stacked enchiladas for beginners

Name: Stacked Enchiladas for Beginners
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 - large can red or green enchilada sauce or chili con carne; 12 - corn tortillas; 2 cup(s) shredded longhorn cheese or mexican blend cheese; 1 - onion, chopped; - shredded lettuce; 2 - roma tomatoes, diced; 4 - 6 - green onions, chopped; - sour cream, for garnish; - salsa and tortilla chips

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Jeanne Benavidez

Odessa, TX

Updated on Oct 23, 2011

This is an easy recipe way to make enchiladas for a new cook. It uses canned enchilada sauce or chili instead of homemade sauce.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 - large can red or green enchilada sauce or chili con carne
12 - corn tortillas
2 cups shredded longhorn cheese or mexican blend cheese
1 - onion, chopped
- shredded lettuce
2 - roma tomatoes, diced
4 - 6 - green onions, chopped
- sour cream, for garnish
- salsa and tortilla chips

How To Make stacked enchiladas for beginners

Step 1

Heat enchilada sauce or chili thoroughly in a saucepan.

Step 2

Place a spoonful of sauce on your heat-proof plate. Dip tortilla in sauce and lay flat on the sauce.
Step 3

Ladle 1-2 tablespoons of sauce over the tortillas and sprinkle with cheese and chopped onion.
Step 4

Repeat this process to form a stack of three for each serving.
Step 5

Bake in 375° oven for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Step 6

Garnish with lettuce, tomato and green onions.
Step 7

Serve with sour cream, salsa and tortilla chips.
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