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How To Make Cheese Enchiladas

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How To Make Cheese Enchiladas
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If you are in the mood for a cheesy, warm delicious meal, these enchiladas are just what you are looking for. Watch as the the chefs from the famous El Coyote Café in Los Angeles walk you through making these tasty enchiladas in your own home. Enlarge If you are in the mood for a cheesy, warm delicious meal, these enchiladas are just what you are looking for. Watch as the the chefs from the famous El Coyote Café in Los Angeles walk you through making these tasty enchiladas in your own home.
Serves:
4
Preparation Time:
15 minutes
Cooking Time:
5 minutes
Total Time:
20 minutes
Oven Temperature:
115° c  -  240° f

Step : You will need

  • 4 Corn Tortillas
  • 340 g Shredded Cheddar Cheese
  • ½ cups (120ml) Chopped Onions
  • 2 cups (500ml) Enchilada Sauce
  • ¼ cups (60ml) Chopped Green Onions
  • 3 tbsp Chili Powder
  • 3 tbsp Flour
  • 1 tsp Cocoa Powder
  • ½ tsp Chopped Garlic
  • 1 tsp Oregano
  • 3 cups (750ml) Water
  • 1 Can Tomato Sauce
  • Green Onion

Step 1: Make The Sauce

Preheat the oven to 350 º F/ 117 º C/ Gas Mark 4.

In a small bowl combine the chili powder. Use less chili powder for a milder sauce. Add the flour, cocoa powder, garlic, oregano, the can of tomato sauce, and salt to taste. Stir the ingredients together to form a smooth paste. If the mixture is too thick add a little water and continue to stir. Once it is completely smooth and not lumpy, transfer the mixture into a sauce pan and cook over medium heat. Add the rest of the water and stir constantly until the mixture thickens. Once the sauce is thick, remove it from the heat and set it aside.

Step 2: Prepare The Shells

Pour two cups (273 ml) of vegetable oil in a skillet over medium/high heat. Allow it to cook until hot. Also, take a griddle or another frying pan and heat it over medium heat.

Quick Tip: In order to tell if the cooking oil is hot and ready to use, place the tip of a wooden spoon in the center of the skillet. If bubbles form around the spoon then you know that you oil is hot and ready to go.

Take one tortilla and place it on the warm griddle or frying pan. Allow it to warm for about a minute on each side. Using tongs, remove it from the pan and place it in the hot oil, just long enough to coat the entire tortilla in oil. Remove the tortilla from the oil and allow the excess oil to drip from the tortilla. Then place the tortilla on a plate. Repeat this step for all of the tortillas.

Step 3: Fill The Tortillas

Place the tortilla on a flat surface. Now add 3 ounces of cheese to the middle of the tortilla and then sprinkle it with as many of the onions as you like. Roll the tortilla into a cylinder and place them into a pan for cooking. Repeat this step for each of the tortillas

Step 4: Smother The Tortillas

Cover each enchilada with the enchilada sauce we made earlier. Then cover all of the enchiladas with the remaining cheese, you can use as little or as much as you like. Place the pan in the oven and cook for 5 minutes or until the cheese is completely melted.

Step 5: Garnish And Serve

Remove the enchiladas from the oven. Serve the enchiladas by taking them out with a spatula and putting them on each plate. You can garnish with green onions for extra flavor.
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Tips & Comments
  1. Plexihacker

    Thank you for posting the ingredients for the enchilada sauce! I've searched everywhere but nobody will post their exact ingredients including amounts. This is the key to a good enchilada, regardless of whether you stuff them with cheeses or meats. Adiós!

  2. Toniizhiithoo

    I´m mexican and enchiladas includes chicken and agree with rebecca, if you want to taste the original mexican food visit mexico!! VIVA MEXICO Y AL QUE NO LE GUSTE QUE SE CHINGUE!

  3. MrsRebecca

    This is what you call ''restaurant style'' Mexican food. Authentic enchilladas are a bit different as the the tortillas are dipped in red souce prior to being placed in bake dish, and they top them with black olives which is sooo yummy. Can stuff it with mince (ground) beef or any type of meat you fancy. WISH WE COULD SEE HOW TO MAKE CORN TORTILLAS AS WE CAN'T BUY THESE IN THE UK, However we can get maze (corn flour)_. Anyone out there listening.... Corn tortillas pleasssse!

  4. dfwg

    very nice and delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. crazycatlady

    I will try this sauce because it reminds me of Mexican Inn in South Chicago. I make my enchiladas using ancho or pasilla peppers. Remove seeds, tear into pieces, cover with water, let sit until soft. Put into blender with the water, add a little oregano, chopped garlic and comino, pinch of salt. Blend into sauce, add a little water if necessary. After softening the tortillas in oil, remove all but a little of the oil. Add the sauce mixture to the pan, dip tortillas, turning to coat, put in a tray, fill with mexican cheese and chopped onion, (you can also add chopped chicken breast), roll and put in oven until cheese is melted. The aroma coming from your kitchen will "knock your socks off." Garnish with shredded lettuce, tomato slices and sour cream. A little jalepeno in escabeche over the top is good also.

  6. user17

    mmmmm i want enchiladas nowwwww

  7. dutchcoffee

    ok real Mexicans put on some real Mexican recipes not this American version of Mexican food.

  8. Anonymous

    in england we fill with chicken and half of the sauce with a pinch of cheese then fold after that we smother with the rest of the enchilada sauce and top with some more cheese

  9. Anonymous

    Please change the tittle to "American cheese enchiladas"

  10. Anonymous

    The best Mexican food is made in the United States.