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Green Enchiladas
with Fresh Cheese
These enchiladas consist of a kind of tacos filled with cheese that are covered with salsa and they are garnished with many ingredients . Although this dish is usually abundant, if you find a space on the plate you can put as garnish some white rice or refried beans.
– If you are going to have guests at home, we consider the enchiladas as an excellent option to prepare since it is a very complete dish that everybody likes and your guests are going to end up very satisfied.
About the Recipe
- Making the enchiladas is laborious but you will have a very complete experience of the Mexican cuisine because you are going to prepare a salsa, many tacos and some kind of salad.
- If you want a greater experience of the Mexican cuisine, you can also make the corn tortillas that are used in these enchiladas.
- In this recipe other varieties of fresh cheese can be used like the ranchero cheese or the panela cheese.
- It is very important to use vegetable oil in the preparation, while the tortillas are fried because it tolerates very high temperatures.
- Your enchiladas will be ready in .
- This recipe is for 10 enchiladas.
Ingredients
Cookware
Directions
Prepare a Green Salsa- Put in a saucepan:
- 10 Tomatillos.
- 2 Serrano Peppers.
- The enough Water to cover all the ingredients.
- Bring the saucepan water to a boil over high heat.
- Leave the saucepan ingredients cooking in the boiling water for about 5 minutes, until the tomatillos turn to a lighter color.
Don’t cook the tomatillos for a long time, because its skin breaks and its flavor becomes bitter. |
- Transfer from the saucepan to a blender, with a kitchen spoon, the tomatillos and the serrano peppers that were cooked.
- Also add in the blender:
- 1/4 of an Onion (1.2 oz).
- 1 Garlic clove.
- Pepper to taste.
- Blend very well the ingredients, then set aside.
- Heat in the saucepan over medium heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Pour in the saucepan:
- The Green Salsa that was blended.
- 1/2 tablespoon of Salt.
- Mix the saucepan ingredients and bring the salsa to a boil over high heat.
- When the salsa boils reduce to medium heat and cook it for about 4 minutes, until it thickens a little and acquires a more intense color; stir occasionally. Then set aside.
Fry the Tortillas
- Pour in a frying pan approximately 1 cup of vegetable oil, so you end up having about a 1/2’’ deep oil layer.
- Heat the frying pan oil over high heat.
- Take 1 maize tortilla with some tongs, dip it in the frying pan oil and fry it for about 7 seconds per each side, until it is lightly fried.
Don’t fry the tortilla for a long time because it will become tostada and it will no longer be useful ☹ |
- Transfer from the frying pan to some paper towels, with the tongs, the tortilla that was fried so it dries and the fat excess is absorbed; then reserve.
- Repeat the same procedure with 9 more tortillas, it won’t be necessary to add more vegetable oil in the frying pan.
All this procedure is done so the tortillas have more flavor. |
- Cut into strips 1/4 of a lettuce and 1.1 lbs of fresh cheese; then reserve.
- Finely chop 1/2 onion (2.5 oz) and 2 coriander sprigs; then set aside.
Make the Green Enchiladas
- Heat over medium heat the green salsa that was cooked for about 2 minutes, until it is very hot.
- Take with the tongs one of the fried tortillas (that was put on the paper towels) and dip it in the green salsa that was heated.
- Put on a large plate the fried tortilla with salsa and put over the tortilla some of the fresh cheese strips that were cut.
- Roll the tortilla as taco or fold it as quesadilla; then set aside.
- Repeat the same procedure with the other 9 fried tortillas. Upon completion if there is green salsa remaining pour it over the enchiladas.
- Add over the green enchiladas with fresh cheese the following ingredients in the same order as given:
- 1/2 cup of Mexican Cream.
- The Onion that was minced.
- The Lettuce strips that were cut.
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