Vegan Spicy Poblano Tomatillo Enchiladas Food

VEGAN ROASTED TOMATILLO ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• To make the filling: heat 1 tbsp. of oil in a large sauté pan to medium-high heat. Once oil is hot, add onions and sauté for 3 - 4 minutes, or until almost the onions are tender and translucent. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
• Add corn and 1/4 cup of vegetable stock. Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the corn is tender. Add poblano pepper and beans and mix well. Season with salt and pepper.
• To make the almond crema: place all ingredients in the blender until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• To assemble: Warm corn tortillas in the microwave for 30 seconds or in the oven at 350F on a sheet tray for 5 min. Just enough so that the tortillas are soft enough to be rolled.
• Spread 2-3 tbsp. of the tomatillo sauce on the bottom of a 9 x13 baking dish Place 1 tbsp. of filling on each tortilla. Roll and place on baking dish. Continue this process until you have used up all the tortillas and the entire filling.
• Pour the rest of the tomatillo sauce on top of the enchiladas and bake in oven for 5 - 10 min. or until the enchiladas are warm. Remove from the oven and drizzle almond crema on top.
• Garnish with onion slices and chopped cilantro.

ROASTED POBLANO VEGAN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Place the poblano and jalapeño on a baking sheet. Turn the oven to broil and cook on the top rack for 10 minutes - flipping halfway. You want both sides to char. Remove from the oven and cover with a clean kitchen towel for 5 minutes (to steam). Remove the towel and allow the peppers to cool for 5 minutes. Remove the skins and the stems then roughly chop them.*
• While the peppers are cooking, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the onion, cumin, oregano, salt & pepper. Cook for 5 minutes or until the onions start to soften. Set aside to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• To a food processor add the poblano, jalapeño, onions, garlic, smoked paprika, juice from 1 lime and remaining olive oil. Blend until everything is combined.
• To a bowl add the poblano mixture, cream cheese, 4 ounces of yogurt, cilantro, corn and pinto beans. Mix until combined. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed.
• Wrap the tortillas in a damp paper towel and place in the microwave for 30-60 seconds, or until warmed through. Add 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce to the bottom of a baking dish and spread out with a spoon. Spoon equal amounts of the filling into each tortilla. Wrap up the tortillas and place them seam-side down in the baking dish. Top with the remaining enchilada sauce and place in the oven, uncovered, for 20-30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.
• While the enchiladas are cooking, combine the remaining yogurt and lime juice in a bowl. Stir to combine and set aside.
• Remove the enchiladas from the oven and top with the yogurt sauce, hot sauce, avocado slices and cilantro.

PORTOBELLO AND POBLANO ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine vinegar, sugar, and 4 Tbsp. lime juice in a small bowl. Stir in half of the onion, cover, and set aside.
• Purée chipotle chile and 1/4 cup cream in a blender until smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl; stir in 1/4 tsp. salt and remaining 2 cups cream and 1 Tbsp. lime juice.
• Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high until hot but not smoking. Add mushrooms, poblano chile, garlic, and remaining onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender and onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. Season with remaining 3/4 tsp. salt.
• Meanwhile, stack tortillas with damp paper towels between each one, then wrap the stack in a clean dish cloth. Microwave for 45 seconds. Keep stack wrapped.
• Spread 1/2 cup cream sauce on the bottom of a 9x13" baking dish. Transfer remaining sauce to a wide shallow bowl and dip tortillas, one at a time, into sauce to coat. Stack dipped tortillas on a work surface.
• Sprinkle 1 Tbsp. queso fresco down center of 1 tortilla. Top with 1/4 cup mushroom mixture, arranging down center over cheese. Top with 1 tsp. cilantro. Roll up tortilla and place, seam side down, in prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Spoon remaining sauce over enchiladas, making sure to cover entirely with sauce. Top with cheddar and remaining 3 Tbsp. queso fresco.
• Bake enchiladas until cheese is melted and edges of tortillas are toasted, 25-30 minutes. Top with reserved pickled onion and remaining 1 Tbsp. cilantro.
• Do ahead
• Sauce can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.

VEGAN SPICY POBLANO & TOMATILLO ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Put the tomatillos and peppers in a pan under the broiler for 7 minutes or until they char. Turn them and keep them in for 5 more minutes.
• Empty the tomatillos and peppers (and any collected drippings from the pan you broiled them on) into a food processor with garlic cloves and process until very smooth.
• Put the vegetable blend into a large saucepan with the broth and add lentils. Cover and cook until lentils are tender (15 minutes with red or yellow lentils, 20-25 for green, french or black) and turn off the heat.
• While that cooks, drain your beans, put them in a bowl and partly mash them (just take a large slotted spoon and crunch down on them sporadically)
• Add the beans, cilantro and nutritional yeast into the cooked lentil mix and stir together.
• While that settles, make the enchilada sauce by melting together the flour and margarine to make a roux, then whisking in broth, tomato paste and chili powder. Stirring constantly, cook over medium/high heat until thick and bubbly. Add a dash of cayenne or chipotle to taste if you like it a little hotter.
• You can make this casserole style (layering the tortillas with the filling and sauce) or traditional roll-up style.
• Coat the bottom of your pan with a 1/2 c of the enchilada sauce, then spoon the filling into tortillas and roll them, placing them closely in the pan, then top with enchilada sauce for traditional rolled enchiladas.
• Coat the bottom of the pan with 1/2 c of the sauce, then layer tortillas, filling, sauce, tortillas, filling, sauce, tortillas, sauce if making casserole style.
• If you like a cheesy top, sprinkle on Daiya or nutritional yeast then cover the top of the casserole with foil. In honesty, I can only recommend Daiya if you want a vegan cheese. Every other vegan cheese I've tried tastes gruesome. The recipe is amazingly flavorful without any cheese, but if you must, use Daiya.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, then remove the foil if you've topped it with Daiya for the final 10 minutes. Without cheese, you can keep foil on the whole time.

SPICY SPINACH POTATO ENCHILADAS (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Drizzle some vegetable oil in the bottom of a pan and add the diced potatoes and salt (I just guess on the amount of salt) until soft enough to eat. If the potatoes start sticking, add water to loosen them off the pan.
• Meanwhile, saute the tofu in 1 tbs vegetable oil until firm. Add the red onion, serrano, garlic, and saute an additional 3-5 minutes. Add the spinach and salsa, stir lightly until the spinach is wilted. Don't forget salt to taste.
• Warm the corn tortillas so that they are soft enough to roll (I use the microwave). Grease the bottom of a brownie/cake pan and spread a small layer of the tomatillo salsa on the bottom. For each enchilada, take a scoop of potatoes and a scoop of the tofu mixture and place in the middle of a tortilla. Roll up, and put each one in the pan side by side. Top with the remaining tomatillo salsa, and sprinkle with vegan cheese (I use daiya!). If no vegan cheese, then sprinkle with the nutritional yeast instead. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes, until the sauce is looking a little dryer and the edges of the tortillas are crispy.
• * This recipe is very flexible. You could put some black beans in with the enchiladas, saute more vegetables in with the tofu, omit the potatoes, etc. Whatever you like!

VEGAN PORTOBELLO AND POBLANO ENCHILADAS WITH SMOKY POBLANO QUESO RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Char the whole poblano peppers over an open flame. I just set each over its own burner and turned them over with tongs every 3 to 4 minutes. Once the skin is completely blackened, move the peppers to a large bowl, and cover them with a damp paper towel. Let them sit for 10 minutes to steam. Once they've steamed, carefully remove the charred skin, de-stem, and de-seed. Then, finely dice one of the peppers and set aside in a bowl and largely dice the other two peppers and set aside in another bowl. Preheat oven to 350°F. Add olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat. Add the yellow onion. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic, cook 1 minute. Add mushrooms and zucchini and a pinch of salt and pepper, to taste. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until the mushrooms and zucchini are tender and most of the water has evaporated. Stir in the beans, largely-diced peppers and spices and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Roughly puree the mixture. Remove the veggie mixture from the heat and set aside. Prepare each enchilada by spreading the black bean mixture evenly. Place the enchilada, seam down, into a baking pan. Repeat with each tortilla. Use any remaining mixture to surround the tortillas to keep them moist while they bake. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes. I loosely draped a piece of foil over the enchiladas so that they wouldn't dry out while baking. As the enchiladas bake, prepare your smoky poblano queso by adding the soaked cashews, 1 cup water, chopped, and peeled yellow squash, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, arrowroot powder, 3/4 teaspoon sea salt, and a pinch of cayenne to a high-speed blender. Blend on high for 2 to 3 minutes or until the mixture is perfectly smooth. Add the liquid to a sauce-pan and heat over medium-low, whisking continuously until thickened. This process will take about 8 to 10 minutes. When desired thickness is reached, turn off heat and stir in the finely-diced poblano pepper. Prepare the avocado sauce by adding the flesh of one avocado, juice of one lime, and a pinch of sea salt to a food processor. Process for 3 to 4 minutes or until completely smooth. If you want to pipe the mixture over your enchiladas, carefully spoon it into the corner of a zip-top bag and cut off a tiny portion of the corner of the bag. Remove the enchiladas from oven, let cool for a few minutes to set. Plate each enchilada, drizzle with queso and avocado sauce, and top with desired garnishes. Serve and enjoy.