Description
These enchiladas are packed with meat and cheese and topped with a homemade enchilada sauce and more cheese.
Ingredients
Scale
Slow Cooker Meat Option
- 4 lbs beef, chicken or pork
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion (chopped)
- 7 oz can diced green chile peppers
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tbsp cumin powder
- 2 tbsp garlic powder
- 3/4 cup beef or chicken stock
- salt and pepper
Homemade Enchilada Sauce
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 4 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp cumin powder
- ¼ tsp oregano
- 2 cups chicken stock
- salt and pepper
Enchiladas
- 12 corn tortillas
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 8 cups cheddar cheese (shredded)
- sour cream
- cilantro (for garnish)
Instructions
Slow Cooker Meat
- Season meat with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in a skillet on med-high heat and brown meat on all sides.
- Place the browned meat into a slow cooker and top with the remaining ingredients.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours (or high for 4 hours).
- Remove the meat and shred with two forks. Set aside.
Enchilada Sauce
- Heat oil in a small pan on med-high heat.
- Add flour and whisk continuously for one minute.
- Stir in all seasoning.
- Slowly add in the chicken stock and continue to whisk so there are no lumps.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
Enchiladas
- Preheat the oven to 350°
- Place a thin layer of enchilada sauce at the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish.
- Corn tortillas tend to be hard to work with, so I recommend frying them just a bit in hot oil on each side for just a minute or so. You don't want them to burn.
- Place the tortilla on a plate and fill the center with some meat.
- Add some colby jack cheese on top of the meat and roll the enchilada up, placing them in the baking dish (on top of the sauce) with the opening down.
- Continue to roll all 12 enchiladas up and fill up the baking dish.
- Top the rolled enchiladas with enchilada sauce.
- Top with cheddar cheese and place in the oven for 25 minutes.
- Turn the oven to broil and broil for 4-5 minutes, until the cheese browns just a bit.
- Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle with cilantro and serve with sour cream.
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Mexican





