Darlene's "Conversation-Starter" Enchiladas

 

Background Story

My mother doesn’t cook unless it’s the weekends where we are all together. Most of the time we do not spend weekends together. With Samantha, my older sister, working in the afternoons and me in the mornings, we never really have time to sit down and catch up. On those days where we have asked for the day off my mother would cook. One of our favorite foods from her is her enchiladas casserole. 

The smell of the chilies burning on the stove while I was sitting at the table getting work done. While my sisters are in the living room playing Mario Bros. We didn’t want to mention it because my mom would just reply “Don’t ask just eat it.” Sitting there I would see the whole process of the way she would roll up each tortillas. Dipping them into the sauce and putting them into the pan. With each layer she would put cheese separating the the rolls. Having about 3 layer she would then put the pan in the oven leaving to sit for the right amount of time for have the tortillas crisp up. 

It would be layers of rolled up enchiladas being glued by cheese. Having it hot and the red salsa oozing around the cheese. The conversations around this meal were about love life, school, and just in general overall lifestyle. We would sit there and once we were done we would stay here for another hour.

Recipe

Tortilas

Cheese 

Chiles Caflifornia

Agos

Cebolla

Cominos

Salt

Chicken 

First thing to do is to cook the chicken. Would be in a pot and to bring the water to a boil with salt. After it’s done cooking you can start preparing the sauce. Getting the blender to blend everything together. Needing to blend chiles California, agos, cebollas, cominos, and with salt. Now you can put the water from boiling the chicken. Blending it till smooth. While waiting you can shred the chicken. Once done you can put your tortillas in the microwave so they don’t break on you when you roll them. After, you can grab and make a set up of the an where the end product will be. Dipping the tortilla into the sauce and rolling them up with chicken. Placing them into the pan and making layers separating with cheese. After being done you can place it in the oven at 150 degrees for about 15 mins to let the cheese melt. After that you can let it cool down and serve.