Cheese Enchiladas

[Firemans4Horn 18528]

16 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

Mi Cocina represents everything bad about Dallas all on a single combination plate. Starts with that little silver bowl for chips.

 

[hornian 5289]

20 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

El Chaparral in Helotes, easily top 5 cheese enchilada in the state  

I ate there so many times as a child. Many times it was before going to Flores Country Store. 
 

I guess my parents did alright by me. 

[Texzilla58 4789]

 

There was a big military base in ww2 30 miles east of downtown Dallas. It would have been a target for German bombers had they had one. Mayor Amon Carter proposed putting a Mobil Pegasus atop a building in downtown Ft Worth, 30 miles due west of downtown Dallas. I understand that sentiment.

[Mitch Cumsteen 18962]

23 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

El Chaparral in Helotes, easily top 5 cheese enchilada in the state  

Love that place. I contend it isn't as good since they expanded and the one on Redland Road and 1604 isn't as good as the original, but they have damn good food. Some of the best refried  beans I've ever had, too. I can't imagine how much unhealthy shit is packed into them. 

[deft 7056]

I think I’ve been there but just for happy hour. Do they have a back patio that overlooks a field?

Gonna try to go see bob Schneider at floores on Friday night so might need to stop there first as I’ve hear above it’s good that way.

[Covri 6368]

On 1/25/2024 at 2:23 PM, Brisketexan said:

Maudies, Enchiladas Perfecto (3 w rice and beans), $13:

I usually got the Josie’s enchiladas back in the day, but have to say the strait plate is pretty awesome too.

[Braff Zacklin 13676]

On 1/25/2024 at 9:20 PM, Braff Zacklin said:

I dunno, dude. I'm a simple man, and there are few things better than refried pintos mixed with Mexican rice rolled into a tortilla.

Examples from my past two Tex-Mex outings. I could eat beans and rice every day and never tire of it. (sorrynotsorry for the non-cheese enchilada bump)

[utee94 16079]

WTF is going on around here?

Negged.

[jimmyjazz 47127]

Check out the jaeger schnitzel I got yesterday in Fredericksburg:

 

[MalibuSheriff 1095]

Robb Walsh…you brilliant SOB and chronicler of southwest wisdom - chili gravy for the win.

 

 

Edited February 19 by MalibuSheriff

[BurntOrange&White 41843]

On 1/28/2024 at 11:54 AM, tx 3 putt said:

El Chaparral in Helotes, easily top 5 cheese enchilada in the state  

I like it because they have cabrito.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Blanco’s Cafe in San Antonio this afternoon did not disappoint. Fresh onions were added shortly after the picture was taken. Not pictured: Picadillo taco.

[Armybrat 41388]

On 1/25/2024 at 10:35 PM, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Still my opinion that rice is an unnecessary filler.  Probably because I harvested so much of it.  I have seen shit Uncle Ben never dreamed of.   Nah, fuck Rice.  

10’ outside my bedroom window in Tianmu was a rice paddy farm. 
Twice a year when the new rice crops were hand planted and fertilized with “honey buckets”, the fragrance that permeated our neighborhood mandated our house to be shut closed like a clean room in a microchip plant.

[dcbc 14644]

Definitely not Tex Mex. But solid classic Mexican verdes enchiladas at Teodora's in Tyler. The chicken quarter on top was nice.

[Celery Man 21094]

is there a dish that y'all have found is just the right size for making enchiladas?  I always end up with a neat row of however many enchiladas and then two sets of two going the other direction and then a dead corner. Also going to try and roll/sauce/freeze an extra tray when I'm making them this week.

[thunderlounge 8407]

The cast iron pan I got to use on the griddle does pretty well. Don’t remember having a couple going lengthwise on one side.

But it also holds about 3 dozen, so may not be what you’re after. 

[jimmyjazz 47127]

28 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

is there a dish that y'all have found is just the right size for making enchiladas?  I always end up with a neat row of however many enchiladas and then two sets of two going the other direction and then a dead corner. Also going to try and roll/sauce/freeze an extra tray when I'm making them this week.

Kinda depends on the size of the tortillas, too.

[Celery Man 21094]

33 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

The cast iron pan I got to use on the griddle does pretty well. Don’t remember having a couple going lengthwise on one side.

But it also holds about 3 dozen, so may not be what you’re after. 

had to scroll back so far to find it, but I did because it's one of the best pictures in this thread imo

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On 10/19/2022 at 4:16 PM, thunderlounge said:

Guess a refresher is in order…

 

 

but yeah, that's more than I'm hoping to make in a batch. I guess I should get out the measurements and just find a pan that's 2x that and a decent width.

 

7 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Kinda depends on the size of the tortillas, too.

on my list of things this year is to fuck around with making corn tortillas, but I feel like the regular sized ones that you can get at the store are fairly consistent across brands? Are we making enchiladas with bigass tortillas?

[jimmyjazz 47127]

Hell, I don't know.  I usually make stacked tortillas, which leads to a ton of overlap in an 8x8 baking dish.  I'm lazy.  It's definitely not optimal.

[thunderlounge 8407]

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

had to scroll back so far to find it, but I did because it's one of the best pictures in this thread imo

Thanks! Really means a lot to hear that out of the blue.

I’d have to go look at the width, but you can probably find one half that length.

[DoobieWah 1535]

That looks to be 12 x 24 so half size would be 12 x 12. Sounds like something somebody makes. 
 

I look forward to the future results. 
 

P.S. Concur on the artistry of the finished photo. 

[Celery Man 21094]

57 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:

That looks to be 12 x 24 so half size would be 12 x 12. Sounds like something somebody makes. 
 

I look forward to the future results. 
 

P.S. Concur on the artistry of the finished photo. 

I think this is the guy, 15.5x10.5. So, somewhere around 5.25 for the skinny side, I’m gonna look around.

[thunderlounge 8407]

26 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

I think this is the guy, 15.5x10.5. So, somewhere around 5.25 for the skinny side, I’m gonna look around.

Good eye! It is 15.5 x 10.5. 
 

Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0971NDZPK

 

 

[Deej 77805]

20 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

The cast iron pan I got to use on the griddle does pretty well. Don’t remember having a couple going lengthwise on one side.

But it also holds about 3 dozen, so may not be what you’re after. 

Yeah, three dozen isn’t nearly enough.

[thunderlounge 8407]

38 minutes ago, Deej said:

Yeah, three dozen isn’t nearly enough.

Depends on how many people show up. 

[threesheets 1689]

On 1/28/2024 at 11:39 AM, Texzilla58 said:

I think that’s the price now at fucking Mi Cocina.

Agree with everything you said about Mi Cocina, but I check the menu out of curiosity- surprised to see their cheese enchilada dinner is $13.95.

[DalTxHornFan 3130]

22 hours ago, Celery Man said:

is there a dish that y'all have found is just the right size for making enchiladas?  I always end up with a neat row of however many enchiladas and then two sets of two going the other direction and then a dead corner. Also going to try and roll/sauce/freeze an extra tray when I'm making them this week.

I'm usually full of shit, but on that subject, I've started to make my enchiladas in shallow aluminum pans and then immediately freeze them.    As I've said plenty of times, I am a NEISD enchilada devotee.  There is just something about freezing them that keeps it all from being a big gooey mess when you later bake them and put the enchilada gravy on them.  I'm convinced that all the old traditional Tex-Mex places did it this way, hence all of the "no substitutions" and "the plate is hot" admonitions.

Edited March 24 by DalTxHornFan

[Celery Man 21094]

25 minutes ago, DalTxHornFan said:

I'm usually full of shit, but on that subject, I've started to make my enchiladas in shallow aluminum pans and then immediately freeze them.    As I've said plenty of times, I am a NEISD enchilada devotee.  There is just something about freezing them that keeps it all from being a big gooey mess when you later bake them and put the enchilada gravy on them.  I'm convinced that all the old traditional Tex-Mex places did it this way, hence all of the "no substitutions" and "the plate is hot" admonitions.

The last batch I made I used a half sheet, and honestly I think the thing I need may be a quarter sheet. Might order a pack of Nordic ware quarter sheets, which are 13x9.6 and an inch deep. Could go two rows vertical on the 13” side.  I bought these to try freezing half of the batch, the little guys might be convenient 

 

Actually, let me clarify - do you roll and sauce and then freeze? Or roll sauce bake and freeze and then rebake? I’m assuming the former

Edited March 24 by Celery Man

[DalTxHornFan 3130]

Roll, sauce, cheese and freeze.  No cooking.  Then bake, do gravy and more cheese.  They just seem to stay together better.

[thunderlounge 8407]

2 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Roll, sauce, cheese and freeze.  No cooking.  Then bake, do gravy and more cheese.  They just seem to stay together better.

Interesting. I wonder of they stay together better because it reverses the softening done so you can roll them easier. Either way, I’ll have to give it a shot. 

[Deej 77805]

3 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

I'm usually full of shit, but on that subject, I've started to make my enchiladas in shallow aluminum pans and then immediately freeze them.    As I've said plenty of times, I am a NEISD enchilada devotee.  There is just something about freezing them that keeps it all from being a big gooey mess when you later bake them and put the enchilada gravy on them.  I'm convinced that all the old traditional Tex-Mex places did it this way, hence all of the "no substitutions" and "the plate is hot" admonitions.

 

[Texzilla588 772]

I ate probably 2000 patio or el Chico cheese enchiladas TV dinners in my life. In college they would be promoted for 5 for $2.

[jimmyjazz 47127]

6 minutes ago, Texzilla588 said:

I ate probably 2000 patio or el Chico cheese enchiladas TV dinners in my life. In college they would be promoted for 5 for $2.

Did you ever wonder exactly what mammals you were eating?

(I'm using the term "mammals" loosely.)

[Brisketexan 106874]

I ate probably 2000 patio or el Chico cheese enchiladas TV dinners in my life. In college they would be promoted for 5 for $2.

Hells. Yes.

I used to buy variations of those, add some red chile and/or cheese to the entree, cut it all up and eat it like a dip with chips. And then have another one just like it. For like 99 cents each. Glorious.

[TexasHooch 5194]

I've never heard of the El Chico frozen dinners, but I worked at El Chico through college.  I don't know if it's nostalgia, or just conditioning through eating there so often, but if I could figure out exactly how to make cheese and onion enchiladas with chili con carne gravy, or chicken chimichangas like we served there I would make that shit twice a week.

[deft 7056]

All that cheese and you would only shit probably twice a week

[TexasHooch 5194]

3 minutes ago, deft said:

All that cheese and you would only shit probably twice a week

[Texzilla588 772]

Did you ever wonder exactly what mammals you were eating?
(I'm using the term "mammals" loosely.)

Nope. I got the cheese enchiladas dinner although the “beef” weren’t bad. I figured the beef came from unused scraps from prisons.

[Texzilla588 772]

I've never heard of the El Chico frozen dinners, but I worked at El Chico through college.  I don't know if it's nostalgia, or just conditioning through eating there so often, but if I could figure out exactly how to make cheese and onion enchiladas with chili con carne gravy, or chicken chimichangas like we served there I would make that shit twice a week.

I think they lost the license in one of the many sales of el Chico. It then was sold as el Charrito. It was never the correct flavor profile but was close especially for the price. A nooner on Wednesday was $1.99. But you got chips and tea.

[jimmyjazz 47127]

Slightly off the enchilada topic, but in line with the bottom of the barrel TexMex discussion:  I used to work a few miles away from a Pancho's.  I would get their 4 beef tacos for $1 to-go special at least once a week (except I'd get 2 orders, so 8 tacos).

I don't know what I ate, but I think one of those tacos whinnied at me.

[baboso 6105]

33 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Slightly off the enchilada topic, but in line with the bottom of the barrel TexMex discussion:  I used to work a few miles away from a Pancho's.  I would get their 4 beef tacos for $1 to-go special at least once a week (except I'd get 2 orders, so 8 tacos).

I don't know what I ate, but I think one of those tacos whinnied at me.

Man, I miss Pancho's buffet for lunch.  Loved their chile rellenos and those sour cream enchiladas.  Raise the flag!

[Deej 77805]

16 hours ago, Texzilla588 said:

I ate probably 2000 patio or el Chico cheese enchiladas TV dinners in my life. In college they would be promoted for 5 for $2.

I'd eat two or three of them on the mornings I had a bad hangover. They did the trick. 

[Celery Man 21094]

I used to eat the shit out of Taco Cabana enchiladas. After any gig in high school, that was the late night destination. We knew a crew of Houston guys and their version was a Jalisciences near the…. Galleria? that everyone called “Jolly Science”.

[thunderlounge 8407]

3 hours ago, deft said:

All that cheese and you would only shit probably twice a week

Think of how many trees you can save!

[Celery Man 21094]

Well 5+7/16ths is just a tad too short, at least for la banderita tortillas

[DoobieWah 1535]

Are you making enchiladas with flour tortillas?

 

 

[Dbeasy 15561]

23 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:

Are you making enchiladas with flour tortillas?

 

 

[Celery Man 21094]

No, I’m not a monster. Those are corn tortillas. White corn, but corn. Although I can see how the little grill marks look like flour - that’s from frying them on the comal before rolling.

Edited March 26 by Celery Man

[closetojumping 65379]

22 hours ago, baboso said:

Man, I miss Pancho's buffet for lunch.  Loved their chile rellenos and those sour cream enchiladas.  Raise the flag!

My roommates and I used to go to the one on or near Oltorf and just punish that buffet. We did it regularly and there'd always be a pot of $15-$30 (depending upon how many people went) for whoever had to sprint to the bathroom first. Rarely would the pot roll over to the next visit. It was uncanny. Apparently still worth it, however, because we kept going, and then sprinting.

[rage-a-holic 4732]

23 hours ago, Celery Man said:

Well 5+7/16ths is just a tad too short, at least for la banderita tortillas

 

OMFG are you shitting me? Those are some of the worst tortillas on earth. My girlfriend accidentally bought some last week to make enchiladas. Fucking INEDIBLE. 

THEY ARE FUCKING MADE IN GEORGIA.