This recipe is partly my grandmother's. Growing up she fed us taquitoes, tacos, and enchiladas with potatoes. It was cheap, yummy, and went a long way. This is a great supplementation for lent. I just bought a cast iron pan and its really the only way to go when cooking potatoes. Plus, you get some extra iron in your food to make up for the lack of meat! If you don't have a cast iron pan, don't sweat it. I made these last night and they came out really good, although I did have a lot of potatoes left over. I just froze them to use for later. This looks like a hard recipe, but it isn't. It doesn't take anymore effort than making chicken enchiladas.
Ingredients
4-6 Russet Potatoes Peeled (use your best judgement, about 1/2 potato per enchilada)
1 medium onion, divided
Salt and Pepper to taste
Garlic Powder to taste2 Cloves minced garlic4 tablespoons oil, divided2- 8oz cans tomato sauce (one for the potatoes)
15 ounce can chopped or crushed tomatoes 2 tsp chili powder1/2 tsp cumin1/4 tsp oregano1/8 tsp pepper
dash of Cayenne pepper
1 Cup shredded cheese (I like Colby-jack mix because it is really smooth, any combination would work, plain old cheddar is great too)
12 Corn Tortillas
If you want to cut some cooking time, you can use a can of store bought sauce in place of all the ingredients I italicized. You will need 1 can of sauce though.
First, prepare your potatoes. You want to go about your regular method of boiling just as you would for mashed potatoes. While they are cooking, prepare your sauce. In a medium saucepan, heat 2 tbsp oil. Add 1/2 of the onion and 2 cloves garlic. Over medium heat cook until onion is tender, stirring frequently. Be careful not to burn the garlic. Add tomatoes and one can of sauce sauce, oregano, chili powder, cumin, and 1/8 tsp pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to med/low allow to simmer while you prepare stuffing.
To prepare stuffing: when your potatoes are soft (stick a fork in them) drain and return to pan. Mash with a potato masher. It is OK that there is some lumps but you want them to be smooth. Add salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste. In a cast iron skillet, heat up the remaining 2tbsp oil until pan is nice and hot; add remaining onion. When the onion is tender, add the mashed up potatoes then add the remaining can of tomato sauce. Its like making re fried beans. You might want to add half the can, then 3/4 can. The potatoes will be pinkish, then orangeish. Taste the potatoes, if they have a nice flavor you don't have to add the whole can. Any left overs can just be added to the sauce. Let the potatoes fry up a bit, then turn them over in sections. Continue to cook them about 10 mins or so.
To prepare the tortillas: The preferred method would be to fry these up in oil until they are soft. It really brings out their flavor. But if you want to cut some fat out, you can cook them in a dry skillet or in the microwave. Heat the skillet over med/high heat. Place tortilla one at a time and cook them until they are soft on both sides. Place on place until you are finished with all of them and are ready to stuff them.
When your tortillas are finished, place a tablespoon or so of the stuffing in each, roll them up and place them in a baking dish. (11x7) If you fried them in oil you wont need to grease the dish, but if you cooked them dry then spray it down evenly with some non-stick cooking spray. Place them seam down in a row. Top the enchiladas with your sauce and then with your shredded cheese. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20-30 mins until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly.
Serve with your favorites, beans and rice, sour cream, guacamole, olives etc. Of you like olives in your enchiladas you can place them on top while cooking or inside when you roll them up. \
Thats it! Let me know if you try it and how it turned out. I had to create the recipe because it was given to me with no measurements... but it worked out fine for us!
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Brian hasn't been to see us since Clare was about 2 weeks old. It was great to see him and he was amazed at how big Clare has grown. They hit it off pretty well. In fact, if you look closely at the picture on the left there, they are both making the same face. Honestly, I think it was in response to Paul's new song; 
