Every kitchen needs a great enchilada recipe. This one is mine! Creamy Red Enchiladas are so tasty and super versatile. You can make them with any type of filling – shredded chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, or cheese. You can also get extra fancy with fillings like cream cheese with green chilies and shredded chicken or Greek yogurt with shredded beef and jalapenos.
The homemade sauce is the real star of this dish – and it’s really simple to make. Like I have said so many times – sauces from scratch are amazing and super easy! Stop reaching for the cans and jars and make your own sauces!
In our house, we rotate between enchiladas and tacos almost every week. When you make it that often you start to get creative. This recipe started as wanting to learn to make regular enchilada sauce from scratch. I always thought the stuff from a can has a “tinny” flavor to it so I didn’t want to use it often. One I had figured out how to make the regular red enchilada sauce (you can find that recipe in the cookbook too!), I started to play around with it and came up with this Creamy Red Sauce variation.
I usually pair these with a simple side of rice and beans (another recipe you can find in the cookbook!). But it also would be great with a Southwest style side salad to add some veggies to the mix. They also freeze nicely if you want to make this ahead of time (prepare as directed and let cool complete then wrap for freezing). And if you are lucky enough to have leftovers – they make excellent lunch the next day!
Creamy Red Enchiladas
Ingredients
- 1 15oz Tomato Sauce
- 1 qt Chicken Bone Broth
- 3 tbsp Avocado Oil
- 1 cup Sour Cream
- 3 Garlic Clove minced
- ½ White Onion minced
- 2 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 2 tsp Ground Cumin
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- 1 tsp Coarse Black Pepper
- 12-15 Tortillas (Flour or Corn) taco sized
- 1 lb Filling of Choice chicken, beef, pork or cheese
- 2 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese shredded
Instructions
- Prepare all of the ingredients. Preheat Oven to 375 deg
- In a saucepan over medium high heat, add oil, onion, and garlic, and cook for 3 minutes. Add the Broth, and all the seasonings. Whisk together until all the oil is incorporated and let it cook for 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and slowly whisk in the Tomato Sauce. Once a smooth sauce, let it come just to a bubble. Using a slotted spoon, remove any larger pieces of onion and garlic that did not break down. Then reduce heat to low and simmer while you prepare your enchiladas.
- Fill each tortilla with desired meat and small amount of cheese (or all cheese) and line them up in a 13×9 baking dish.
- Whisk in the sour cream into the red sauce. Let simmer for 2-3 minutes then pour over your pan of enchiladas. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top of the sauce. Bake for 30 minutes. Allow to cook about 5 minutes before serving.
This recipe is from the Ethnic Adventures Section of the cookbook. You can purchase the Homemade on a Weeknight Cookbook in Paperback or Kindle (eBook) versions through Amazon to get all of the recipes from the Ethnic Adventures collection.
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YUMM!! I can’t wait to make these enchiladas for dinner tonight!
Awesome! Can’t wait to find out how it turns out.
One of our favourite family meals! Delicious!
Oh yum! This is a good comfort food after a long day at work. And each layer is filled with so much goodness!
Look at that cheese! I’m drooling! I love the flavors you used in this. It’s different than some enchilada recipes that I’ve tried. Looks so amazing!
Enchiladas are my favourite comfort food. The whole family gets together and loves Mexican night
Yum! Such a tasty meal – these enchiladas would not last long in our house!
We never have leftovers at my house – even when I think I made extra!
I love Enchiladas and those look ah-mazing! I can’t wait to try your recipe
Yes! I needed an enchilada recipe like this! I printed and pinned it. Thanks!
Oh gosh, these do look good!! I love the idea of a creamy sauce!
Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday this week.
Mollie