Chicken Or Beef Enchiladas Food

BEEF OR CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion is tender. Blend in flour. Stir in broth, milk, chilies, salt and cumin. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Set aside. , Grease a 13x9-in. baking dish. Spoon a little sauce in the center of each tortilla; spread to edges. Place about 2 tablespoons meat down the center of each tortilla. Combine cheeses; sprinkle 1-2 tablespoons on top of meat. Roll up tortillas and place in baking dish, seam-side down. Pour remaining sauce over. Sprinkle with green onions and remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Serve with sour cream and salsa.

SIMPLE PERFECT ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the canola oil and flour. Whisk together and allow to bubble for 1 minute. Pour in the red sauce, chicken broth, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer while you prepare the other ingredients.
• While the sauce is simmering, brown the ground beef with the onions in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain the fat, add the salt and stir to combine. Turn off the heat and set aside.
• In a small skillet over medium heat, heat some canola oil. Lightly fry the tortillas just until soft. Do not crisp. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Repeat until all the tortillas have been fried.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spread 1/2 cup of the sauce in the bottom of a 9- by 13-inch baking dish. Next, one at a time, dip each tortilla into the sauce. Set the sauce-soaked tortilla on a plate. Place on some of the meat mixture, chilies, green onions and black olives. Top with a generous portion of grated Cheddar. Roll up the tortilla to contain the filling inside.
• Place the tortilla seam side down in the baking dish. Repeat with the rest of the tortillas and pour the remaining sauce over the top. End with a generous sprinkling of cheese and any other bits of chiles, green onions or olives you have left over from the filling.
• Bake the enchiladas for 20 minutes, or until bubbly. Sprinkle chopped cilantro over the top and serve.

SHREDDED BEEF OR CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion is tender. Blend in flour. Stir in broth, milk, chilies, salt, and cumin.
• Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minute stirring occasionally. Set aside.
• Grease a 13 inches baking dish.
• Spoon a little in the center of each tortilla; spread to edges. Place about 2 T meat down the center of each tortilla. Combine cheeses; sprinkle 1-2 T on top of meat.
• Roll up tortillas and place in baking dish seam-side down. Pour remaining sauce over. Sprinkle with green onions and remaining cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Serve with sour cream and salsa.

SHORTCUT BEEF OR CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Put the two cans of roast beef into a medium bowl, gravy and all.
• Add the chilies, salsa, and 1 cup of the cheese.
• Break the chunks of roast beef up (shred them) with a fork as you mix the ingredients together.
• Pour a thin layer of enchilada sauce in a 9x13 baking pan, just enough to cover the bottom.
• Place about 2 T of the mixture on each tortilla and roll up.
• Place each enchilada seam side down in the pan. Pour the rest of the enchilada sauce over the enchiladas in the pan.
• Top with the remaining two cups of shredded cheese.
• Cover with foil and bake in a 350 degree oven for 40 minutes.
• Remove foil and top with black olives and chopped green onions, if desired. Bake an additional five minutes.
• Let rest for 10 minutes before serving.

EASY ENCHILADAS (BEEF OR CHICKEN)

Steps:

• If using chicken, boil chicken in water.
• Then rinse and shred with fork.
• Add onion and garlic.
• If using ground beef, brown with onion and garlic, drain.
• Add next 7 ingredients (worcestershire sauce through black pepper).
• In another skillet, heat oil.
• Add tortillas, one at a time, for 10 seconds on each side.
• Drain on paper towel.
• In 10x13 baking pan, pour just enough enchilada sauce in the bottom to coat the bottom of the pan.
• Fill each tortilla with a spoonful of meat mixture.
• Cheese, onions, and/or olives can be put inside each enchilada at this time, if desired.
• Roll tortilla and place seam side down in pan.
• Continue with remaining tortillas.
• Pour remaining enchilada sauce over tortillas and top with cheese (additional olives may be added if desired).
• At this time, pan may be refrigerated for several hours or overnight.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes (30 minutes if refrigerated).
• Top with sour cream.
• Enjoy!

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Coat large saute pan with oil. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Brown chicken over medium heat, allow 7 minutes each side or until no longer pink. Sprinkle chicken with cumin, garlic powder and Mexican spices before turning. Remove chicken to a platter, allow to cool.
• Saute onion and garlic in chicken drippings until tender. Add corn and chiles. Stir well to combine. Add canned tomatoes, saute 1 minute.
• Pull chicken breasts apart by hand into shredded strips. Add shredded chicken to saute pan, combine with vegetables. Dust the mixture with flour to help set.
• Microwave tortillas on high for 30 seconds. This softens them and makes them more pliable. Coat the bottom of 2 (13 by 9-inch) pans with a ladle of enchilada sauce. Using a large shallow bowl, dip each tortilla in enchilada sauce to lightly coat. Spoon 1/4 cup chicken mixture in each tortilla. Fold over filling, place 8 enchiladas in each pan with seam side down. Top with remaining enchilada sauce and cheese.
• Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated 350 degree F oven until cheese melts. Garnish with cilantro, scallion, sour cream and chopped tomatoes before serving. Serve with Spanish rice and beans.

BEEF (OR CHICKEN OR TURKEY) ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• In medium saucepan, combine first 7 ingredients; simmer for 20 minutes.
• In large skillet, brown ground beef and onion; drain excess fat.
• Remove from heat; add 1 cup shredded cheese, 1 cup tomato paste mixture and olives.
• Pour the remaining tomato paste mixture into a greased 13" x 9" baking dish.
• Spoon about 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of beef mixture down center of each tortilla; fold or roll tortilla around filling.
• Place the tortillas seam side down in dish.
• Pour any remaining beef and tomato mixture over tortillas; sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
• Serve with sour cream, Mexican rice, refried beans and margaritas!

BEEF OR CHICKEN EASY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• 1. Stir the soup, sour cream, salsa and chili powder in a bowl. Stir 1 cup salsa mixture, chicken or beef and cheese in a large bowl.
• 2. Divide the chicken or beef mixture among the tortillas. Roll up the tortillas and place them seam-side up in a 9"x13" shallow baking dish. Pour the remaining salsa mixture over the filled tortillas. Cover the baking dish.
• 3. Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes or until the enchiladas are hot and bubbling. Top with the tomato and onion.

SAUCY CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Enchilada sauce directions:.
• Heat corn or canola oil in large sauce pan; stir in flour and chil powder; cook for 1 minute.
• Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Filling.
• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare enchilada sauce below.
• In a medium bowl, mix chicken, green onions, 1/2 cup cheddar, 1/2 cup monterey jack, sour cream, chiles, and cilantro.
• Stir in 1/2 cup enchilada sauce.
• Season with salt and pepper, set aside, heat 1/2 inch corn or canola oil in large pan.
• Fry tortillas, one at a time until soft (10 seconds per side).
• Drain on paper towels, spray 9"x 13" baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Spread small amount of sauce in bottom of dish.
• Spread 2 heaping tablespoons of chicken mixture in each tortilla& roll up.
• Place seam side down, side by side in prepared dish.
• Pour remaining sauce over, top with remaining cheeses and bake until bubbling, 15-20 minutes.
• Garnish with extra sour cream, sliced green onions and chipped cilantro.