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Favorite enchiladas?
"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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> On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 12:01:44 AM UTC-8, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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>> > On Monday, January 18, 2016 at 4:54:50 PM UTC-8, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >> I was having dreams last night of the enchiladas that I used to get at
>> >> Los
>> >> Amigos. They used to be a Mexican restaurant that had a few locations
>> >> in
>> >> this area. I have seen a taco truck listed online and wonder if the
>> >> same
>> >> people might run it. Anyway... They made really good bean
>> >> enchiladas.
>> >> Just refried beans and cheese rolled up, more enchilada sauce on top
>> >> and
>> >> thin slices of green peppers and white onions. Soooo good!
>> >>
>> >> I would sometimes recreate similar for my lunch at work using a frozen
>> >> bean
>> >> burrito. I lived alone so never bought or made enchilada sauce. And
>> >> I
>> >> never bought tortillas in those days. Actually I think there was far
>> >> less
>> >> Mexican food available in the grocery stores here then. So I bought
>> >> what
>> >> I
>> >> could. I would use some plain tomato sauce and chopped fresh or
>> >> canned
>> >> tomatoes. Whatever I had in the house. Then the peppers and onions.
>> >> Heated in the microwave. People used to hover over it asking me what
>> >> it
>> >> was
>> >> because it looked and smelled so good.
>> >>
>> >> Another favorite that I would make a big pan of was cheese and onion
>> >> enchiladas. I no longer have the recipe but it was put out by some
>> >> onion
>> >> website. The sauce was red and made from scratch.
>> >>
>> >> I plan to make the bean ones in a few days. I have some tortillas and
>> >> sauce
>> >> and you know I have beans! Just need to wait until I find some good
>> >> peppers. The one that I got from Safeway was oddly anemic but not
>> >> mushy.
>> >> And I think I will need more than one. If memory serves, I used one
>> >> big
>> >> onion and two peppers per pan.
>> >
>> > These are the chicken enchiladas I used to make for lunch specials.
>> >
>> > http://hizzoners.com/index.php/recip...ken-enchiladas
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>> > and this is my red enchilada sauce, used for bean, or beef, or any
>> > enchilada you like.
>> >
>> > http://hizzoners.com/index.php/recip...nchilada-sauce
>>
>> That sauce looks good but how big is a #10 can? I well remember dropping
>> the #2 can of cling peaches on my toe as a toddler and having to go to
>> the
>> hospital to get wound under the nail drained. I have no clue why I did
>> that
>> as I have never liked peaches. Perhaps I was attempting to get something
>> behind it. I do remember being hungry. And everyone focusing on the
>> fact
>> that it was in fact a #2. #10 sounds huge!
>
> A #10 can is big. You find them in restaurant supply stores and maybe in
> some markets. The recipe makes a big soup pot full of sauce. You can
> portion it out and freeze some for later.
Thanks!
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