Enchiladas De Queso Cheese Enchiladas Recipes

AUTHENTIC MEXICAN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Snap the tops off of the dried chilies, and place in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 15 minutes. Drain the water, and place chilies into a food processor or blender with the garlic and salt. Puree until smooth. Press sauce through a strainer, and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Soak each tortilla in the sauce, then place in the hot oil. Turn over almost immediately, and fry for about 5 seconds on the other side. Remove to a plate that is lined with paper towels. The easiest way to do this is to fry the tortillas and stack them directly on top of each other until you have fried them all. This will keep the tortillas pliable until you are ready to fill them.
• Take one fried tortilla at a time, and fill with about 2 tablespoons of the queso fresco. Roll up, and place seam side down on a plate. Place three of these on each plate. Top in the following order: Start with a layer of sour cream, then a small handful of lettuce, three tomato slices, 2 more tablespoons of queso fresco, and finally, 1 tablespoon of green onions.

CHEESE ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add the jalapeno slices to the dry skillet and cook until just starting to blacken. Set aside to cool.
• Mix together the sour cream, cumin, cayenne pepper, green onions, cooled jalapenos and 2 1/2 cups of the grated Cheddar in a bowl.
• Using tongs, char the tortillas one at a time over a gas flame for 5 to 10 seconds per side, then dunk each tortilla in the Enchilada Sauce. Lay a tortilla on a plate, then spoon a good 2 to 3 tablespoons of the sour cream mixture in the middle. Roll the tortilla, then place it seam-side down in a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Repeat with the remaining tortillas and sour cream mixture.
• Cover the dish with the remaining 1 1/2 cups cheese, then bake until bubbly, 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with extra green onions and serve immediately.
• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the peppers, onions and garlic and cook until soft, about 2 minutes. Add the chili powder, cumin, cayenne, bouillon cubes and some salt and pepper and cook for 2 minutes. Add the flour and cook for another minute. Add the stock and stir to combine. Add the tomato sauce and 3 cups water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cook until reduced by one-third, about 20 minutes.
• Let the mixture cool slightly, then transfer to a blender and puree until smooth.
• The sauce will keep in the refrigerator for up to a week and can also be frozen.

MEXICAN CHEESE ENCHILADAS, ENCHILADAS DE QUESO

Steps:

• 1. The night before making enchiladas I make a chicken broth. I use chicken backs or parts and giblets, half an onion, some sprigs of cilantro a few cloves garlic, salt and pepper and simmer for about 3 hours. I make enough chicken broth for at least 24 ounces. I refrigerate overnight and the next day I skim off the fat and use the broth the next day to make my enchilada sause. Nothing like homemade broth for enchilada sauce. You can opt to buy two large cans of store bought Swanson or College Inn chicken broth if you are not into making your own broth. Set broth aside. Clean your dried ancho and pasilla chile peppers, removing seeds and stems and core. Rinse cleaned dried chiles and put into a pot cover with cold water add half a large onion, and a little salt. Bring to a boil and lower flame when it begins to boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Shut off heat and let chiles soak for about one hour or more if possible. After soaking remove chiles into a seperate container with the onion.
• 2. In your blender add four of the boiled chiles, cooked onion, 1/2 teaspoon peanut butter, 2 cloves garlic, and half of the half tablet of Mexican chocolate. Add a little of the oregano, a little of the cumin powder, a little of the salt and a little of the black pepper. Take about 3 tablespoons of chicken broth and add that as well to the blender. Blend on high speed, Liquify, until everything is a paste. With a spatula remove blend to a seperate bowl. Next add the remaining four cooked chiles, and the remaining, peanut butter, cumin powder, oregano, salt, black pepper, two cloves of garlic, the remaining chocolate piece and the 1/4 tsp cayanne pepper. Add 3 more tablespoons chicken broth and process on high until all is a paste. Remove the remainder of this paste to the bowl with the rest of the liquified chile paste.
• 3. In a large skillet, heat your half cup oil. Add the half cup of flour. With the wisk begin making a roux until your flour is golden brown. Now add 2 cups of the chile paste and begin to mix in the roux until all is icorporated. The roux will get thick and look like a big lump of paste. Lower the heat and slowly begin to add cupfulls of the rich chiken broth with your wisk begin to stir real good until all of the paste turns into a sauce like gravy. Add more chicken broth until your sauce is the consistency of a soupy sauce. At this time I taste and add a little more salt, a little garlic powder, a little more cumin powder, If I want a little more heat I add a little more cayanne pepper. Just to make sure my sauce has a bit of a kick. Cover sauce and on the lowest heat point and let sauce simmer for a minute or two. Be very careful not to scorch the sauce or the whole dish will be ruined. After simmering for 2 minutes keep heat on lowest point and proceed with assembling enchiladas.
• 4. In a cast iron skillet, heat some more corn oil about a 1/4 cup and take one corn tortilla at a time and fry fast on each side. like thirty seconds on each side, remove with tongs and dip into the enchilada sauce, making sure the whole tortilla is emersed into the sauce and remove to a lage baking pan. Do all the corn tortillas like this you must work fast because the tortillas can only be in the hot oil for 30 seconds on each side. When all of the tortillas have been bathed in the sauce. Take each tortilla and add a tablespoon of diced onion, add a tablespoon of Shredded Mexican cheese blend and a tablespoon of the grated cotija cheese roll and put into a large baking pan that has about 1/4 cup of the enchilada sauce in the bottom of the pan. Do all of the tortillas like this rolling each one with the mixture of diced onion, and cheeses. When you have rolled all of your tortillas layer the entire pan with the rolled enchiladas. Add some more sauce on top and sprinkle the cheeses on top and put into a hot oven for 10 minutes. Not any longer or your enchiladas will dry out. I usually do two pans with tweleve in each pan. After baking for 10 minutes serve with some Mexican rice and a salad. Enjoy.

SPICY ENCHILADAS VERDES DE QUESO

Steps:

• Place jalapeno peppers, tomatillos, yellow onion, garlic, and cumin in a blender; pour in enough water to cover the vegetables. Blend until liquified, about 1 minute.
• Heat 1/3 cup vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat just until oil has begun to warm, about 30 seconds; pour the blended jalapeno mixture into the oil. Stir in chicken bouillon cubes and cilantro. Reduce heat to medium and cook sauce for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove green sauce from heat and allow to stand while you complete remaining steps.
• Heat 1 cup vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Using a tongs, place each tortilla into the hot oil and fry for a few seconds on each side. Tortillas will be pliable; do not overcook.
• Immerse the fried tortilla into the green sauce to coat; place tortilla on a serving plate. Sprinkle tortilla with about 2 teaspoons shredded queso fresco cheese and roll into a thin enchilada. It's easiest if one person is frying tortillas while another person dips in sauce, fills with cheese, and rolls the tortillas.
• Place enchiladas onto serving plates; spoon with remaining green sauce and sprinkle with remaining queso fresco cheese. Spread shredded lettuce over the enchiladas and sprinkle with chopped red onion. Top servings with a tablespoon of sour cream.

QUESO & ONION ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Dice the onion and cook on high in a small saucepan. Sprinkle with cayenne pepper to give spice.
• Mix salsa con queso with 1 package of shredded cheese, the salsa and onion in mixing bowl. Stir gently to mix, but not make mush.
• Divide and spread the mix on the 6 wraps and sprinkle with more shredded cheese (using no more than half the package total).
• Roll wraps, cut off ends (to fit into baking dish) and fit snuggly in dish.
• Cover the enchiladas, leaving no uncovered space (especially on sides), with monterey jack queso. Sprinkle top with the rest of the shredded cheese.
• Bake at 400 until cheese is melted and slightly bubbling. (approx. 30min to 1 hour).