Chili Gravy Enchiladas Recipes

CHILI GRAVY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Chili Gravy:.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the flour and stir continuously for 3 to 4 minutes until it makes a light brown roux. Add all the dry ingredients and continue to cook for 1 minute, stirring continuously to blend well. Add chicken broth gradually, mixing and stirring until the sauce thickens. Let sauce simmer on low for 15 minutes, adding water to adjust thickness.
• Enchiladas:.
• Heat the oil in a small skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes. Using tongs, place a tortilla in the hot oil for 30 seconds or until lightly browned and soft. Place on paper towel to cool. Place the cooled tortilla on a plate. Ladle 1 cup of the chili gravy onto a 2 quart square oven proof pan. Place 1/4 cup of American cheese and 1 tablespoon chopped onion (optional) in the center of the tortilla and roll the tortilla around the filling. Repeat with the other tortillas. Cover the enchiladas with 1 cup gravy. Sprinkle with 1 cup of shredded mild cheddar cheese (optional). Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes or until sauce bubbles and the cheese is melted. Serve immediately with mexican rice and refried beans.

CHEESE ENCHILADAS WITH CHILI GRAVY

Steps:

• Prepare the chili gravy: In a medium sauté pan set over medium-high heat, heat oil or fat until it begins to shimmer. Whisk in flour and stir continuously until it turns into a light brown roux, roughly the color of coffee ice cream, about 10 minutes.
• Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin, oregano and chile powder and whisk to combine, then continue whisking for another minute or so, until roux becomes fragrant.
• Add chicken broth, slowly, 1/2 cup at a time, whisking until sauce begins to thicken. Turn heat to low and let sauce simmer an additional 15 minutes or so. Add broth as needed to adjust the thickness of the gravy. Keep warm.
• Heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Prepare the tortillas: In a medium sauté pan set over medium-high heat, heat oil until it begins to shimmer. Using tongs or a wide spatula, place a tortilla in the hot fat; it should start to bubble immediately. Heat tortilla for about 10 to 15 seconds a side, until soft and lightly browned. Remove tortilla and set on a rack set over a baking pan, or just on a baking pan if you don't have a rack. Repeat with remaining tortillas, working quickly.
• Using a ladle, put about 1/2 cup chili gravy in the bottom of an 8-by-13-inch baking pan and spread it out a little. Roll a few tablespoons of cheese into each tortilla, then place it seam-side down in the pan, nestling each one against the last. Ladle chili gravy over the top of the rolled tortillas and sprinkle remaining cheese over the top.
• Transfer to oven and bake until sauce bubbles and cheese is melted, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle chopped onions over top and serve immediately.

GEBHARDT'S CHILI GRAVY

Steps:

• Over medium heat, sauté the onion and garlic in the oil until the onion is softened, but not browned.
• Stir in the bacon drippings, chili powder, cumin, oregano; then add the beef stock, a little at a time, stirring well.
• Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes until mixture is slightly reduced and thickened. Mix the Masa Harina with a few tablespoons of water or the gravy, itself, and stir back into the gravy.
• Simmer for 10 minutes more. Taste the gravy and add salt only if you think it necessary.

CHEESE ENCHILADAS WITH CHILI GRAVY

Steps:

• To toast the cumin seeds, lay them on a shallow cookie sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven for 5 minutes.
• Grind with a spice grinder or mortar and pestle.
• The toasting will give the cumin a mellower, pleasant flavor.
• In a saucepan, brown the meat with the onion and garlic.
• Drain fat.
• Add bacon drippings if desired.
• Allow drippings to melt.
• Add the stock cumin, oregano, salt, and ground ancho.
• Let simmer 50 min, until meat is tender and liquid has thickened a bit.
• Mix the masa harina in a small bowl with 2 T.
• of the liquid from the gravy.
• Stir the masa mixture back into the gravy.
• Stir very thoroughly to help the masa dissolve.
• It will thicken the gravy.
• Allow to simmer 10 min more.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a med.
• baking dish.
• Mix the cheese and chopped onion together.
• Soften the tortillas by dipping them quickly into 1/2- 1 inch of oil in a small skillet.
• Remove quickly with tongs.
• Don't allow the tortillas to become crisp.
• You just want them to go limp, to make them easier to handle for rolling.
• Drain tortillas lightly.
• If you are using fresh or homemade tortillas, they will not need to be dipped in oil.
• Using the tongs again, dip tortillas in the chili gravy to lightly coat.
• Lay on a plate and sprinkle 1/4 c.
• of cheese/onion filling into each tortilla, then roll up.
• Transfer to the greased baking dish.
• Repeat process with each tortilla until all filling has been used, or pan is full.
• Top the enchiladas with the remaining gravy, submerging each enchilada in sauce.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes.
• Enchiladas should be heated through and sauce should be bubbling.
• Sprinkle with cheese, onion, and jalapeno if desired.