Enchiladalasagnacourtesyaltonbrown Recipes

ENCHILADA LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Combine the chiles, garlic, chili powder, cumin, chicken broth, tomato sauce, salt, and pepper in a medium saucepan and put over high heat.
• Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes or until the chiles are soft. Set aside until ready to use.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When hot, add the chicken along with half a teaspoon of the salt and sauté until the meat is just cooked through, approximately 7 to 9 minutes. Move the chicken from the pan to a plate or bowl. Add the onions to the same pan along with the other half teaspoon salt, decrease the heat to medium-low, and sweat for 4 to 6 minutes. Then add the garlic and oregano and cook until the onions are tender, 2 to 3 minutes more. Stir the chicken into the mixture and remove from the heat.
• Halve 3 of the tortillas
• Lube a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish with nonstick spray then dose half a cup of the sauce into the bottom of the dish. I usually spread it around with a large rubber spatula.
• Dip 4 tortillas (three whole and one cut into halves) into the remaining sauce and lay them into the bottom of the dish. Cut 1 of the tortillas in half to evenly cover the bottom of the dish.
• Top this with half of the chicken mixture and 1 cup of the cheese. Repeat layering finishing with the remaining sauce and remaining cup of cheese.
• Cover with foil and bake in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes. Then remove the foil and bake an additional 10 minutes, or until cheese on top is bubbly.

BEEF ENCHILADA LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Brown meat in a large nonstick frying pan or wok, at medium high. Stir until meat is no longer pink.
• Add onions and saute for 3 minutes, until translucent.
• Add chilies, carrot, soup, salsa and first 1/2 cups of cheddar and mozzarella cheeses to cooked meat. Stir until well mixed and just barely heated.
• Layer in a rectangular lasagna or cake pan in this order:.
• 1/3 dry noodles and 1/3 sauce. Do this 2 more times.
• Drizzle water all over and top with last of grated cheeses.
• Cover tightly with foil and bake in hot oven. Cook for 50 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

STOVE-TOP CHICKEN ENCHILADA LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a medium size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender. Reserve 1/4 cup enchilada sauce; add remaining sauce to the onion. Stir in cumin and chicken. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer uncovered for 5 minutes.
• Lightly grease 10 inch skillet with butter or cooking spray; heat over low heat. Place 1 tortilla in skillet; top evenly with pepper jack cheese and second tortilla. Spread chicken mixture over second tortilla; top with third tortilla. Sprinkle evenly with cheddar cheese, top with jalapeno and green chilies. Place fourth tortilla over chilies; spread reserved 1/4 cup enchilada sauce over top.
• Cover skillet; cook over low heat for 18-20 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Remove from heat; let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Cut into 4 wedges; serve topped with sour cream if desired.

ENCHILADA LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in ground turkey; cook until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Drain excess grease.
• Stir enchilada sauce and diced tomatoes into the pot. Simmer until flavors combine, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix cottage cheese, egg, and cumin together in a small bowl.
• Spread 1/3 of the turkey sauce in the bottom of an 8-inch baking dish. Cover with 1/2 of the corn tortillas. Spread 1/2 of the cottage cheese mixture on top. Sprinkle 1/3 of the Mexican cheese on top. Repeat layers once more, ending with remaining turkey sauce and Mexican cheese.
• Spray a large piece of aluminum foil with cooking spray; cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, about 30 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and continue baking until top is browned, about 15 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving. Garnish with green onion.

CHICKEN ENCHILADA LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Combine enchilada sauce and sour cream in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until cheese has melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat.
• Spread approximately 1/2 cup enchilada sauce mixture on the bottom of prepared baking dish. Layer with 4 tortillas, 1 cup enchilada sauce mixture, 1 cup chicken and 2 cup cheese sauce. Repeat layers, then top with remaining tortillas, enchilada sauce mixture and chhese sauce. Cover with foil.
• Bake for 40 minutes. Uncover;let cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

ALTON BROWN'S CHICKEN IN GARLIC AND SHALLOTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Season chicken liberally with salt and pepper. toss with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and brown on both sides in a wide, straight-sided, ovenproof frying pan or skillet over high heat. (If you don't have such a pan, you may need to brown the chicken in one pan and then finish the dish in a casserole.).
• remove from heat; add herbs, garlic, shallots and the remaining 1/2 cup olive oil. (There's no reason to chop the herbs; just distribute them around and in between the chicken pieces.) Cover and bake for 1-1/2 hours.