Monday 12 November 2012

Family Food - Enchiladas

I'm soooo extremely tired. The Bairn has been poorly, and also has another tooth on its way. The only thing he wants to eat is yoghurt - regardless of what lovely homemade dishes I present before him. The result being that I'm making several different dishes at each meal in the hope he'll actually eat something. It's so awful when our babies are unwell, isn't it? Feeling so helpless. All I want is for him to be his usual cheeky, perma-hungry, cat-chasing self...

So on that depressing note, here's a recipe for enchiladas. I imagine it has absolutely no resemblance to the actual enchiladas you would find in actual Mexico, but bugger it. It's delicious and cheered up our little family tonight! The Bairn did not find it to be agreeable; instead consumed 3 spoonfuls of Weetabix, a raspberry yogurt and a cup of (very weak) Ovaltine.


Ingredients

2 chicken breasts diced
Onion diced
Clove of garlic crushed
A pepper diced
6 baby corns chopped
Handful of green beans chopped
Tin of chopped tomatoes
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Black pepper
6 flour tortillas
Grated cheddar
(for kids over one, pinch of salt if you want it, and a generous pinch of caster sugar.)

PHOTOS BELOW, CHAPS!

  1. Pan fry the chicken until sealed
  2. Add onion and garlic, stir fry until onions are soft
  3. Add paprika, chilli, ginger and pepper - fry for a few minutes
  4. Add peppers, baby corn and green beans, stir fry for few more minutes
  5. Add chopped tomatoes, simmer for 10 minutes - cover if your pan allows it - then stir in salt and sugar if using (not essential) heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
  6. Arrange tortillas in a dish as shown below
  7. Spoon chicken/veg into each tortilla "shell", then fold tortilla over the top
  8. Ladle remaining sauce over the top (thin it with water if you've little left, or it's all congealed)
  9. Cover with cheese
  10. Bake in oven for 20 minutes - should be golden, and smell AMAZING

 

 

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