Enchiladas Potosinas Recipe

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  • Prep Time

    35 mins

  • Cook Time

    35 mins

  • Servings

    4

  • Calories

    1056 kcal

  • Cuisine

    Mexican

Enchiladas Potosinas Recipe

San Luis Potosí style enchiladas prepared by dipping the tortillas in a guajillo chile sauce then cooked with in a few spoonfuls of a chile sauce prepared with ancho, chile, serrano chile, green tomato, and tomato. 

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 8 green tomatoes
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 white onion halved
  • 2 guajillo chile peppers
  • 2 ancho chile peppers
  • 1 serrano chile pepper
  • 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
  • 7 ozs. Chihuahua cheese
  • 7 ozs. cotija or añejo cheese
  • 6 ozs. crema Mexican cream
  • 1 cup cooking oil
  • 12 corn tortillas
  • salt to taste

Instructions

Chile Sauce Preparation

  1. Remove the seeds and stems from the chiles and discard.
  2. Soak the chiles in 2 cups warm water for 10 minutes.
  3. Put the green tomatoes, plum tomato, and chile serrano in a pot and add just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
  4. Blend the guajillo chiles with ½ cup water and set aside. We will use the blended guajillo to coat the tortillas before placing them in the oil.
  5. Finely chop the onion.
  6. Fry the onion in 3 tbsps. cooking oil over medium heat until they start turning translucent.
  7. Strain the blended green, tomatoes, tomato, serrano chile, and ancho chiles into the fried onion.
  8. Blend the tomato chile sauce with onion again until smooth.
  9. Return the blended chile sauce into your cooking pot and cook for 20 minutes over medium heat. Then, add salt until it's just slightly salty tasting.

Assembling and Cooking

  1. Dip each tortilla in the reserved guajillo chile sauce.
  2. Add a thin slice of Chihuahua cheese to each dipped tortilla and fold in half. Do this with all the tortillas before cooking.
  3. Pour ¼ cup cooking oil into a medium-hot frying pan.
  4. Place 4 enchiladas at a time in the hot oil.
  5. Spoon the cooked chile sauce over each enchilada. Cook for 30 seconds. Turn them once and then spoon a little more sauce over each enchilada. Cook for 30 more seconds.

Serving

  1. Serve 4 enchiladas per plate. Top with crema, crumbled añejo cheese, and very thinly sliced onion rings.

Notes

  • Substitutions
  • These enchiladas are served warm not piping hot.
  • Use any mild melting cheese in place of the Chihuahua cheese.
  • Use any crumbly Mexican cheese in place of the añejo cheese.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 1056kcal (53%) Carbohydrates 92g (31%) Protein 50g (100%) Fat 57g (88%) Saturated Fat 21g (105%) Cholesterol 129mg (43%) Sodium 29405mg (1225%) Potassium 1558mg (45%) Fiber 14g (56%) Sugar 45g (90%) Vitamin A 7676IU (154%) Vitamin C 72mg (80%) Calcium 973mg (97%) Iron 5mg (28%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 1056 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 1056kcal 53%
Carbohydrates 92g 31%
Protein 50g 100%
Fat 57g 88%
Saturated Fat 21g 105%
Cholesterol 129mg 43%
Sodium 29405mg 1225%
Potassium 1558mg 33%
Fiber 14g 56%
Sugar 45g 90%
Vitamin A 7676IU 154%
Vitamin C 72mg 80%
Calcium 973mg 97%
Iron 5mg 28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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