chopped pickled jalapeños (more or less to taste, depending on the heat of the chiles and how spicy you want your enchiladas); 118 milliliters water; 1 teaspoons dried oregano; 1 head Half a of iceberg lettuce; 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar; 1 serving Sprinkle of salt; 237 milliliters sour cream; 1 handful A cilantro; 946 milliliters pound jack cheese, mild cheddar , or a mix, grated

If you want to add more gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipes to your collection, Easy Enchiladas might be a recipe you should try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 8g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 395 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. If you have extra virgin olive oil, cream, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a Mexican hor d'oeuvre. Users who liked this recipe also liked Easy Enchiladas, Easy Enchiladas, and Easy Enchiladas.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350° F.

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Lightly fry the tortillas to soften: In a large frying pan at medium-high heat add a tablespoon of oil. When the oil is shimmering and hot, add a corn tortilla to the pan. Cook it for several seconds, use a metal spatula to turn it over, and cook it for few seconds more.

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Corn Tortilla

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Cooking Oil

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You can soften all of the tortillas this way, one at a time, or you can use my mom's trick of doubling and tripling up the tortillas to absorb excess fat.

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Tortilla

My mother places another tortilla either on top of the tortilla in the pan (and then flips both tortillas), or beneath it. In either case, the tortilla picks up some of the excess fat from the first tortilla.

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Tortilla

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You can continue "stacking" tortillas, removing the ones that have bubbled, softened and lightly browned, while adding more oil as needed to the pan.

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Tortilla

Cooking Oil

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This way you can brown and soften the tortillas without using a lot of fat.

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Tortilla

It's important to pre-cook the tortillas because not only does cooking them help soften them for rolling, cooking them in a little fat helps develop the flavor of the tortillas.

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Tortilla

As the tortillas brown a little, remove them to a plate.

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Tortilla

Make the enchilada sauce:

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Enchilada Sauce

Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Add the chopped onion and cook for 5 to 6 minutes, until translucent.

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Onion

Add the garlic and cook for a minute more.

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Garlic

Add the crushed tomatoes.

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Crushed Tomatoes

Add the green chiles.

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Green Chili Pepper

Add 1/2 cup of water.

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Add the oregano. Bring to a simmer and taste. If the sauce tastes too vinegary, add half a teaspoon of sugar to the sauce.

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Remove from heat.

Roll up the tortillas with cheese: Put a little olive oil on the bottom of a 3-quart (9x1

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casserole pan. Cover 2/3 of a tortilla lightly with the shredded cheese, then roll it up and place it in the casserole pan. Continue until all tortillas are filled and rolled.

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Shredded Cheese

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Roll

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Add sauce to the top of the tortillas in the casserole pan. Make sure the rolled up tortillas are covered with the sauce. If not, add a little water to thin the sauce to spread it more evenly over the tortillas. Cover the whole thing with the rest of the grated cheese.

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Put the casserole in the 350°F oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until the cheese melts.

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Serve with sliced (1/3-inch to 1/2-inch) iceberg lettuce that has been sprinkled with apple cider vinegar and salt.

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Apple Cider Vinegar

Iceberg Lettuce

Salt

Garnish enchiladas with cilantro and sour cream.

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Sour Cream

Cilantro

See Perfect Guacamole for a great guacamole avocado side dish.

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Avocado

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Servings:

2Tbsps

extra virgin olive oil or other cooking oil 12

corn tortillas 1teaspoon

clove garlic, minced (about 397grams

can) crushed tomatoes, preferably fire roasted 177milliliters

chopped cooked green chiles (about a 4-ounce can), or 1/3 cup chopped pickled jalapeños (more or less to taste, depending on the heat of the chiles and how spicy you want your enchiladas)118milliliters

water 1teaspoons

dried oregano 1head

Half a of iceberg lettuce 2teaspoons

apple cider vinegar 1serving

Sprinkle of salt 237milliliters

sour cream 1handful

A cilantro 946milliliters

pound jack cheese, mild cheddar , or a mix, grated

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé are my top picks for Enchilada. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. The Stoltz Organic Pinot Noir with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 26 dollars per bottle.