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Enchilada Recipe
Recipe
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Chicken Enchiladas, Mild Picante
Serves 6 from 12 shells
$20 worth of ingredients, see Cost Spreadsheet
serve with sour cream
Pans
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2 qt. mixing bowl to build filling
2 small casserole dishes for 6 shells each
1 qt boiler to heat sauce
Filling
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strip off about 2 cups of the roasted chicken
add half of the canned diced stewed tomatoes, save some of the
liquid for topping at end
add half of the black beans
add 1/2 cup of prepared Kraft Brand Mexican 4-cheese (see pics)
spoon 4-5 TBS of sauce
salt and pepper
cut red onion in half, dice, add most to filling
olives - add about 2/3 of the can, save some for topping
green onions - dice 3 stalks, add 2 for filling, one for topping
mix and turn all above
Rolling
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lightly oil the 2 casserole dishes with OO
with a shell flat in your hand, spoon 1 or 2 TBS of warm
sauce and spread it even
set the dressed shell down in the dish, add filling, then roll
eye ball how the filling will divide for 12 shells
Baking
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Prep:
pre-heat to 375F
When rolled shells are lined up in the dish, top with
spooned sauce, remaining olives, green onions, tomato
sauce from can, & finally more cheese
Cook:
cover casserole with aluminum foil, puncture foil
cook for 35 minutes then pull back foil and spoon
in sauce as needed in dry spots
cook for another 12 minutes
Post:
remove from oven and add more cheese as needed
tastes better when cooled off till warm
Author
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msp
9-30-2007
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