La Posta De Mesillas Red Enchiladas Enchiladas Coloradas Recipes

STACKED RED ENCHILADAS (ENCHILADAS ROJAS)

Steps:

• Remove stems, seeds, and veins from the chile pods. Place in a colander and rinse well with cool water.
• Add the chiles to a large pot and add enough water so they are just covered. Bring water to a boil. Lower the heat, cover, and simmer for about 20 minutes. After 10 minutes turn the chiles over with tongs to make sure the chiles soften evenly. Drain cooked pods and allow time to cool down before blending. Discard water.
• Fill blender with 3 cups of water, half of the cooled chile pods, 3 tablespoons flour, 2 cloves garlic, and half of the salt. Blend until smooth. Strain sauce through a fine sieve to remove skins and seeds; discard skins and seeds. Repeat blending and straining process with remaining water, pods, flour, garlic, and salt. If necessary, season with more salt.
• This sauce can be made in advance and kept in airtight containers in the refrigerator or freezer. Red chile sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for up to one week or frozen for up to six months.
• Heat olive oil in large skillet. Pour 4 cups chile sauce into skillet and stir. Taste and season with salt if needed. If the sauce is too spicy, add a small can of tomato sauce and stir. If the sauce is too thick, add water until desired consistency is reached, making sure to add more salt if necessary.
• In a non-stick frying pan heat canola oil. Drop 1 tortilla at a time into the hot oil and fry until softened, turning once during frying. Drain on paper towels.
• Place lightly fried tortillas into the skillet of warm red sauce, one at a time. Coat the tortillas with the red enchilada sauce and place coated tortillas on a plate with a large slotted spoon.
• Layer a chile-coated tortilla with some shredded cheese and chopped onion. Put another coated tortilla on top and repeat the layers until you have a stack of 3 to 4 tortillas. Continue to make stacks of tortillas until all ingredients are used.
• Heat a small non-stick skillet over medium-low heat. Fry the eggs over-easy and place one on each stack of enchiladas-optional, but oh so worth the try.

ENCHILADAS ROJAS RECIPE

Steps:

• Let's start first with the enchilada sauce. Slightly roast the peppers in a hot griddle, pressing them flat with the help of a spatula. Make sure NOT to burn them. This step takes a few seconds on each side of the peppers.
• Once roasted, place them in a saucepan with water and turn the heat to medium and simmer for about 15 minutes or when they look soft.
• Remove saucepan from stove and let them cool for another 10-15 minutes. The pepper skins should look soft.
• After the resting period, drain the peppers and place in the blender along with the garlic cloves. Add 1/2 cup of clean water and blend until you have a smooth sauce. If necessary, strain the sauce into a large bowl using a fine strainer. Season with the oregano, salt, and pepper, and set aside.
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, just to keep the red enchiladas warm while you finish assembling them. Add the 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add oil little by little as needed. To much oil will get a soggy tortilla.
• Dip the tortilla into the enchilada sauce to lightly coat each side.
• Place it in the Frying Comal-pan or skillet and briefly fry a few seconds on both sides. Add more vegetable oil to the skillet as needed. Place fried tortillas in a dish while you make the rest of the tortillas to keep warm in the oven.
• To assemble the red enchiladas, first, place the filling in the center of the tortilla and fold it. Sometimes I place a meat filling into the center of the tortilla and then roll it, like in the pictures above.
• Sprinkle the enchiladas with the cheese and onion. Add the garnish of your choice and enjoy!
• If you decide to add the potatoes and carrots as a garnish: Peel potatoes and carrots, cut into cubes and boil until almost tender but still firm. Then drain and cool.
• Use the same frying pan where you fried the red enchiladas to lightly fry the potatoes, adding a little more oil. The potatoes and carrots will be coated with some of the sauce sticking to the frying pan. Season with salt and garnish with cheese.

LA POSTA DE MESILLA'S RED ENCHILADAS (ENCHILADAS COLORADAS)

Steps:

• Fry individual tortillas in hot fat. Leave in only long enough to soften. Do not fry crisply.
• Immerse tortillas completely in red sauce.
• Take out quickly and place on serving plate and sprinkle generously with the cheese and onion.
• Continue in layer cake fashion until each plate has 2 or 3 tortillas.
• If tortillas seem dry, spoon added sauce to taste.
• Fry an egg, sunny side up, per serving and place on top of enchilada.
• Garnish around edge of plate with shredded lettuce.

LA POSTA GREEN CHILE ENCHILADAS FROM MESILLA, NM

Steps:

• 1. Shred cheese and set aside in a separate bowl.
• 2. Saute onions, garlic,tomatoes, green chile and spices. This needs to simmer on low for about 20 minutes.
• 3. Meanwhile soften corn tortillas in hot oil and drain on paper towels.
• 4. Place 1/4 of the green chili sauce on the bottom of a large baking dish. Over the top of the softened tortilla place some cheese (or chicken if you are using meat--add some cheese) and roll. Put on top of the sauce. Continue layering and cover with the rest of the green chile sauce. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes or until bubbly.
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ENCHILADAS COLORADAS (RED ENCHILADAS)

Steps:

• Prepare RED CHILE SAUCE:.
• Wash chile and remove stems and seeds.
• Combine chile and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and cook for 15 minutes.
• Let cool and blend in a blender a small amount at a time.
• Strain through a sieve and add salt.
• Store 2 cups in refrigerator for immediate use and freeze remainder for later use.
• Prepare ENCHILADAS:.
• Heat chile sauce over low heat.
• Heat oil in frying pan.
• Using tongs, dip each tortilla in the hot oil just long enough to soften it.
• DO NOT FRY!
• Place 2 tortillas, one at a time, on an oven proof plate.
• Spoon on one or two tablespoons of the red chile sauce.
• Sprinkle with cheese and onion.
• Repeat the process with 2 more tortillas.
• Put plate in a warm oven to melt cheese.
• Repeat the procedure until all four plates are in the oven.
• Melt butter in a frying pan.
• Fry the eggs the way you like them (Over easy works best with for this dish).
• Place one egg on top of each enchilada plate.
• Decorate edges of plate with shredded lettuce and serve.