Ingredients
Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- One 28-ounce can enchilada or Mexican red sauce
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Meat:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
The Rest:
- Canola oil, for frying
- 10 to 14 corn tortillas
- Two 4-ounce cans diced green chilies
- 1 cup chopped green onions
- 1/2 cup chopped black olives
- 3 cups grated sharp Cheddar cheese
- Cilantro, for garnish
Directions
For the sauce:
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.
For the meat:
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.
For the rest:
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.
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By joanmnus
on May 23, 2013
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Excellent. My family loved them. Since we eat low carb, I used low carb tortillas and substituted xanthum gum for the oil and flour roux. I used only half of the green chili's and my husband thought they were a little too hot and my son thought they were just right. Also, I didn't use all the sauce as I didn't need it all. Next time I will make my husband's portion without the green chilis. To make them perfect, top them with some sour cream before eating. Thank you Ree for the recipe. It is a keeper.
By xfagan_11103108
Harper Woods, MI
on May 17, 2013
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Tasty recipe. Reminded me of Mexican cuisine I used to get back in California. Only quibble I would have is that I had problems with the corn tortillas breaking apart after I dipped them in the sauce. Cure: Hold back a little more sauce (at least 1/2 -3/4 of a cup and layer the dish like you would a lasagna (sauce and cheese finishing each layer. I added more cheese than the recipe called for but the product came out great and tastes even better when the left overs stay in the fridge a day or so allowing the tortillas to soak up all the spice and sauce! (This also gets rid of most of the corn flour after taste if your family doesn't care for it!
By FOODLOVA 1O1
GREENVILLE,SC
on May 16, 2013
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These really are just what there name is. SIMPLE! PERFECT! ENCHILADAS! Sauce was delicious. The star ingredient was the green chiles.
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