What't for Dinner? Homemade Enchilada Sauce

Greetings! Today I am getting ready to make an Enchilada-sagna or as you may be more familiar, Enchilada Casserole. Before I make the casserole, I need to make the sauce. I had already made the tortillas that went into this and you can refer to that video from the link below.

You will not believe how easy Enchilada Sauce is to make. The chilies are not hard to find, look for the Latin Foods section of your store, or, even better, most communities have a Latin foods, or Mexican market, they will be sure to have them.

Take a look and give this a try for yourself, and remember! Don't forget the cumin, cause Enchilada Sauce without cumin is like fries without ketchup! Just won't taste right.

I hope you try this and I hope you enjoy it and as always, Happy Eating!

Link to Tortilla recipe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRl5Yue_68g&feature=channel_video_title

Music is Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com
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[psilocybinist]

What kind of blender is that?

[LibraBrain]

Excellent video! Thank you! I'm going to make this sometime very soon!

[KQilovenailart]

wow this looks so good!!! where did you learn how to make this??? woooooow :)) yumm

[mathewcurns]

how the heck did i get on this?!?!?!?!??!

[bigbubba8888]

i found out that just about any dried chili works good. after watching so many vids they all use a differant chili

[bigbubba8888]

why didnt you strain it first to get out any seed and skins left over

[KillerBuzzTattoo]

Thank you for the recipe, its wonderful. Maybe you can show me how to do chicken inchiladas, with the sour cream sauce. Mmmmmm very tasty. Bless you.

[shweetpotato]

Hi Noreen, I am wondering if I can use dehydrated chilis from our storage for this? We have lots of anaheim chilis (they are green) I think I would want a little heat so would also add maybe one dried jalapeno, I guess Im just asking if the chilis have to be the red and roasted kind? Should I roast my peppers first? I really want to try this also have you ever canned any of your enchilada sauce? Carmen

[szunigaX]

Tried it and LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED it. It's so easy! Thank you so much :-)

[chazcov08]

LOL @ the peek at the dog at 5:49.

[MustGrill]

Enchilada sauce is great and it's even more fun to make. Check out musgrill also.

[szunigaX]

Howdy from Spain! Thank you so much for the video! I'm Mexican-American and all of the steps sound familiar, but wouldn't know how to put the m together. I'm feeling homesick today. Hugs!

[154arturo]

Muy buena receta. Soy mexicano y recozco que esta receta es práctica y con todos los ingredientes. Felicidades. También se puede, según el gusto, agregar un poquito de cilantro. Felicidades.

[SasyBecause]

Okay I am all happy not I have three quarts of sauce made seeing if my canning works if not in the freezer it goes. I bought things on a small scale incase I didnt so it right but it tastes wonderful. Smells even better will let you know if it got canned or frozen THANK YOU

[timbeverly192617]

Looks good and so easy to make.....

[Senorvecino]

You made that sauce egg-zactly right! You're such a knowledgeable cook! Thanks vecina!

[amhealy06]

Noreen you inspire me!! I have been watching your videos for a couple weeks and I love all of your recipes! Hope to see more videos in the future!

[lkcheat]

thanks so much! ive always wanted to make chicken enchiladas and now i can do the sauce. always great meal ideas.

[bloodandwinearered]

Thanks you for this video. I will certainly try it. I thought enchilada sauce had ground pumpkin seeds in it for some reason

[kanenite1985]

I was telling my husband recently about Enchilada casserole and now he's begging me to make it, maybe I'll surprise him and make the sauce too

[ownhomedog]

i love the dog! haha! 

[OUARNP]

Hey, Rick & Noreen! Lard has less saturated fat, more unsaturated fat, and less cholesterol than an equal amount of butter by weight. Doesn't that just slay you? I learned to make tamales with carnitas from the girls who work at the nursing home this past Christmas and was a lard snob, too. Now if I can just get my spanish physical assessment down and not sound like an Okie hick, LOL!

[Fitange]

Ground cumin would make a big difference I think! Thanks for sharing.

[bmeyer44]

lard is good for pie crusts...other than that? LOL

[katzcradul]

I grew up eating a Mexican restaurant, where the gravy on their enchiladas was not red, but more of a 'raw sienna' color, and had no tomato in it. I'm convinced, they browned their spices in the oil before making their roux and then just added the chilies blended with the garlic and water. It was divine. I've only tried to duplicate it once, but feel inspired now to try it once again. Thanks for sharing.