Enchiladas

Information

Enchiladas are a traditional Mexican food, easy to prepare and incredibly delicious. On this recipe page we include 3 variations using our 3 different sauces thought the assembly and preparation are the much the same. For prefect side dishes see recipes for refried beans, guacamole and salsa.

Time

40 minutes

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 190°C

Enchilada con chile colorado:

• Place some of the oil in a frying pan over medium heat and place the tortillas in one at a time for 5 seconds on each side. Remove and stack in folds of kitchen paper
• Get a large rectangular baking dish ready
• Take tortillas one at a time and down the centre line add some of the shredded meat (or mixed vegetables), onion, red pepper and cheese. Take care to not overload with one single ingredient
• Wrap the edges of the tortilla around the filling and place seam side down into the baking dish
• Repeat with the rest of the tortillas and when the baking dish is full pour the red chilli sauce evenly over the top
• Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes, add the rest of the cheese and bake for a further 5 minutes
• Remove from oven and garnish with chopped coriander
• Serve immediately

Enchilada con mole:

• Repeat steps one and two as above
• Mix the shredded meat (or mixed vegetables) with one third of the red mole sauce to make the filling
• Take tortillas one at a time and down the centre line add some of the filling
• Wrap the egdes of the tortilla around the filling and place seam side down into the baking dish
• Repeat with the rest of the tortillas and when the baking dish is full and pour the rest of the red mole sauce evenly over the top
• Place in oven and bake for 20 minutes
• Remove from oven and garnish with chopped spring onions and coriander
• Serve immediately

Enchiladas with Chipotle sauce:

• Follow recipe for Enchilada con mole and use the Chipotle sauce instead of red mole sauce