Recipes: Enchiladas and Red and Green Chile Sauces

Purple and inexperienced chiles are key components of New Mexican delicacies. The Santa Fe College of Cooking provides “Sunday Morning” viewers their recipes for Enchiladas, and the sauces that accompany them, crimson or inexperienced (or each!), as seen within the faculty’s latest cookbook, “Celebrating the Foods of New Mexico.”

Remember to watch Conor Knighton’s report on chiles in New Mexico on “Sunday Morning” December 18!

Rooster or Cheese Enchiladas
Serves 10

Elements:

3 cups crimson or inexperienced chile sauce (recipes for sauces beneath)
16 contemporary corn tortillas, about 4 inches in diameter
4 cups cooked shredded rooster
1 1/2 kilos Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese, grated
1 1/2 cups diced onion, or sliced scallions with inexperienced tops
2 cups shredded iceberg or romaine lettuce
1 1/2 cups diced tomato
1 1/4 cups bitter cream

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Oil a 9×12 baking dish or pan.
2. Unfold about 1 cup of the sauce over the underside of the dish and layer half of the tortillas evenly over the sauce. High the tortillas with 1/2 of the rooster and 1/3 of the cheese and sprinkle with half the onion (for milder onion taste, use scallions). Repeat for second layer and high with the final cup of sauce and the remaining cheese.
3. Bake 20 to half-hour, till bubbly and calmly browned.
4. To serve, spoon parts onto dinner plates, garnish with shredded lettuce, diced tomato, and high with 2 tablespoons bitter cream. Serve with pinto beans and posole.

Inexperienced Chile Sauce
Printed in “Celebrating the Meals of New Mexico Cookbook”
Makes about 2 ½ cups

Elements:

1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup chopped onion
2 to three teaspoons minced garlic, to style
1 to 2 Tablespoons flour
2/3 cup gentle roasted, peeled, chopped New Mexico inexperienced chile
2/3 cups scorching roasted, peeled, chopped New Mexico inexperienced chile
1/3 teaspoon freshly floor coriander seed to style
1 1/2 cups rooster inventory
Salt to style

Directions:

1. Warmth the oil in a medium saucepan over medium warmth and sauté the onion till softened, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté 1 minute extra. 
2. Stir within the flour. Add the inexperienced chiles and coriander and slowly stir within the rooster inventory. Deliver the combination to a boil, scale back the warmth and simmer for about quarter-hour. Season with salt to style.
3. Optionally available seasonings: diced tomato, contemporary cilantro and/or cumin.

      
Purple Chile Sauce from Pods
Printed in “Celebrating the Meals of New Mexico Cookbook.”
Makes about 2 1/2 cups

Elements:

12 New Mexico crimson chile pods
2 to three cups boiling water
1/4 vegetable oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
2 to three teaspoons minced garlic
Salt to style

Directions:

1. Rinse the pods properly to take away particles and grime. Take away the stems from the chiles and shake out the seeds. Place the pods in a bowl and canopy with 2 to three cups of boiling water.
2. Weigh the chiles down with a plate or can to submerge (they generally tend to drift), and allow them to stand for half-hour.
3. In the meantime, warmth the oil in a small skillet over medium warmth and sauté the onion for 3 minutes, till softened. Add the garlic and cook dinner 2 minutes. Take away from the warmth and put aside.
4. Drain the chiles, reserving the liquid. Place half the chiles in a blender and add 1 1/2 cups of the soaking liquid and half of the sautéed onion/garlic combination and puree. Add extra chile liquid if the combination appears too thick. Repeat the method with the remaining chiles and 1 cup of the soaking liquid, however take care to pour rigorously and go away any residual grit on the backside of the liquid and discard. Pour the purees right into a medium saucepan and produce to a boil over medium warmth. Cut back the warmth to low and simmer the combination for 20 minutes. Pressure the sauce and discard the bits of pores and skin. Style and season with salt as wanted.
5. Optionally available seasonings: toasted chile seeds, Mexican oregano, freshly floor coriander seed.

       
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