breakfast enchiladas
These babies are so good! We love all the creamy cheese sauce that is used in them. There is just so much comfort in this comfort food. Make for dinner or breakfast, either way, they are just awesome. My crew swipes their fingers in the empty dish to make sure they get every last drop. I serve these with nothing else, just all by themselves, because they hit the spot on so many levels.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
A fantastic breakfast twist on enchiladas. The homemade cheese sauce is what makes these enchiladas so good. Thick and creamy, fire-roasted chiles add a little heat to it. Filled with cheesy eggs and hot sausage, the enchiladas are cooked in the cheese sauce and then topped with more cheese. We'd save this for a weekend or holiday brunch since there are a few steps to this breakfast recipe. We topped ours with extra cilantro, tomatoes, and green onions to bring the flavors together. A dollop of sour cream or salad would also be delicious.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups whole milk; 2% is also fine
- 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 can fire-roasted green chiles, undrained (4 oz)
- 1 pound hot pork sausage or what you'd like
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 stalks green onions
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro or 1 Tbsp dried leaves
- 12 large eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 8 - 10 - soft flour tortillas, 8 inch
- 1 cup shredded Pepper Jack cheese
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- - cherry or grape tomatoes sliced into quarters, for serving
- - diced green onions, for serving
- - fresh cilantro, for serving
- salsa, for serving
- sour cream, for serving
How To Make breakfast enchiladas
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Step 1For the cheese sauce, melt 1/3 c butter in a heavy pan. Add 1/3 cup flour and whisk on medium-low heat for 3 - 4 minutes (this takes the raw flour taste out). -
Step 2Slowly add 3 cups of milk and whisk to combine. Let cook on medium-low heat until thick and creamy.
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Step 3Slowly stir in 2 cups of shredded cheese. Stir until all is melted and creamy.
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Step 4Add 1 can of undrained fire-roasted (or regular) green chiles and fold into the cheese sauce.
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Step 5Let simmer for 5 minutes on low stirring a few times. Remove from heat.
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Step 6For the enchiladas, in a large skillet brown the sausage. Cook until no longer pink. Drain grease and rinse sausage to remove any leftover grease. Remove to a plate or bowl.
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Step 7In the same pan, melt 2 Tbsp of butter. Cook green onions and cilantro for 5 minutes on medium-low heat. After 5 minutes reduce heat to low.
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Step 8In a large bowl beat 1 dozen (12) eggs together. Add salt and pepper; mix.
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Step 9Pour beaten eggs into the pan with green onions and cilantro and cook slowly. Let eggs set and fold eggs easily. The eggs should be cooked into larger chunks, not a small scramble. Cook until almost done (still moist).
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Step 10To the egg mixture, add 1 cup of cheese sauce but do not stir.
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Step 11Add sausage to pan. Add 1 more cup of cheese sauce. Gently fold eggs and sausage together.
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Step 12Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Step 13Prepare a 9x13 baking dish or larger by spreading about 1/2 cup of the cheese sauce in the bottom.
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Step 14Open and microwave heat flour tortillas for 35 seconds to soften them.
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Step 15Place roughly 1/3 cup egg and sausage mixture down center or tortilla (I add about 2 Tbsp of extra cheddar cheese to my tortilla before I roll it up) Fold side closet to you over mixture and roll the tortilla.
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Step 16Place seam side down in prepared baking dish. Repeat until all filling is used or you run out of tortillas (I often get 12 of them).
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Step 17Pour remaining cheese sauce over enchiladas spreading it evenly over them. Top with shredded pepper jack cheese or cheese of your choice.
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Step 18Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until cheese sauce is bubbly.
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Step 19Remove to a wire rack and cool for 15 minutes or more. Top with green onions, tomatoes, and cilantro. Salsa and sour cream are good too.
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