Lindas Enchiladas Revised Food

LINDA'S ENCHILADAS (REVISED)

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large skillet and pour in enough water to cover; add Parmesan cheese and 2 chopped cloves of garlic. Bring water to a boil and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 28 minutes. Remove skillet from heat, reserving 1/2 cup water mixture from the skillet. Transfer chicken to a work surface and shred using 2 forks.
• Combine onion, green chile peppers, and 1 chopped clove of garlic in a pot; add cream cheese and 1 cup Mexican cheese blend. Cook and stir mixture over medium heat until cream cheese is melted, 3 to 4 minutes. Slowly pour the reserved 1/2 cup water mixture from chicken over cream cheese mixture, while continuously stirring until mixture is smooth. Remove pot from heat and stir shredded chicken into cream cheese sauce.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-low heat. Place tortillas in the hot oil, working in batches, until warmed, about 30 seconds per side. Spoon 1 to 2 tablespoons cream cheese-chicken sauce down the center of each warmed tortilla; roll tortilla around filling.
• Pour enough green enchilada sauce to cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Arrange filled tortillas in the enchilada sauce. Pour remaining enchilada sauce over filled tortillas.
• Mix sour cream and milk together in a bowl until thin enough to pour. Pour sour cream mixture over filled tortillas; top with remaining Mexican cheese blend.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through and cheese is melted and bubbling, 20 to 25 minutes.

ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• First make the sauce.
• Heat oil in a saucepan.
• Add flour, chilli powder, oregano and cumin and cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, until golden brown.
• Add garlic and passata and mix to combine.
• Stir the stock into the tomato and chilli mixture and bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until sauce reaches the required consistency.
• Turn off heat.
• (The sauce can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.) Make the enchiladas.
• Brown the mince in a dry frying pan (or wok) and then put the mince in a colander to drain off any excess fat.
• In the same pan heat the oil and fry the onion and peppers until soft.
• Return the cooked mince to the pan and add approximately⅓ of the sauce and stir to combine the mixture.
• You can add more chilli powder to the meat at this point if you want to spice it up more.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Assemble the enchiladas.
• Divide the meat and sauce mixture equally between the 8 flour tortillas, fold in the sides and secure with a cocktail stick to stop them from unfolding.
• Place in a lightly greased baking tin.
• You can usually only fit four in a tin; use 2 tins or freeze some of the enchiladas.
• Pour the remaining sauce across the middle of the enchiladas and then remove the cocktail sticks.
• Put the grated cheese over the part of the enchiladas covered by the sauce.
• Cover loosely with tin foil and bake in the oven at Gas Mark 5 for 30 minutes.
• Serve with salad, saffron rice and french stick.
• To freeze individually place each enchilada on a piece of tin foil, add sauce, remove cocktail stick then wrap in the foil and place in the freezer.
• To cook unwrap the enchilada while still frozen and place in a baking tin, let the enchilada defrost and then add grated cheese, cover with foil and cook at Gas Mark 5 for 30 minutes.

LINDA'S ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Brown meat and onion in large frying pan.
• Drain.
• Combine with olives and cheese in large bowl.
• Mix well.
• Combine sauces in frying pan and keep on low heat. Immerse tortilla in hot sauce mixture holding carefully by edge being careful not to burn fingers.
• Leave in for 30 seconds.
• Remove tortilla and place on plate. Spoon small amount of meat mixture (about 1/3 cup) along edge of tortilla.
• Roll up and place seam side down in 13 x 9 pan.
• Repeat until all tortillas have been used.
• Top with remaining sauce and any left-over meat mixture. Sprinkle cheese on top and lightly cover.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Serve with sour cream and guacamole. I got this recipe from a Mexican lady in California who could not speak a word of English.
• We did a lot of hand signals.

LINDA MCCARTNEY'S OH-BLA-DI ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• For the sauce, place all ingredients except the cornstarch mixture in a small saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add the cornstarch mixture.
• Cook, stirring, until thickened.
• While the sauce is simmering, prepare filling by combining tofu, onion, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, pepper and picante sauce.
• Put a small layer of spinach down the center of each tortilla.
• Top with 3 to 4 heaping teaspoons of tofu mixture and roll up the tortillas.
• Line 13" x 9" baking dish with filled, rolled tortillas.
• Top with sauce and bake for 20-25 minutes or until bubbling.