Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Enchi-ritos?

Hola!  You are probably wondering WTH an "enchi-rito" is.  I certainly would have been if I were in your shoes.  I found this recipe on Allrecipes.com for "enchiladas," but according to the comments that is very untrue and somewhat offensive since true enchildas are made with corn tortillas, not flour tortillas.  I liked one commentator's description of an "enchi-rito" so I'm choosing to call it that- I can't help it, I have a thing for funny words.


Ingredients

  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 (1.5 ounce) package dry enchilada sauce mix
  • 10 (10 inch) flour tortillas
  • 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium skillet over medium high heat, cook the ground beef and onion until beef is evenly browned and onion is tender.
  2. Prepare the enchilada sauce according to package directions. Pour 1/4 cup of the sauce into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.
  3. On each flour tortilla, place an equal portion of the ground beef mixture and about 1 ounce of Cheddar cheese, reserving at least 1/2 cup of cheese. Then tightly roll the tortillas and place seam side down in the baking dish.
  4. Pour the remaining sauce over the top of the enchiladas and sprinkle with the remaining cheese and olives.
  5. Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly and cheese is thoroughly melted.

My Changes

  • Per comments, I added 1/2 a pack of taco seasoning to the ground beef.
  • We used canned enchilada sauce, both regular red mild & green.  B LOVED the green, I preferred the red.
  • We also had refried beans and sour cream to add at the end, because that's what we like.
  • We used about 1.4 lbs of ground beef to make 4 enchi-ritos, with enough for one more left over.  Maybe we just overstuffed them, because they were HUGE after cooking.  But delicious none the less. 
  • I left out the olives, because I accidentally picked up green olives instead of black and that just didn't seem like good substitution.

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