Enchiladas Suizas Recipe

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Nick Kindelsperger
Nick Kindelsperger is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Nick Kindelsperger
Nick Kindelsperger is a food critic at theChicago Tribune. His food writing appears inThe Washington Post,Newsweek, Epicurious,Baltimore Sun, Serious Eats, Grub Street,New York Magazine, and Tasting Table, among others.
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Updated Aug. 30, 2018
A skillet of enchiladas suizas stuffed with vegetables and topped with sliced onion and cilantro.

I am astonished I haven't written about this recipe before. It's probablymy favorite enchilada variation—it's comforting, soothing, and wildly absorbing. For help I turned toRick Bayless'sFiesta at Rick'sand I'm really glad I did. He replaces the normal shredded chicken with roasted vegetables. The veggie assortment turns sweet and caramelized in the oven, acting as the perfect balance to the spicy, acidic, and creamy sauce.

Usually the tortillas in enchiladas are fried quickly, both to soften them and to give them some structural integrity. Nothing is worse than enchiladas that just turn into mush in the oven.Bayless comes up with a pretty ingenious method here.Instead of frying them, you brush both sides of each corn tortilla with oil, stack them up, and place in a plastic bag. They go into microwave for a minute, and come out ready to go. It's a nice trick.

One thing about serving. He recommends serving these in six small iron skillets. I baked some in my large iron skillet and some in a baking dish, but I'd just recommended going for the latter, as I imagine most of us don't have a half dozen tiny skillets sitting around. Don't worry, while they don't look quite as dramatic, the actual enchiladas still taste utterly delicious.

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Active:30 mins
Total:60 mins
Serves:4 servings

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  • 1poundtomatillos, husks removed and rinsed

  • 1mediumwhite onion, sliced ¼-inch thick

  • 3garliccloves

  • 3serranos, stemmed

  • 3 1/2tablespoonscanola oil, divided

  • 2cupsvegetableor chickenbroth

  • 1/2cupMexican crema(or crème fraîche)

  • 2largecarrots, peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes

  • 1largered onion, peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes

  • 2cupscremini mushrooms, cleaned, stems removed, and cut into ½-inch cubes

  • 1butternut squash, peeled and seeds scooped out, flesh cut into ½-inch cubes

  • 12corn tortillas

  • 2/3cupchihuahua cheese(or other Mexican melting cheese)

For Garnish:

  • 1/4white onion, thinly sliced

  • 4tablespoonscilantro, chopped

Directions

  1. Adjust oven racks to lower middle and upper middle positions and preheat broiler. Toss tomatillos, onion, garlic, and serranos on large baking sheet and place in oven. Roast for four to five minutes, or until tomatillos soften and start to turn black. Flip everything over with pair of 12-inch tongs. Return to oven and cook for another four to five minutes. Some black is okay, but adjust vegetables if they simply start to burn. Remove and let cool. Adjust heat in oven to 400 degrees.

  2. Transfer all contents on baking sheet to a blender. Process until smooth.

  3. Pour 1 1⁄2 tablespoons canola oil into large dutch oven set over medium-high heat. When hot, dump contents of blender in. It should immediately start to sizzle and bubble. Cook, stirring often with wooden spoon, until darker, about three minutes. Pour in broth and crema, turn heat to medium-low, and stir until mixture is smooth. Partially cover dutch oven, and simmer for 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt.

  4. Toss carrots, red onion, mushrooms, and butternut squash with one tablespoon oil on a baking sheet. Season with a pinch of salt Place on the lower-middle rack in oven and cook for about 25 minutes. Toss with pair of 12-inch tongs after 10 minutes, and after 20. Vegetables, and especially carrots, should be tender. Return to oven for another five minutes if they are not.

  5. Pour remaining tablespoon of oil into a bowl. Using a brush, coat both sides of each tortilla with oil. Stack them up, and then place in a large plastic ziplock bag. Do not close bag. Place in microwave and cook for 1 minute.

  6. Pour one cup of sauce into a 13 by 9-inch baking dish. Scoop about two tablespoons of the roasted vegetables into each tortilla. Roll up, and place seam-side down in the sauce on the baking dish. Repeat 11 times. Pour remaining sauce over them, and then sprinkle cheese evenly on top.

  7. Place baking dish in oven and cook for 10 minutes, or until warm. Remove from oven, and using a spatula, transfer three enchiladas to each dish. Garnish with onion rings and cilantro. Eat immediately.

Nutrition Facts(per serving)
686 Calories
31g Fat
93g Carbs
19g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving
Calories 686
% Daily Value*
Total Fat31g 39%
Saturated Fat 10g 51%
Cholesterol45mg 15%
Sodium388mg 17%
Total Carbohydrate93g 34%
Dietary Fiber 20g 70%
Total Sugars 20g
Protein19g
Vitamin C 45mg 226%
Calcium 382mg 29%
Iron 4mg 24%
Potassium 1556mg 33%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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