Simple Rooster Enchiladas with Crimson Sauce will delight your total household. Tacky, make-ahead, and so satisfying — no restaurant required!
Meet one in all my very favourite household dinner recipes that’s not solely simple to assemble, however so scrumptious that I make a double batch every time I pull the recipe out.
Hiii, Simple Rooster Enchiladas with Crimson Sauce!
Between my husband, three youngsters, and myself, we simply end a full recipe, so the double batch turns out to be useful for having tasty leftovers for lunches later within the week.
This luscious hen dinner recipe is a STAPLE in our home!
Watch How you can Make Them
Restaurant-Type Rooster Enchiladas
The key to attaining restaurant-style hen enchiladas at house is to make use of home made pink enchilada sauce. Actually, no store-bought sauce compares and, fortunate for you and me, home made pink enchilada sauce takes lower than 10 minutes to make with pantry staples.
Plus the sauce freezes superbly so you possibly can multiply the recipe then inventory the freezer with pre-made, able to rock, home made enchilada sauce!
Components Wanted
For the Crimson Enchilada Sauce:
- Oil: vegetable oil or one other neutral-flavored cooking oil like avocado oil or canola oil is used to toast the dried seasonings.
- Flour: use a measure-for-measure / 1:1 gluten free flour versus a single-ingredient flour like coconut or almond flour. You should use all-purpose flour in case you don’t must eat gluten free.
- Chili powder: use delicate chili powder to maintain this dish delicate/medium, or go along with scorching chili powder to spice issues up.
- Onion powder: lends onion taste with out having to chop an onion.
- Dried oregano: use dried oregano leaves vs floor dried oregano.
- Garlic powder: provides garlic taste with out having to peel then mince garlic.
- Cumin: for a touch of smoky taste.
- Tomato paste: provides that signature pink coloration and wealthy taste to the enchilada sauce.
- Rooster broth: to create the sauce.
- Salt: a pinch to amplify all of the flavors.
For the Rooster Enchiladas:
- Shredded hen: prepare dinner then shred hen breast for the enchilada filling utilizing any technique you want. I’ve made this recipe utilizing all the pieces from Roast Rooster (Costco Rotisserie Rooster is a straightforward choice!) to Crock Pot Salsa Rooster, and Baked Rooster. Be at liberty to make use of hen thighs, or a combination of shredded thighs and hen breast.
- Corn tortillas: I really like Mi Rancho Thincredibles Corn Tortillas which don’t crack as soon as warmed then rolled. Mission model Tremendous Smooth Corn Tortillas, which are available in yellow or white corn, are nice too. You should use flour tortillas in case you desire the style / texture and don’t must eat gluten free.
- Shredded Mexican cheese mix: is a mix of cheeses that soften and stretch just like the cheese does inside restaurant enchiladas.
The Tortilla Debate: Corn or Flour?
Even when I didn’t have Celiac Illness and must eat gluten free, I’d nonetheless use corn tortillas to make Rooster Enchiladas. They turn out to be smooth and creamy draped with the home made pink sauce. Mmm!
Whereas corn tortillas are liable to cracking after rolling (take a look at my ideas under for serving to to stop this) you’ll by no means be capable of inform as soon as the enchiladas are lined in pink sauce and shredded cheese.
That mentioned, if the feel of corn tortillas simply isn’t for you, you should utilize your favourite flour-style tortilla on this recipe.
Finest Cheese for Rooster Enchiladas
Whereas cheese isn’t as central to this hen enchilada recipe as it’s to Cheese Enchiladas, I nonetheless advocate you employ a Mexican-style shredded cheese mix which is stuffed inside every enchilada with shredded hen, and sprinkled on prime of the enchiladas earlier than baking.
These blends comprise the proper mixture of cheeses that each stretch and soften when scorching. Listed here are two blends to look out for (although there are tons extra!):
- Monterey Jack cheese, Asadero, Queso Quesadilla
- Oaxaca and Asadero
What to Serve with Rooster Enchiladas
Actually one of many the explanation why I really like making Rooster Enchiladas for dinner is as a result of I can serve it with a easy facet salad and name it a day — or quite, dinner. That mentioned, these different recipes pair very effectively with enchiladas:
Okay, let’s get you some Rooster Enchiladas!
How you can Make Simple Rooster Enchiladas
Step 1: Make the home made Crimson Enchilada Sauce
Warmth vegetable oil in a medium-sized saucepan over medium warmth then whisk in flour and prepare dinner for 1 minute.
Add seasonings and spices then proceed to whisk till they’re toasted and aromatic however not burnt, ~30 seconds.
Lastly, whisk in tomato paste till clean then slowly pour in hen broth whereas whisking to create a clean sauce.
Improve the warmth to medium-high to convey the sauce to a simmer, then flip the warmth all the way down to medium and proceed to simmer whereas stirring till the sauce has barely thickened, 1-2 minutes. Pour the sauce right into a glass measuring dish — ideally with a lip — then let the sauce cool barely. The sauce will proceed to thicken because it cools.
- Tip: make the pink enchilada sauce as much as 5 days forward of time. Retailer in an hermetic container within the fridge (glass advisable as plastic will stain) then re-warm earlier than utilizing.
Step 2: Roll the Rooster Enchiladas
Scoop 1/2 cup enchilada sauce into the underside of a 9×13″ nonstick sprayed baking dish then unfold it into a good layer.
Subsequent, wrap half the tortillas in a humid paper towel then microwave for 30 seconds to heat them up — this helps stop the tortillas from cracking. Don’t fear in the event that they nonetheless crack because the enchiladas might be lined in sauce and cheese anyway.
One after the other, place a heat tortilla onto a clear, dry floor like a plate or chopping board then unfold shredded hen evenly throughout the middle. High with a sprinkling of shredded cheese then roll the tortilla and place seam-side down within the baking dish.
Repeat with the remaining elements, warming the second batch of tortillas when wanted.
Step 3: Cowl with sauce and cheese then bake.
Pour the remaining pink enchilada sauce over the tops of the corn tortillas, taking care to verify there aren’t any uncovered elements as they’ll turn out to be powerful and dry after baking.
You won’t want to make use of all of the pink enchilada sauce to fully cowl the hen enchiladas.
Sprinkle extra shredded cheese on prime then cowl the baking dish with a bit of nonstick sprayed foil and bake within the oven for half-hour at 350 levels, or till the cheese on prime has melted and the enchilada sauce is effervescent.
Let the enchiladas cool for 10 minutes earlier than scooping onto plates and serving.
I MEAN. Inform me this wouldn’t perk up any ho hum weeknight?!
Let the Rooster Enchiladas sit and funky for 10-Quarter-hour then serve with any/all toppings and facet dishes.
How you can Retailer and Reheat Leftovers
Though my husband makes it his private mission to attempt to devour each final drop of Rooster Enchiladas every time I make them, as I discussed, I are inclined to make a double batch so we will reheat leftovers for lunches later within the week. Right here’s how:
- To retailer: Switch leftover enchiladas into an hermetic container with a lid then refrigerate for 3-4 days. I like to recommend a glass storage container because the pink sauce can stain plastic.
- To reheat: Reheat individual-sized parts within the microwave till scorching.
How you can Make-Forward
I really like having this casserole within the fridge able to bake. Right here’s how:
- Assemble the casserole up till the purpose of overlaying the enchiladas with pink sauce. Cowl the enchiladas with plastic wrap then refrigerate individually from the sauce.
- When it’s time to bake, re-warm the sauce then pour it over the enchiladas and bake in accordance with recipe instructions.
How you can Freeze
Rooster Enchiladas additionally freeze effectively — freeze them earlier than baking, vs after. Right here’s how:
- To freeze: Make sure the enchilada sauce is COLD, in any other case the tortillas can take in the nice and cozy sauce, then assemble the hen enchiladas in accordance with recipe instructions. Cowl the baking dish in plastic wrap, then foil, after which freeze for as much as 3 months.
- To bake: Thaw the hen enchiladas within the fridge then take away the plastic wrap, get well with foil, and bake in accordance with recipe instructions.
Extra Restaurant-Type Tex-Mex Recipes
- 4 cups shredded hen, see notes
- 16 corn tortillas, Mi Rancho Thincredible Corn Tortillas advisable, see notes
- 8 oz shredded Mexican cheese mix
- chopped cilantro for garnish, non-obligatory
For the Crimson Enchilada Sauce (makes 2-1/4 cups):
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Preheat the oven to 350 levels then spray a 9×13″ baking dish, or two smaller baking dishes, with nonstick spray and put aside.
For the Crimson Enchilada Sauce:
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Warmth the oil in a medium-size saucepan over medium warmth then add the flour and prepare dinner whereas whisking for 1 minute. Add the seasonings — chili powder by means of cumin — then whisk till toasted and aromatic, 20-30 seconds. Add the tomato paste then whisk till the combination combines right into a crumbly-looking paste, 30 seconds.
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Slowly stream within the hen inventory whereas whisking to create a clean sauce then flip the warmth as much as medium-high and produce the sauce to a simmer whereas stirring slowly and consistently with a spatula. As soon as simmering, flip the warmth again all the way down to medium then simmer for a further 1-2 minutes or till the sauce has barely thickened (sauce will proceed to thicken because it cools). Pour right into a glass measuring dish with a lip/spout then cool barely earlier than utilizing. May be made as much as 5 days forward of time — see notes.
For Meeting:
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Unfold 1/2 cup enchilada sauce into the underside of the ready baking dish then put aside.
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Wrap half the tortillas in a humid paper towel then microwave for 30 seconds to heat them up — this helps stop the tortillas from cracking. Don’t fear in the event that they nonetheless crack because the enchiladas might be lined in sauce and cheese anyway.
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One after the other, place a heat tortilla onto a clear, dry floor like a plate or chopping board then unfold ~2 Tablespoons shredded hen throughout the middle. Unfold ~1 Tablespoon shredded cheese on prime then roll the tortilla and place it seam side-down within the baking dish. Repeat with the remaining elements, warming the second batch of tortillas when wanted. Reserve the additional shredded cheese.
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Pour the enchilada sauce on prime of the tortillas (could not want all of it) making certain they’re fully lined — any uncovered spots of tortilla will turn out to be powerful and exhausting after baking.
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Sprinkle the reserved shredded cheese on prime then cowl the baking dish with a bit of nonstick sprayed foil and bake for half-hour or till the cheese on prime has melted and the enchilada sauce is effervescent. Let the enchiladas cool for 10 minutes earlier than scooping onto plates and serving.
- You’ll need roughly 1-1/2lbs hen breasts cooked then shredded to equal 4 cups cooked, shredded hen.
- The pink enchilada sauce may be made as much as 5 days forward of time. Retailer in an hermetic container within the fridge (glass advisable as plastic will stain). Heat earlier than utilizing.
- I exploit delicate chili powder within the enchilada sauce to maintain it on the low finish of the warmth scale — perhaps a 3 on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being extraordinarily spicy. Use scorching chili powder to spice issues up.
- I really like Mi Rancho Thincredible Tortillas which don’t crack after being warmed. Mission Tremendous Smooth Corn Tortillas are a terrific choice too.
Energy: 537kcal, Carbohydrates: 38g, Protein: 38g, Fats: 27g, Saturated Fats: 10g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 7g, Monounsaturated Fats: 8g, Trans Fats: 0.05g, Ldl cholesterol: 107mg, Sodium: 967mg, Potassium: 584mg, Fiber: 7g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 1647IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 343mg, Iron: 3mg
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Photographs by Ashley McLaughlin
