Cheese Enchiladas

[Beau Vine 54381]

Just now, elfenix said:

it's like you have no idea how gluten works.

I actually don't.  But I do know that if I line the bottom of the dish with sauce, the tortillas don't stick.

[jimmyjazz 46094]

5 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Quit being a gotdam yankee and make your own chile sauce that will taste 100X better than using powder:

https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-re-hydrate-chiles-2343043

If you think I don't know how to rehydrate fucking chiles then you haven't been paying attention to my posts for years.

In this case, when trying a new recipe, I'm going to stick to the fucking recipe, Doc.

[elfenix 34331]

Just now, Beau Vine said:

I actually don't.  But I do know that if I line the bottom of the dish with sauce, the tortillas don't stick.

remember when you were a kid and you mixed flour and water and made paste?  that's gluten in action.  and that's what happens when you add sauce to flour tortillas.  they turn into paste.  and then they glue themselves together on the sides of the roll. 

[Anastasis 23481]

10 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

On 8/28/2020 at 1:18 PM, elfenix said:

problem with flour tortillas is they glue themselves together in the baking dish

Not if you put a little bit of sauce in the dish before you lay the tortilla down, ya rube.

 

6 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Quit being a gotdam yankee...

 

[BlueGreySky 1028]

This thread is peak Surly.  I am fucking hungry as hell right now.  For the cheese argument, why not both?  I've always done my version of the Dart Bowl enchiladas putting EZ melt or Velveeta inside, and top them all with cheddar cheese.  And of course the onions and fried egg.

[elfenix 34331]

you definitely need some cheddar for the grease that separates out

[Beau Vine 54381]

3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

If you think I don't know how to rehydrate fucking chiles then you haven't been paying attention to my posts for years.

In this case, when trying a new recipe, I'm going to stick to the fucking recipe, Doc.

chile powder : Mexican food :: Liquid smoke : barbecue

[jimmyjazz 46094]

10 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

chile powder : Mexican food :: Liquid smoke : barbecue

In this case, *chili

 

Also,

Mexican food /= TexMex food

[Brisketexan 105273]

12 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

chile powder : Mexican food :: Liquid smoke : barbecue

Yeah....nope.

Chili powder : pureed chilis :: Knorr Swiss powdered bouillon : homemade chicken stock.

Homemade chicken stock is awesome, I highly recommend.  But you know what you will find in every mexican/tejano kitchen cabinet?  

 

And you'll find chili powder (sometimes multiple varieties) in those same kitchen cabinets.  My grandmother made a billion pots of menudo....every one of them used chili powder.

[Tailgate 3022]

I’m going in...

[BlueGreySky 1028]

Couldn’t take the mental torture. Made the Dart Bowl recipe tonight. Nails.

[Tailgate 3022]

Meeting Kyle has to be on everyone’s bucket list.

[Tailgate 3022]

[Tailgate 3022]

[futureman 22530]

where do you live 

[capnamerca 572]

3 hours ago, Tailgate said:

Legit licked my monitor. I might be making enchilada's this weekend ... 

[Dbeasy 15084]

Major enchilada alert. We are fixing the San Antonio school enchiladas tonight. We’ve just spent an hour debating cheeses.

[Tailgate 3022]

13 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Major enchilada alert. We are fixing the San Antonio school enchiladas tonight. We’ve just spent an hour debating cheeses.

We loved them. Mrs. Tailgate bought a chunk of American cheese from the deli and we shredded it at home. Leftovers were also delish day two.

[Steamboat1874 4082]

31 minutes ago, Tailgate said:

We loved them. Mrs. Tailgate bought a chunk of American cheese from the deli and we shredded it at home. Leftovers were also delish day two.

I buy a large chunk of american yellow and white cheese from the HEB deli and grate them together in a ziplock to always have when it is needed.

It is great for enchiladas, nachos etc.

Will last for months.

 

[dimyh 1874]

On 9/1/2020 at 7:15 PM, Tailgate said:

 

[Hank Kingsley 21032]

On 9/1/2020 at 7:15 PM, Tailgate said:

[DalTxHornFan 3116]

Did a small test batch of the North East ISD enchilada recipe tonight.  It was solid, but I'll probably keep on using the canned red enchilada sauce like I've always done rather than following their recipe for the enchilada sauce -- just not much difference from the canned stuff.  OTOH, the chili gravy is perfect -- I'll keep using that.  I was surprised at how well simply steaming the whole batch of corn tortillas worked -- as opposed to heating them in oil in a skillet one by one as most recipes call for.  Much simpler and faster.  Good stuff.

Edited September 4, 2020 by DalTxHornFan

[Hank_Hill 18893]

13 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

I buy a large chunk of american yellow and white cheese from the HEB deli and grate them together in a ziplock to always have when it is needed.

It is great for enchiladas, nachos etc.

Will last for months.

 

Because it's plastic. Gooey glorious plastic.

[Steamboat1874 4082]

8 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

Because it's plastic. Gooey glorious plastic.

You have no idea what you are talking about here.

 

[Hornius Emeritus 12481]

On 8/28/2020 at 2:28 PM, Anastasis said:

That, and then dip the tamale in ranch sauce to achieve nirvana. 

Let me see if I am conceptualizing this correctly. 

A tamale in chili con carne covered with bacon flavored Ez-Cheeze, then dipped in ranch dressing sauce?

Holy crap. You may have just created the world's most perfect food.

It's like how they say if you give a million monkeys a million typewriters they will eventually type the works of Shakespeare.  I knew if we just keep posting and posting on Shaggy/Surly that one day somebody would randomly post something that, haphazardly, benefits all of mankind.

[TonyTexas 10524]

Monkeys With Typewriters is a great name for a message board. Maybe Cloak Room should change its name

Edited September 4, 2020 by TonyTexas

[Landomatic 3813]

On 9/1/2020 at 11:26 AM, Beau Vine said:

Not if you put a little bit of sauce in the dish before you lay the tortilla down, ya rube.

This ^

Or better yet, give each flour tortilla a quick dunk in the sauce before rolling.  It's fucking spectacular.

[Landomatic 3813]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

Monkeys With Typewriters is a great name for a message board. Maybe Cloak Room should change its name

Too offensive for most of them.  To be safe, let's go with...

Morons With Keyboards

[Landomatic 3813]

On 9/1/2020 at 11:31 AM, elfenix said:

it's like you have no idea how gluten works.

 

On 9/1/2020 at 11:32 AM, Beau Vine said:

I actually don't.  But I do know that if I line the bottom of the dish with sauce, the tortillas don't stick.

 

On 9/1/2020 at 11:37 AM, elfenix said:

remember when you were a kid and you mixed flour and water and made paste?  that's gluten in action.  and that's what happens when you add sauce to flour tortillas.  they turn into paste.  and then they glue themselves together on the sides of the roll. 

I get what you're trying to claim, but it just doesn't seem to work that way for me.  As I mentioned upthread, I've just never had a problem with it.  The sauce makes it slippery, not pasty.  So, maybe it's you who doesn't know how gluten works?

[Hank_Hill 18893]

2 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

You have no idea what you are talking about here.

 

Wait, you mean to tell me it isn’t literally plastic? That’s crazy man

[utee94 15852]

Artificial?

GUHHH-LUUUUE?

https://www.oddballfilms.com/clip/13160_13285_tonys_pizza

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steamboat1874 4082]

1 hour ago, Hank_Hill said:

Wait, you mean to tell me it isn’t literally plastic? That’s crazy man

This might come as a shock to you but almost all cheeses that you can buy are "processed".

[Hank_Hill 18893]

5 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

This might come as a shock to you but almost all cheeses that you can buy are "processed".

By definition, yes. But American cheese takes that a few steps further. Hence its ungodly meltability and shelf life. No it is not actually plastic I am aware.

[futureman 22530]

41 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

By definition, yes. But American cheese takes that a few steps further. Hence its ungodly meltability and shelf life. No it is not actually plastic I am aware.

no no no, you actually thought it was plastic.  oh god what a moron. 

[CooterBrown 18022]

Too offensive for most of them.  To be safe, let's go with...
Morons With Keyboards

Internet Tough Guys. Or is that better suited to a gun board?

[Anastasis 23481]

57 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

By definition, yes. But American cheese takes that a few steps further. Hence its ungodly meltability and shelf life. 

Performance cheese. 

[Anastasis 23481]

 

[TwiceHorn 31529]

1 hour ago, Hank_Hill said:

By definition, yes. But American cheese takes that a few steps further. Hence its ungodly meltability and shelf life. No it is not actually plastic I am aware.

Actually, though, processed cheese can be considered a polymer. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0963996918301121

Therefore, it is, in fact, a "plastic."

"Real cheese" can also be considered a polymer (long chains of fatty acids), and is also, therefore, "plastic."

[utee94 15852]

BOOM.  Science.

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Now do squares and rectangles 

[elfenix 34331]

3 hours ago, Landomatic said:

 

 

I get what you're trying to claim, but it just doesn't seem to work that way for me.  As I mentioned upthread, I've just never had a problem with it.  The sauce makes it slippery, not pasty.  So, maybe it's you who doesn't know how gluten works?

maybe i'm the only one who makes enough enchiladas to eat them the next day and the day after that.

[irishtexan 11522]

7 minutes ago, elfenix said:

maybe i'm the only one who makes enough enchiladas to eat them the next day and the day after that.

if you're using flour tortillas you're not making enchiladas. you're making burritos. they may be delicious, but they're not enchiladas. 

[Anastasis 23481]

6 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

if you're using flour tortillas you're not making enchiladas. you're making burritos. they may be delicious, but they're not enchiladas. 

So much this. Burrito covered in gravy and cheese, but not an enchilada. 

[Landomatic 3813]

43 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

if you're using flour tortillas you're not making enchiladas. you're making burritos. they may be delicious, but they're not enchiladas. 

 

36 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

So much this. Burrito covered in gravy and cheese, but not an enchilada. 

Except burritos aren’t served that way any place I’ve ever been.  They generally have rice and beans in them and/or are covered in lettuce and are bigger.  So, it really is enchiladas with flour tortillas.

[irishtexan 11522]

3 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

Except burritos aren’t served that way any place I’ve ever been.  They generally have rice and beans in them and/or are covered in lettuce and are bigger.

What the fuck kind of burritos are you eating? This:?

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 So, it really is enchiladas with flour tortillas.

[Anastasis 23481]

 

1 hour ago, Landomatic said:

Except burritos aren’t served that way any place I’ve ever been.  They generally have rice and beans in them and/or are covered in lettuce and are bigger.

WTF.  Just google smothered burrito and that is what you flour tortilla heathens are making. 

Edited September 4, 2020 by Anastasis

[Landomatic 3813]

1 hour ago, irishtexan said:

What the fuck kind of burritos are you eating? This:?

 

16 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

WTF.  Just google smothered burrito and that is what you flour tortilla heathens are making. 

I'm not...because I prefer enchiladas with flour tortillas to burritos.  

[Anastasis 23481]

Just now, Landomatic said:

 

I'm not...because I prefer enchiladas with flour tortillas to burritos.  

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Hey guys; if people prefer a gummy, overly heavy, "enchilada" thats their prerogative. 

Edited September 4, 2020 by Hank_Hill

[BurntOrange&White 39962]

 
WTF.  Just google smothered burrito and that is what you flour tortilla heathens are making. 

Encharitos from Taco Bell slap.