Enchiladas Con Crema Low Budget Way Food

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS WITH SALSA VERDE, GUACAMOLE AND LIME CREMA

Steps:

• For the enchiladas: Add the cumin seeds to a large, dry saute pan. Heat over medium-low and toast, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, 5 minutes. Transfer to a spice grinder and process until finely ground.
• Season the chicken thighs liberally with kosher salt. Add the olive oil to a large, high-sided saute pan and heat over medium-high heat. Add the chicken thighs and brown on both sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan, slice into strips and set aside.
• Add the onion and a splash of beer to deglaze and release the chicken bits from the bottom of the pan. Stir to combine and cook until translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the jalapeno and continue to cook until the onions and jalapeno are soft, another 2 minutes. Add the minced garlic, cilantro stems, sliced chicken, the remaining beer, toasted ground cumin and chipotle powder. Slice the lime in half and squeeze the juice into the pan, then drop the squeezed lime halves directly into the pan. Stir to combine and adjust seasoning with kosher salt. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, then add the chicken stock. Continue to cook until the chicken starts to pull apart and most of the liquid has cooked away but the pan still has some moisture, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the lime halves and discard.
• For the salsa verde: Preheat a cast-iron griddle over medium-high heat. Place the tomatillos and jalapeno onto the pan and roast, turning occasionally on all sides, until soft and charred, 10 minutes. Remove from the pan. Slice the jalapeno in half and remove half the seeds (or leave the seeds in if you prefer a more spicy salsa verde). Add the garlic, cilantro, roasted tomatillos and jalapeno, lime zest, lime juice, olive oil and kosher salt to taste to a blender and puree until smooth.
• For the guacamole: Combine the avocado, tomato, jalapeno, onion, cilantro, lime zest and lime juice in a bowl and mash together but leave some texture. The guacamole should be chunky.
• For the crema: Mix the crema, lime zest and lime juice together in a bowl.
• To assemble, preheat the oven to broil. Scoop 1/4 cup salsa verde into the bottom of 4 small baking dishes and use a spatula to evenly distribute. Warm the corn tortillas on the cast iron griddle over medium heat until slightly toasty and pliable. Scoop about 1/4 cup of chicken filling into each tortilla and roll. Place into the baking dish, seam-side down, and repeat with the remaining tortillas and filling, using 2 tortillas per serving dish. Top each with another 1/4 cup sauce, 1/2 cup Monterey jack and the crumbled cotija. Transfer to the oven and broil until the cheese is bubbly and melted, about 5 minutes. Serve with the guacamole and crema.

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.

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS A LA CREMA

Steps:

• In sauce pan over medium high heat, add all ingredients for chicken. Cook for 20 minutes. Remove chicken to a cutting board and shred or chop.
• Preheat oven to 400degF.
• In another sauce pan over medium heat, add butter, garlic powder, and cumin. Once melted, whisk in flour and cook for 2 minutes. Then add chicken broth and cook for 2 minutes. Next whisk in sour cream. Once combined, add jalapenos and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Ladle a thin layer of sauce into a 13x9 baking dish. Fill each tortilla with a portion of the cooked chicken and roll it up. Line tortillas up in the baking dish. Poor remaining sauce evenly over top of tortillas. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake in oven for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with scallions as soon as you remove from oven. Let sit at least 5 minutes before serving.

ENCHILADAS DE CALABACITAS CON SALSA CREMA DE CHILE (ZUCCHINI ENC

Steps:

• CHILE CREAM SAUCE:.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Still cooking, add milk, salt and chicken broth. Gradually add flour, stirring until blended. Increase heat to medium. Add chiles. Cook, stirring, until sauce has a creamy texture (about 10 minutes). Makes 3 cups. Set aside to use for topping enchiladas.
• ZUCCHINI ENCHILADAS:.
• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Spread 1/2 cup of warm chile cream sauce in the bottom of a 2-quart baking dish and set aside rest of sauce, keeping it warm.
• In a bowl, mix shredded zucchini and 1 1/2 cups of the cheese. Set aside.
• Warm tortillas so they are pliable (do this according to package directions, or use whatever method you prefer). One by one, dip warmed tortillas in the pan of remaining sauce and remove immediately (if allowed to sit in the sauce, the tortilla will start to dissolve). Move each dipped tortilla to the baking dish and put 1/6 of the reserved filling mixture in the center of the tortilla. Roll each tortilla and arrange in the baking dish, seam side down. Repeat until all the tortillas and filling are used up. Cover enchiladas with remaining sauce and 1/2 cup cheese. Bake for approximately 20 minutes at 350ºF, or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly. Remove from oven and top with chopped onion, crema/sour cream and cilantro, if using.

CREAMY BEEF ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir taco seasoning mix into the beef; transfer to a large bowl, reserving drippings in the skillet.
• Cook and stir sweet onion and green onion in the hot drippings until tender, 5 to 7 minutes; add to seasoned ground beef along with cream cheese and salsa. Stir the mixture until the cream cheese melts completely.
• Arrange tortillas onto a flat work surface. Spoon even amounts of the beef mixture in a line down the center of each tortilla. Top beef with even portions of the pepperjack cheese. Roll tortillas around the filling and arrange into a baking dish. Pour enchilada sauce evenly over the tortillas; top with olives and remaining cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until cheese melts completely, about 20 minutes.

ENCHILADAS CON CREMA (LOW BUDGET WAY)

Steps:

• 1. Fill a larger saucepan with about 1 1/2 inches of water. Add the chicken strips to the pan and cover. Cook over medium heat until done, checking occasionally to add a tiny bit of water, if it is all dried up before the chicken is done. Keep the water very low tho' as to ensure that the chicken is roasted, not boiled. The chicken will be white and falling apart, with some crispy brown pieces on it and the bottom of the pan. Shred the chicken in the saucepan, scraping the bottom of the pan as much as possible.
• 2. Saute the onions and garlic in the olive oil, in the bottom of a the same sauce pan, continueing to scrape the bottom of the pan. Add the chicken back in the saucepan and stir it up well.
• 3. In a separate sauce pan, pour in the soup, sour cream chilis and milk. Stir constantly as you heat well. Add 1 cup of grated cheese. Stir until melted. Add 2 cups of this sauce to the meat mixture, and mix well.
• 4. Spray the bottom and sides of a 9-13 inch baking dish with vegetable spray. Pour some of the soup mixture into the pan, spread evenly all over the bottom...just barely. Preheat the oven now, to 350 degrees.
• 5. Take one tortilla at a time, and immerse it in the sauce. Set partway in the baking dish, and ladle the chicken into the tortilla, spreading out a strip of filling just right or left of the center from one side to the other. Sprinkle cheese over the filling. Roll up the tortilla and push it to the end of the baking dish. Repeat with each tortilla, squeezing them all into the same baking dish. Pour remaining sauce onto the enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.
• 6. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until good and hot. Garnish with a dollop of salsa, a dollop of sour cream and sliced black olives (optional). Remove each tortilla carefully from the pan, so as not to tear them up! Enjoy!

SKINNY CREAMY CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• In 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender. In medium bowl, stir broth, flour, coriander and pepper with wire whisk until blended. Slowly add to hot mixture in skillet, stirring constantly. Cook and stir 5 to 6 minutes, until mixture boils and thickens slightly. Remove from heat. Stir in sour cream until well blended.
• In another medium bowl, mix chicken, corn, 1/2 cup of the cheese, the chiles, cilantro and 1/2 cup of the sauce. Place 2 tortillas at a time on microwavable plate; cover with paper towel. Microwave on High 10 to 15 seconds or until softened. Spoon about 1/3 cup chicken mixture down center of each warm tortilla. Roll up tortillas; arrange, seam sides down, in baking dish. Top enchiladas with remaining sauce. Cover with foil.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until sauce is bubbly. Remove from oven. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Just before serving, top with tomato and green onions. Serve with salsa.

ENCHILADAS CON CREMA DE CHILE

Steps:

• Sauce:.
• Wrap garlic cloves in foil. Add chiles and garlic into oven and set to broil. Roast the peppers for about 7 minutes, turn then roast an additional 7 minutes or until the skins blister. Watch carefully so they do not burn.
• Cover roasted chiles with cloth or place in a paper bag. Allow them to sweat for about 15 minutes. (While waiting chop up ingredients for enchiladas).
• Peel the chiles then remove the seeds and slice. Dice garlic. Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat add garlic and sauté for about 3 minutes, add peas, roasted chiles, tofutti and veggie granules and mix for 3 minutes.
• Stir in the soymilk and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
• Allow to cool for a bit then place mixture in a blender to puree or use emulsion blender. Add salt to taste.
• Enchiladas:.
• Mix diced avocados and ¼ of the diced onion in a bowl. Add salt to taste and refrigerate for later.
• In a skillet sauté the remaining diced onion with olive oil until transparent, add in bell peppers, tomato and meat substitute sauté for another 5 or 6 minutes.
• Add in ½ cup of sauce and let it simmer for 3 minutes.
• Heat canola oil in a small skillet. Add 1/2 cup of sauce in a bowl. Using tongs dip tortilla into hot oil and then drop into bowl with sauce. Repeat this until all tortillas are in the bowl with sauce.
• Assembly:.
• Add 1 spoonful of avocado mix and 2 spoonfuls of sautéed mixture, and then roll. Once done wrapping all enchiladas cover them with remaining sauce.
• Garnish with green onions, cilantro, minced bell pepeprs or whatever you have - Enjoy!