Sunday, January 26, 2014

Mom's Enchilada's

Need:
1 whole chicken
cheese
corn tortillas
butter or marg.
flour

Boil one whole chicken till done. Drain off broth and set aside for later. Let chicken cool and take off bone. Skim off yucky stuff off top of broth and set aside. If you don't want to use broth from chicken you can buy chicken broth get a large one.

Sauce:
Melt 1 stick butter or marg. in large sauce pan. Add about 1/2 cup of flour and mix to smooth. Slowly add chicken broth you have set aside to flour mixture if you need more broth add water,stir until it becomes a smooth sauce about medium thick, add chili powder ( can add a little or a lot according to how spicy you want them ) stir and let set on low heat to simmer while you get everything else ready.

Fry tortillas in heated cooking oil until soft not crunchy. Drain on paper towel while you cook others. Pat off grease from tortillas.

Grate cheese.

Assemble Enchiladas:

Dip fried tortilla in sauce lay in 8 by 11 baking dish add chicken and cheese fold up. continue till all are made you want. Pour left over sauce on enchiladas in pan and top with remainder of cheese and some olives if you want them.


Heat in oven at 350 degrees until cheese melts.

1 comment:

  1. I'm so glad you put this recipe on here. I will post some recipes soon....I promise!!

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