Elkiladas Elk Or Beef Enchiladas Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a large casserole dish.
• In a skillet over medium heat, saute onions until almost translucent. Stir in beef, garlic, and chile peppers, and continue cooking until the meat is no longer pink. Pour in the tomato sauce and chili powder. Mix thoroughly and heat through. Remove from heat.
• Spoon a little of the meat mixture into a corn tortilla and add small amounts of salsa, Cheddar cheese and olives. Fold the tortilla up and place in the prepared casserole dish. Repeat for the remaining tortillas using up all of the meat mixture. Reserve 1/2 cup of Cheddar cheese for topping.
• Pour the other half of the tomato sauce and sour cream over all of the tortillas. Top with green onions and 1/2 cup of reserved Cheddar cheese.
• Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until hot and bubbly.

Steps:

• For the filling, mix together 1 teaspoon of the salt, and the pepper, paprika, oregano, and garlic in a small bowl, and set aside. Heat the bacon fat or oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add onion, and cook, stirring frequently, for about 3 minutes. Add meat, sprinkling with the remaining salt, and continue cooking over medium heat, until about medium doneness (there should be a little pink showing on red meat.
• Sprinkle the spice mixture over the meat, and continue cooking for another 3 minutes. Add the jalapenos, and cook another couple of minutes until the meat is thoroughly done. Check for seasoning, and add a little more salt or pepper if needed. Squeeze 1/2 lime over the top, give it a stir, and set aside.
• For the sauce, if you are using fresh tomatillos, remove the wrappers and simmer in the stock, in a medium saucepan, until they turn from bright to drab green. If you are using canned, drain and add to broth in the saucepan. Heat until warmed through.
• In a separate skillet, saute the onions and garlic in the oil until onions are soft -- about 3-5 minutes. Turn off heat. Remove the tomatillos from the broth (take off the stems if they're still attached) and put into a food processor, along with the chipotle pepper and onion mixture. Puree until almost smooth. Return to the skillet over medium-low heat, and whisk in the broth. After it gets bubbly, simmer for about 10 minutes, adding salt, cilantro, and juice from 1/2 lime in the last 2 minutes of cooking.
• To assemble the enchiladas, dip a tortilla into the sauce for 20-30 seconds, to soften it. Place tortilla on a plate, and put a heaping spoonful of the filling in the middle (meanwhile, put another tortilla in the sauce). Roll the tortilla around the filling, and place, seam side down, into a greased 9x13 baking dish. Repeat with the rest of the tortillas and filling, arranging them in rows in the pan, however you can fit them inches If you have any filling left over, you can sprinkle it over the top of the enchiladas. Pour the rest of the sauce over the whole thing, and then sprinkle with the grated cheese. At this point you can refrigerate them overnight or until you're ready to cook them, or move them directly to the oven.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes (35 min if chilled) or until throroughly heated through and cheese is bubbly. I like to serve these with a dollop of sour cream on top, alongside a green salad + rice and beans. They also freeze well after cooking, and can be re-heated, loosely covered, in the microwave. A little labor-intensive, but worth the wait. Hope you enjoy them!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Cook and stir ground beef and onion in a skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain off grease. Stir 1 cup Cheddar cheese, sour cream, taco seasoning, and pepper into the beef mixture until cheese is melted. Mix in red enchilada sauce, chili powder, and salt.
• Warm tortillas in the microwave for about 1 minute. Spoon about 1/4 cup of the beef mixture into the center of each tortilla. Roll tortillas up and place in the casserole dish, seam-side down. Spoon any leftover sauce, black beans, and olives over the tortillas. Sprinkle remaining cheese over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and filling is bubbling, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Prepare the chili con carne: Put flour in a large sauté pan set over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until it begins to turn golden brown and smell nutty, then pour it onto a plate to cool.
• Wipe out sauté pan and return it to high heat with 2 tablespoons oil. When oil is hot and shimmery, add ground beef to pan, and cook, breaking it up with a fork and stirring, until it is well browned, about 12 to 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, then use a slotted spoon to remove meat to a bowl, leaving drippings behind.
• Add onion, garlic and jalapeño to pan and cook, stirring to scrape up any browned bits of meat, for 10 to 12 minutes, or until vegetables are soft. Stir in tomatoes and cook until their liquid has evaporated, then add chile powder, cumin and oregano and stir to combine. After a minute or so, when mixture begins to turn fragrant, return browned meat to pan, along with toasted flour, and stir well to combine.
• Lower heat to medium-high and slowly stir in chicken stock, 1/2 cup at a time, until mixture has thickened and started to simmer. Lower heat again and allow chili to cook slowly for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until meat is tender. Add more stock or water if needed. Use immediately, or let cool, cover and refrigerate for up to a few days.
• When you are ready to cook the enchiladas, heat oven to 425 degrees. In a medium sauté pan set over medium-high heat, heat 1/2 cup neutral oil until it begins to shimmer. Using tongs or a wide spatula, place a tortilla in the hot fat; it should start to bubble immediately. Heat tortilla for about 10 seconds a side, until soft and lightly browned. Remove tortilla and set on a rack set over a baking pan, or just on a baking pan if you don't have a rack. Repeat with remaining tortillas, working quickly.
• Assemble the enchiladas: Using a ladle, put about 1/2 cup chili in the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan and spread it out a little. Roll a few tablespoons of cheese into each tortilla, along with a tablespoon or so of chili, then place it seam-side down in the pan, nestling each one against the last. Ladle remaining chili over top of rolled tortillas and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Transfer to oven and bake until sauce bubbles and cheese is melted, about 10 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle chopped onions over the top, if using, and serve immediately.