Enchiladas Coloradas
Classic Stacked Enchiladas with Chorizo
  • CourseMain Dish
Ingredients
  • 1/2lb Mississippi Market loose chorizo sausage
  • 2cups red chile enchilada sauce (reserve 1/4 c for topping)
  • 1lug vegetable oil
  • 12whole corn tortillas
  • 12oz queso fresco, crumbled (reserve 1/4 for topping)
  • 1medium white onion, chopped (reserve 1/4 for topping)
  • 2whole green onions, chopped, for garnish
  • 1/4bunch cilantro, for garnish
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 300° F and warm 1 1/2 cup of chile sauce on low.
  2. Heat heavy skillet on medium. Add chorizo; break up and cook until done. Drain fat from meat. Heat skillet to medium.
  3. Add enough oil to skillet for dipping tortillas. Have 9 x 13” baking dish ready. Pour small amount of sauce into dish and spread around.
  4. Using tongs, dip each tortilla into oil for 1–2 seconds. Pull it out, drain, then dip it into chile sauce just long enough to coat it on both sides.
  5. Place tortilla in baking dish; add a spoonful each of cooked chorizo, queso fresco, chile sauce, and onion.
  6. Repeat until you have three layers. Repeat to make 3 other stacked enchiladas.
  7. Pour remaining sauce and toppings over stacks, bake for 10 minutes and garnish.
Enchiladas Coloradas
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Classic Stacked Enchiladas with Chorizo
  • CourseMain Dish
Ingredients
  • 1/2 lb Mississippi Market loose chorizo sausage
  • 2 cups red chile enchilada sauce (reserve 1/4 c for topping)
  • 1 lug vegetable oil
  • 12 whole corn tortillas
  • 12 oz queso fresco, crumbled (reserve 1/4 for topping)
  • 1 medium white onion, chopped (reserve 1/4 for topping)
  • 2 whole green onions, chopped, for garnish
  • 1/4 bunch cilantro, for garnish
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Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 300° F and warm 1 1/2 cup of chile sauce on low.
  2. Heat heavy skillet on medium. Add chorizo; break up and cook until done. Drain fat from meat. Heat skillet to medium.
  3. Add enough oil to skillet for dipping tortillas. Have 9 x 13” baking dish ready. Pour small amount of sauce into dish and spread around.
  4. Using tongs, dip each tortilla into oil for 1–2 seconds. Pull it out, drain, then dip it into chile sauce just long enough to coat it on both sides.
  5. Place tortilla in baking dish; add a spoonful each of cooked chorizo, queso fresco, chile sauce, and onion.
  6. Repeat until you have three layers. Repeat to make 3 other stacked enchiladas.
  7. Pour remaining sauce and toppings over stacks, bake for 10 minutes and garnish.
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