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What's for Dinner, Fri., Oct. 29, 2021 (Original Post) NJCher Oct 2021 OP
Ground chicken enchiladas irisblue Oct 2021 #1
Best enchilada sauce... Nanuke Oct 2021 #2
Beef and vegetable soup Yonnie3 Oct 2021 #3
3 ounce steak, cold milk whole wheat biscuit, veggies bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #4
Wild rice with mushrooms and broccoli FoxNewsSucks Oct 2021 #5

irisblue

(32,954 posts)
1. Ground chicken enchiladas
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 04:37 PM
Oct 2021

Sauce- video also at site.
https://cookieandkate.com/enchilada-sauce-recipe/#tasty-recipes-24083-jump-target
I'm going to double the sauce, I'd made it a few months back and really enjoyed it in bean dip.
INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons flour (whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour and gluten-free flour blends all work!)
1 tablespoon ground chili powder (scale back if you’re sensitive to spice or using particularly spicy chili powder)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon salt, to taste
Pinch of cinnamon (optional but recommended)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 cups vegetable broth
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar or distilled white vinegar
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

INSTRUCTIONS
This sauce comes together quickly once you get started, so measure the dry ingredients (the flour, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, oregano, salt and optional cinnamon) into a small bowl and place it near the stove. Place the tomato paste and broth near the stove as well.
In a medium-sized pot over medium heat, warm the oil until it’s hot enough that a light sprinkle of the flour/spice mixture sizzles on contact. This might take a couple of minutes, so be patient and don’t step away from the stove!
Once it’s ready, pour in the flour and spice mixture. While whisking constantly, cook until fragrant and slightly deepened in color, about 1 minute. Whisk the tomato paste into the mixture, then slowly pour in the broth while whisking constantly to remove any lumps.
Raise heat to medium-high and bring the mixture to a simmer, then reduce heat as necessary to maintain a gentle simmer. Cook, whisking often, for about 5 to 7 minutes, until the sauce has thickened a bit and a spoon encounters some resistance as you stir it. (The sauce will thicken some more as it cools.)
Remove from heat, then whisk in the vinegar and season to taste with a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper. Add more salt, if necessary (I usually add another pinch or two). Go forth and make enchiladas


Storage-STORAGE SUGGESTIONS: Extra enchilada sauce will keep well in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Or, freeze it for up to 3 months. Let it cool to room temperature before transferring to a wide-mouth mason jar, leaving some room at the top for expansion (don’t screw on the lid completely until the mixture is fully frozen), or a freezer bag (remove excess air before sealing).


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Nanuke

(487 posts)
2. Best enchilada sauce...
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 04:55 PM
Oct 2021

…is the one from Cookie and Kate that Irisblue just posted. I found it about 4 years ago and nothing else compares. Have given out the recipe many times after others have tasted and requested it.

Dinner tonight is shrimp fajitas (or mine with tofu), cornbread and sliced tomatoes (one left from the garden).

Yonnie3

(17,427 posts)
3. Beef and vegetable soup
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 05:01 PM
Oct 2021

FLFC liked his cubes of beef. They were melt in your mouth tender so he didn't have to chew so hard he fell down.

bucolic_frolic

(43,115 posts)
4. 3 ounce steak, cold milk whole wheat biscuit, veggies
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 05:17 PM
Oct 2021

scallions, broccoli, carrot, cabbage leaf.

Today's innovation is to cook all in the same glass dish in the toaster oven. This is an energy saving idea. Unpredictable outcome.

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