Making Spinach Enchiladas...

vlewis515

Soooooo gooooood...drooooolsssss...

Ok I'm going to stop slobbering and keep cooking.

LaciLeigh

ok so what time should I be there for dinner?

 

Us Texans love Mexican food!! Can you give me the recipe? I want to attempt it!

vlewis515

LaciLeigh:

ok so what time should I be there for dinner?

 

Us Texans love Mexican food!! Can you give me the recipe? I want to attempt it!

So true, and I'm half Mexican so I really love hanging around my grandma and learning the family recipes!

Ok for the recipe...

1 package of spinach (I use frozen, defrosted and all the water squeezed out, well as much as possible)

1 package mushrooms sliced

1 medium onion (diced, I use yellow)

1 tbsp minced garlic (I use canned)

1 cup of cottage cheese

1 cup sour cream

2 cups mexican blend shredded cheese (seperated add more or less to your liking)

12 corn tortillas

1 can of enchilada sauce (I make my own from our family recipe and I can give you that recipe too if you want it, its easy)

 Sautee onions and mushrooms in butter, add garlic and sautee, add spinach and sautee. Move mixture into a mixing bowl. Add sour cream, cottage cheese, and 1 cup of cheese. Mix well and add salt and pepper to taste (I also add garlic salt but I looooove garlic salt). Wrap the corn tortillas in a wet clean cloth or paper towel and microwave for 45-60 seconds to soften. Spoon mixture into tortillas, roll and place in a casserole dish, I can get 12 packed into one dish. Top with enchilada sauce, add the rest of the cheese on top.

Bake at 350 degrees until cheese is melted and bubbly about 20 mins.

Enjoy...just let me know if you want the sauce recipe too!  

vlewis515

I guess I should add these are not the family recipe enchiladas but I kinda came up with this from another one I read that I modified and added our sauce...so good!

LaciLeigh

vlewis515:

I guess I should add these are not the family recipe enchiladas but I kinda came up with this from another one I read that I modified and added our sauce...so good!

 

 Thanks! Yes I would LOVE the sauce recipe too!! DH and I have been trying to make a lot of Mexican food recipes since its our fave. DH mastered refried beans and Spanish rice (IMO) they taste great!

I am not sure if you guys have a Lupe Tortilla there? But they seriously have the best beef fajitas I have ever ate! DH is trying to get close to them and he's doing a good job.

you notice I say DH in all this...he is more of the cook LOL. He is into trying so many different things.

vlewis515

LaciLeigh:

vlewis515:

I guess I should add these are not the family recipe enchiladas but I kinda came up with this from another one I read that I modified and added our sauce...so good!

 

 Thanks! Yes I would LOVE the sauce recipe too!! DH and I have been trying to make a lot of Mexican food recipes since its our fave. DH mastered refried beans and Spanish rice (IMO) they taste great!

I am not sure if you guys have a Lupe Tortilla there? But they seriously have the best beef fajitas I have ever ate! DH is trying to get close to them and he's doing a good job.

you notice I say DH in all this...he is more of the cook LOL. He is into trying so many different things.

We don't have a Lupe Tortillas, but DH and I love Pappasitos fajitas! For the sauce, get a bag of New Mexico dried chilies (yes that's what they are called). Cut the stems off and cut the pods open, get all the seeds out. Put the prepared pods in a stock pot and fill with water, boil them for 45 mins. When done, put all the pods in a blender, fill the blender about 1/2 way up the pods with clean water (some people use the chili water...I think it makes the sauce bitter tasting). Now when that's done strain through cheesecloth or wire mesh strainer and be sure to push the sauce all the way through. What you're left with in the strainer are bits of chili skin that you can toss out...not good eats.

When ready to use, season with garlic salt to taste.

Now if wanted to try New Mexico enchiladas (my Mexican family is all from New Mexico). They are flat stacked enchiladas. You kind of start an assembly line. You get a small burner going with a small pan and enough oil to more than fill the bottom. On the burner next to it you get a pan with enough enchilada sauce to fill the bottom, season with garlic salt.

What you're gonna do is take a corn tortilla and lightly fry it on both sides, then move the tortilla and coat it in the sauce on both sides, then move the tortilla to a plate flat and add cheese and whatever other fillings you like (chicken, sauteed onions, sauteed mushrooms are my faves).   Repeat with another tortilla and another layer, make a stack of about 3 or 4 tortillas. I like to top it with a little sour cream too!

That probably made no sense lol!