I made two enchilada casseroles yesterday. I did screw up some time back
and bought a can of diced jalapenos, thinking they were chiles. I put those
in my husband's. His had chicken, cheese and sour cream on top. No
complaints other than that he had the same thing two nights in a row.

I used the same sauce on both. Albertson's brand, mild. Vegetarian refried
beans in mine. Both had green peppers and white onions on top and I put a
can of chiles in mine. Mild chiles. I just checked the can. I feared that
it might be too mild for me and came close to putting some green Tabasco
sauce on it. Good thing I did not! There is some kind of heat in here and
it's a bit too much for me. I am eating it but I am feeling it!

I have another can of those chiles in there. But I am not sure I will buy
that same enchilada sauce again. And I might just use the chiles in
whatever I make for husband because he likes the heat! I can take a little
heat but this is overwhelming!

Never bumped into any canned green chiles which would light a person up too much..what brand were those? My Little Bride makes an excellent version of beef..cheese and onion rolled up models using McCormick Brand dry enchilada sauce in the packet made according to package directions..along with one regular sized can of Old El Paso brand medium hot Enchilada sauce in the can. The middles are fillled with a 50/50 mix of Velveeta plugs and shredded Extra Sharp cheddar along with fine minced onions. The sauce goes gets mixed with about a pound of browned up ground chuck..which is dumped on top and covered with whatever cheese happens to be left. We do the rice and beans on the side. Haven't played around too much with the red sauces and chicken. Might work..lol.

"bigwheel" > wrote in message
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> 'Julie Bove[_2_ Wrote:
>> ;1843184']I made two enchilada casseroles yesterday. I did screw up
>> some time back
>> and bought a can of diced jalapenos, thinking they were chiles. I put
>> those
>> in my husband's. His had chicken, cheese and sour cream on top. No
>> complaints other than that he had the same thing two nights in a row.
>>
>> I used the same sauce on both. Albertson's brand, mild. Vegetarian
>> refried
>> beans in mine. Both had green peppers and white onions on top and I put
>> a
>> can of chiles in mine. Mild chiles. I just checked the can. I feared
>> that
>> it might be too mild for me and came close to putting some green Tabasco
>>
>> sauce on it. Good thing I did not! There is some kind of heat in here
>> and
>> it's a bit too much for me. I am eating it but I am feeling it!
>>
>> I have another can of those chiles in there. But I am not sure I will
>> buy
>> that same enchilada sauce again. And I might just use the chiles in
>> whatever I make for husband because he likes the heat! I can take a
>> little
>> heat but this is overwhelming!
>
> Never bumped into any canned green chiles which would light a person up
> too much..what brand were those? My Little Bride makes an excellent
> version of beef..cheese and onion rolled up models using McCormick Brand
> dry enchilada sauce in the packet made according to package
> directions..along with one regular sized can of Old El Paso brand medium
> hot Enchilada sauce in the can. The middles are fillled with a 50/50 mix
> of Velveeta plugs and shredded Extra Sharp cheddar along with fine
> minced onions. The sauce goes gets mixed with about a pound of browned
> up ground chuck..which is dumped on top and covered with whatever cheese
> happens to be left. We do the rice and beans on the side. Haven't played
> around too much with the red sauces and chicken. Might work..lol.

I don't remember the brand. Blue label. Maybe a store brand? Could have
been the enchilada sauce. I was not impressed with the refried beans of
that brand. They weren't bad at all. I just prefer other brands. Have
actually only had one brand of refried beans that I didn't care for, because
they were soupy. They tasted fine though. That would be the Hytop.

I think my favorite enchiladas ever were cheese and onion. It was a scratch
recipe that I got many years ago from some onion website. My second
favorite was what I tried to recreate in the casserole. It was a refried
bean one with green peppers and white onions on top. Got them at Los
Amigos. Loved that restaurant! They had two locations, both of them gone
now. The last time I ate at one, it was in North Seattle or maybe it was
Lake City? Had not eaten at that location much since the Edmonds one was
closer. I ordered enchiladas and they brought them to me with flour
tortillas. I thought they had just made a mistake, so I called them back to
tell them. Waitress gave me a dumb look and said, "Oh I know! We were out
of the corn ones!" No apology. No offer to get me something else. Food
was edible but had I known, I would not have gotten them! I have since had
a particular enchilada with flour tortillas from Ixtapa but it is stated as
such. It is not oven baked and has lettuce in it. It is served wet but not
really gloppy with the sauce. Alas I can not have those any more or the
cheese ones because of my dairy problem. They use dairy in the sauce.