I like enchiladas. Thursday nights is usually tacos for Mandi and I, but occasionally we veer into other tex/mex/southwest foods instead. Last Thursday we did enchiladas for the premier of The Office. I realized I never posted enchiladas here, so here it is! We must have been in a baking/layering/casserole type mood cause we made lasagna a few days later.
Pork Shoulder
Pork in a pot with a few dried chiles, crushed garlic, onions, bay leaves, chipotle, cumin seeds, salt and pepper. Fill with water. I also added some leftover vegetable stock. Bring this to a simmer and cover halfway. Simmer it for 2 hours.
When the pork is almost ready, start the enchilada sauce. This is just onions and oil in a pan.
Add some garlic, then a tablespoon of flour. Whisk this with a fork or whisk to remove lumps.
Add a tin of green chiles.
This is one bag of dried chiles. I think they were New Mexican. I soaked them for about a half hour.
Add to pan, water and all.
Little tomato paste. I meant to do this before adding the water, this was still ok though.
Add some oregano, chile powder and cumin.
Pork out of the water. It sort of looks like a really big ham hock now doesn't it?
Shredded with the 2 fork method.
The beans are from a can and rinsed, the corn from the freezer. Salt these and have them ready.
A little of the cooking juice onto the pork to keep it moist.
Reduce Reduce Reduce.
Blend it up.
Look at the color on that!
Oh yea, did I mention I don't like to roll up enchiladas? I like to lay it all out like a lasagna.
Layers were: sauce, corn tortillas, sauce, pork, corn and beans, cheddar and jack, repeat once, then do more tortillas on top then cheese.
Pork cooking liquid:
Water
Oregano
Onions
Garlic
Chipotle
Molasses
Dried Chile
Bay Leaf
Salt
Pepper
Simmer for 2 hours, then shred meat.
Enchilada Sauce:
Put dried chiles into water and soak, half hour.
Cook diced onions in oil.
Add garlic, 30 seconds, then Tbsp flour and stir fast to break lumps. Cook 5 min.
Add tin green chiles and tomato paste. Cook 3 minutes.
Add dried chilies and soaking water. Cook on med-high and reduce for about 10 / 15 minutes.
Blend.
I never thought to NOT roll enchiladas. I think I might actually like them this way. yum.
I cant even ARTICULATE how great this looks...though I will swap pork for chicken!! MY GOODNESS!!! : )
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