Easiest Way to Prepare Speedy Enchiladas - Red or White Sauce

Enchiladas - Red or White Sauce
Enchiladas - Red or White Sauce

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, enchiladas - red or white sauce. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Enchiladas - Red or White Sauce is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Enchiladas - Red or White Sauce is something that I have loved my entire life.

Lately I've been making these enchiladas like crazy because they're so good and easy to make! And this is how to make them. Red enchilada sauce, on the other hand, is typically made from a variety of red chilies, vinegar, onions, garlic and spices. Some "quick" versions of red enchilada sauce may use red tomato sauce or paste as a base.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook enchiladas - red or white sauce using 22 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Enchiladas - Red or White Sauce:
  1. Get TIP: Leftover chicken works great!
  2. Prepare 5 Chicken breasts and/or thighs.
  3. Get 15-18 corn tortillas
  4. Make ready 1 cup diced green onion
  5. Make ready 1/2 shredded cheddar cheese
  6. Get 1 tbsp Olive oil
  7. Get 1 tbsp taco seasoning
  8. Prepare Creamy White Sauce
  9. Prepare 3 tbsp butter
  10. Make ready 1 tsp flour
  11. Make ready 1 1/2 cup Chicken broth
  12. Take 2 cups milk
  13. Get 2 tsp onion powder
  14. Get 1 1/2 tsp garlic salt or to taste
  15. Take 1 1/2 tsp cumin
  16. Make ready 1 tsp chili powder
  17. Make ready 1 1/2 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
  18. Make ready 1 large or 2 small tomatoes, diced and set aside
  19. Get 1 jalepeno, diced small and set aside
  20. Take 2/3 cup bell pepper diced and set aside
  21. Get 2/3 cup Red onion diced and set aside
  22. Make ready 1 cup Sour cream

Does not use Red or Green enchilada sauce but is quite a winner!!! This authentic red enchilada sauce recipe is made with a mixture of Mexican chili peppers that are lightly toasted then rehydrated and I have enjoyed numerous red enchilada sauces in restaurants all over and from friendly kitchens, and you can buy canned sauce, but homemade is vastly superior. Pour in the red sauce, chicken broth, salt and pepper. Reduce the heat and simmer while you prepare the other ingredients.

Instructions to make Enchiladas - Red or White Sauce:
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Heat olive oil in skillet on med-high. Season chicken in hot pan. Sear chicken to brown then cover and turn down heat to low-med turning periodically.
  2. Meanwhile in a measuring cup wisk together the flour and half of the milk, this prevents lumps. In a large saucepan melt better and pour in milk mixture and stir frequently on low-med heat.
  3. Once it thickens continue to wisk and add chicken broth, the seasonings and remaining milk.
  4. Continue to stir periodically for 10 min. It will begin to simmer.
  5. When chicken is done, place on a cookie sheet or platter to cool. When cooled shred the chicken
  6. Stir in the pepper jack cheese and diced vegetables. Cook on low stirring periodically should be thickened some again.
  7. Stir in sour cream. Taste for any seasoning adjustments you want to make. If sauce is not thickened wisk together a bit more flour in a small amount of milk and add to sauce. Stir on med. Heat and it will thicken. You don't want it too thick, it will also thicken some in the oven.
  8. In a glass 9x11 pan place a little sauce in the bottom. Using tongs place tortilla in the sauce covering it completely until softened to roll up.
  9. Drain sauce from tortilla then place the tortilla in the pan, put some shredded chicken and cheddar cheese on tortilla and roll up till snug.
  10. Repeat for all the tortillas, placing them close together.
  11. Cover all the tortillas with the remaining sauce and top with the remaining cheddar cheese and green onions. Bake for 20 minutes.
  12. If tortillas are not mostly covered in sauce cover the pan while baking. ENJOY!

Pour in the red sauce, chicken broth, salt and pepper. 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. This Easy Red Enchilada Sauce is a total game changer and now I can never go back to store-bought.

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