Ingredients
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4 guajillo peppersseeds removed
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4 ancho peppersseeds removed
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2 garlic clovechopped
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¼ teaspoon Mexican oregano
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to taste Salt and pepper
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12 Corn tortillas:
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2 cups shredded beef porkor chicken (optional)
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1 ½ cup fresh cheese crumble
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½ cup white onionfinely chopped
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â…“ cup Vegetable Oil
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Optional Garnishes:
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2 cups pre-cooked diced potatoes
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2 cups pre-cook diced carrots
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shredded lettuceor cabbage and radishes
Directions
Enchiladas are a huge part of Mexican cuisine, but you can also find Enchiladas on menus around they world. They start with a great sauce – enchilada sauce is different from a salsa in the sense that it is cooked down and then pureed, and then smothered over stuffed corn or flour tortillas and then baked, to make this signature dish. A common enchilada filling is roast potatoes and shredded pork, but you can use anything from vegetables, fish, cheese and fresh corn. You can also make this dish as spicy as you want, by adding chillies to the sauce, or fresh jalapenos on top!
How to Make Mexican Enchiladas:
- Let’s start first with the enchilada sauce. Slightly roast the peppers in a hot griddle, pressing them flat with the help of a spatula. Make sure NOT to burn them. This step takes a few seconds on each side of the peppers.
- Once roasted, place them in a saucepan with water and turn the heat to medium and simmer for about 15 minutes or when they look soft.
- Remove saucepan from stove and let them cool for another 10-15 minutes. The pepper skins should look soft.
- After the resting period, drain the peppers and place in the blender along with the garlic cloves.
- Add ½ cup of clean water and blend until you have a smooth sauce. If necessary, strain the sauce into a large bowl using a fine strainer. Season with the oregano, salt, and pepper, and set aside.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, just to keep the red enchiladas warm while you finish assembling them.
- Add the 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add oil little by little as needed. To much oil will get a soggy tortilla.
- Dip the tortilla into the enchilada sauce to lightly coat each side.
- Place it in the Frying Comal-pan or skillet and briefly fry a few seconds on both sides.
- Add more vegetable oil to the skillet as needed. Place fried tortillas in a dish while you make the rest of the tortillas to keep warm in the oven.
- To assemble the red enchiladas, first, place the filling in the center of the tortilla and fold it. Sometimes I place a meat filling into the center of the tortilla and then roll it, like in the pictures above.
- Sprinkle the enchiladas with the cheese and onion.
- Add the garnish of your choice and enjoy!
- If you decide to add the potatoes and carrots as a garnish: Peel potatoes and carrots, cut into cubes and boil until almost tender but still firm. Then drain and cool.
- Use the same frying pan where you fried the red enchiladas to lightly fry the potatoes, adding a little more oil.
- The potatoes and carrots will be coated with some of the sauce sticking to the frying pan.
- Season with salt and garnish with cheese.
