Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas with Mild Red Chili Sauce from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon
My Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon meal kits really make deciding what's for dinner so easy!
If your work weeks are as busy as mine, sometimes it's hard to come up with something delicious and nutritious to cook at the end of a long day. With our Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon meal-kit delivery service, one receives a weekly box of recipes, along with pre-portioned ingredients and seasonings. Each meal is ready in 40-minutes or less. And, there are so many flavorful meals from which to choose. Last week, one of my menu choices was Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas with Mild Red Chili Sauce. It was another great dish!
Here are some photos, enjoy.
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- Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon delivers everything fresh, and well-labeled. The first thing we do is take out all the pre-portioned ingredients and place them on the counter where everything is easy to see.
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- Each meal comes with a large recipe card, which lists the ingredients and each of the six main steps plus large photos to help show each stage of the process. On the other side is a photo of the finished dish. What’s also great – these recipe cards can be collected and saved for future use.
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- To start, while the oven is preheating to 450-degrees Fahrenheit, Enma prepares the ingredients for cooking. Here she is finely chopping two teaspoons of garlic, which is about two medium cloves.
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- Then she halves and coarsely chops all of the onion, which is provided in the meal-kit.
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- Here is Enma halving the peppers, removing the stems and all the seeds…
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- … And then cutting them into 1/2-inch pieces.
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- The scallions are also trimmed and sliced.
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- And the cilantro leaves and stems are cut.
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- It is called “mis en place” – a French culinary phrase meaning “putting in place” or “gather”. It refers to the setup required before cooking, and is often used in professional kitchens to mean organizing and arranging the ingredients. Cutting and preparing all the ingredients first makes all the next steps so much easier.
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- The recipe calls for a large ovenproof skillet – it will be used to cook the meat on the stove and the wrapped enchiladas when they go into the oven. We try to use as few tools as possible to save on the clean-up later. Enma puts all the ground poultry into the skillet and breaks it up into large pieces.
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- The meat is cooked through until lightly browned and then seasoned with salt and ground black pepper before Enma adds the green peppers, onions, and half the chopped garlic. After six to eight minutes, she adds some taco seasoning, also provided, some water, stirs and then removes it from the skillet to cool slightly.
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- In the same skillet, Enma prepares the mild red chili sauce. She adds the tomato paste, the remaining seasoning, and more garlic. Nothing is wasted – we make sure everything is ready to use, so there is no rushing to the store to buy last minute ingredients. All one has to have on hand – salt, pepper, olive oil, eggs, and milk if needed.
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- Next, Enma stirs cheese, cilantro, and scallions into the meat mixture.
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- The tortillas are unwrapped and softened in the microwave for about 30 to 40 seconds.
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- She scoops about 1/3-cup of the meat mixture into each tortilla close to one end.
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- Then she rolls it carefully and tightly and places each one seam side down into the skillet with all but a 1/2 cup of the sauce.
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- This recipe is made for four, which allows for three enchiladas each, and all the enchiladas fit into the skillet perfectly.
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- Enma pours more sauce over the enchiladas.
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- She places them into the center rack of the oven and cooks them for about 12 to 15 minutes. We offer ranges because everyone’s oven is different, so it’s a good idea to keep an eye on it and check frequently.
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- Once a little browned, she removes the skillet from the oven, tops it with more sauce and the remaining cheese and then bakes it again until the cheese is melted – about two to three minutes.
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- Finally, the enchiladas are ready and topped with the remaining cilantro and scallions and then cut and plated while warm.
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- Here they are – and each serving is enough to fill the hungriest of eaters. I hope you try them – they’re worth every bite. Please go to the web site to learn how you can order your Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon meal-kits. They will make your busy weeks a whole lot easier.
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