Easy to make healthy savory sauce (Homemade Enchilada Sauce)

 We found this homemade enchilada sauce recipe when getting ready to prepare some great looking and healthy Chicken Enchiladas.  Sure we could have bought enchilada sauce at the store, but then it would not have been as healthy and it would have taken some fun out from our family cooking!

If you’re thinking this will be too much work for dinner, I’m sorry but you’re wrong!  This recipe is really simple and easy to make, and you will have some leftover homemade enchilada sauce that can be easily stored & thawed — I’d suggest storing in 1-quart freezer bags so you can quickly thaw next time you cook some Mexican food.

📝Ingredients:

• 1/2 tsp olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves (minced — we use Spice World Garlic Minced)
• 1 1/2 cups Swanson 33% less sodium chicken broth
• 3 cups canned tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp chipotle chile in adobo sauce (chopped — you can add more depending on taste)
• 1 tsp McCormick Mexican-style chili powder (or to taste)
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper

15 minutes and 2 steps separate you from this delicious homemade enchilada sauce… 

Step 1:

Heat a medium nonstick sauce pan over medium heat.

Add the 1/2 tsp olive oil and 4 garlic cloves (minced — e.g., Spice World Garlic Minced), and, while stirring, cook for about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes until golden.

Step 2:

Add the remaining ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups Swanson 33% less sodium chicken broth
•  3 cups canned tomato sauce
•  2 tbsp chipotle chile in adobo sauce (chopped — you can add more depending on taste)
•  1 tsp McCormick Mexican-style chili powder (or to taste)
•  1 tsp ground cumin
•  1/2 tsp kosher salt
•  1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for about 7 to 10 minutes (until the flavors blend).

Serve or let it cool and refrigerate (in airtight container for about 3 days, or frozen for about 3 months).

Perfect Chicken Recipe for Dinner (Chicken Enchiladas)

 Better & Healthier than your favorite Mexican restaurant…

About a week ago, my wife was looking for a good healthy chicken recipe for dinner that would be a great Sunday dinner idea for the entire family (we were also in the mood for celebrating Cinco de Mayo a bit earlier).   She came across this Chicken Enchiladas option that sounded (and proved to be) delicious!

This easy chicken recipe gives you the option to take the easy route by buying rotisserie chicken and enchilada sauce from the store, or put a bit more effort and end up with a healthier, more rewarding and flavorful meal.  

📝Ingredients:

•  1 tsp canola or olive oil
•  1 cup onion (chopped)
•  2 garlic cloves (minced — we use Spice World Garlic Minced)
•  1/2 cup canned tomato sauce
•  1 1/3 cups Swanson 33% less sodium chicken broth
•  9 ounces cooked chicken breast (shredded — you can buy a rotisserie chicken and shred its breasts, or prepare this delicious Crockpot Shredded Chicken Recipe)
•  1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp fresh cilantro (chopped)
•  1 tsp McCormick Mexican-style chili powder
•  1 tsp ground cumin
•  1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 3/4 tsp kosher salt
• Cooking spray or oil mister
•  8 (7 or 8 inch) low-carb whole wheat flour tortillas
•  1 1/2 cups homemade Enchilada Sauce (or you can buy some enchilada sauce)
•  1 cup shredded reduced-fat Mexican cheese blend
•  2 tbsp scallions (chopped)
•  4 tbsp light sour cream (optional; but my motto is that everything is better with sour cream!)

Let’s get the cooking done and you won’t regret this perfect chicken recipe for dinner!… 

Step 1:

An easy one… preheat the oven to 400°F.

Step 2:

Heat the 1 tsp canola or olive oil in a medium non-stick skillet over low heat.

Add and cook the 1 cup onion (chopped) and 2 garlic cloves (minced — we use Spice World Garlic Minced) while stirring for about 2 minutes (until soft).

Step 3:

Add the following ingredients and simmer for about 4-5 minutes (until the sauce reduces), and then remove the pan from the heat:

• 1/2 cup canned tomato sauce
• 1 1/3 cups Swanson 33% less-sodium chicken broth
• 9 ounces cooked chicken breast (shredded — you can buy a rotisserie chicken and shred its breasts, or prepare this delicious Crockpot Shredded Chicken Recipe)
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro (chopped)
• 1 tsp McCormick Mexican-style chili powder
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 3/4 tsp kosher salt

Step 3:

Spray with cooking spray or oil mister a 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish (such as this cheap Pyrex set with cover for proper storing).

Put 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture from Step 2 into each of the (7 or 8 inch) low-carb whole wheat flour tortillas.  Roll the tortillas up and place them seam side down in the 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish.  The tortillas will fit tight on the baking dish.

Step 4:

Once you have the tortillas filled with the chicken mixture on the baking dish, top with the 1 1/2 cups homemade Enchilada Sauce (or you can buy some enchilada sauce) and sprinkle with 1 cup shredded reduced-fat Mexican cheese blend.

Step 5:

Cover the baking dish with foil while being careful it does not touch the cheese.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until it’s hot and the cheese melted.

Plating:

Put an enchilada on a place and sprinkle with some scallion and the remaining fresh cilantro (chopped).  Although optional, I highly recommend serving with some light sour cream on the side.

Fast Potato Latkes Recipes (Homemade Potato Latkes)

 Latke is a crunchy potato that takes care of all set and eaten during the Jewish Celebration, Hanukkah. In case you have ever tried out prepping latkes, you will have an understanding of how challenging finding the suitable crispy outside the house and smooth inside can be!

This Jewish celebration of lights is a celebration that regards the ‘magic of the oil’, which is the cause that deep-fried food items are appreciated as a part of the culture. Latkes are mouthwatering, crispy hot cakes ready from potatoes, eggs, onions, matzo food, and flavorings, and are normally served with applesauce or sour cream.

The volume of elements required are not quite a few and the prep function process is not actually a spacecraft procedure, finding that crispy golden-brown latke can be reasonably crafty. There are various components that you have to believe about while cooking them.

Substances:

• 3 eggs, beaten

• one/3 cup flour (or matzo food)

• Salt and pepper to style

• 8 massive russet potatoes, scrubbed thoroughly clean

• 2 cooking onions, finely chopped

• Vegetable oil

• Applesauce, sour cream or greek yogurt

Instructions:

1. Making use of a food items mill or box grater, grate the potatoes (no have to peel them).
2. Utilizing a hygienic tea towel or cheesecloth, squeeze out potato fluid, finding the shreds as dry as possible.
3. Contain potatoes to a significant bowl, and blend along with sliced onion, egg, flour, pepper and salt.
4. In a significant solid-iron frying pan (or another significant bottomed griddle), heat a 50 percent-inch of oil in excess of medium heat.
5. Contain loaded tbsps of latke combine, frying 4 or 5 at as soon as, for about 3 minutes on every aspect (smoosh them with the spatula a small bit), or until light-weight brown.
6. Contain additional oil as necessary.
7. Drain on paper towels and provide instantaneously, or cook dinner forward and reheat when pals and people arrive.
8. Remember the applesauce!

Fast Sandwich Buns Shredded Beef Recipe (Homemade Sandwich)

Incorporate numerous tasty meals in your foodstuff menu by using shredded beef. From tasty appetizers like bite-dimensions subs to tacos, your options are many, even so, this sandwich model. In the scenario, you like to have deep-fried floor meat, attempt a considerably more healthy selection- shredded beef. There are numerous meals that you can make it with this geared up meat.

Most of the Mexican meals merge this shredded meat. When it arrives at topping tacos, choose for your chosen veggies, like sliced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, and many others. Go with wholesome selections, and stay clear of making use of fatty garnishes. Take pleasure in this incredible recipe!

Substances:

• Steak sauce, 3 tbsp.
• Worcestershire sauce, 1 tsp.
• Lemon juice, ½ cup
• Garlic, 2 cloves (minced)
• Eye of spherical roast, 1 (3½ lb.), (halved)
• Beef broth, 1 can (undiluted)
• Packed brown sugar, ½ cup
• Ketchup, 1 cup
• Pepper, 1 tsp.
• Salt, 1 tsp.
• Sandwich buns, sixteen

Instructions:

1. To begin with, incorporate the factors – beef broth, brown sugar, ketchup, steak sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, garlic, pepper, and salt in a blending bowl.
2. Mix them for 5 minutes, till nicely mixed.
3. Individual this mixture into one particular-50 %, and place one particular component in a slow cooker. Unfold salt and pepper into the beef, and rub accurately.
4. Place this seasoned meat in the crockery pot, and incorporate the remaining broth blend.
5. Place on lid, transform heat heating to minimal, and cook dinner for about 11 hrs, or till meat transforms comfortable to chew.
6. Making use of forks, you can cut meat and go back to the pot.
7. Stir thoroughly with the pot sauces, and your shredded meat is accessible for serving.
8. Split sandwich buns and set geared up meat (1/2 cup) on each and every bun with a slotted spoon.