In one of our first posts you can find the mole recipe. One of our good friends, Brad B. actually tried to make the mole and I believe he was successful in doing so. Don't be intimidated by all the directions and give it a shot. Enchiladas are easy to make once you have a sauce to soak them in. Of course our sauce of choice is mole. This mole is made with about 30 ingredients, and chocolate is one of them. There are also green and black moles. Many restaurants choose to use a red sauce for their enchiladas but it is usually nothing like mole.
Because our home is mostly vegetarian (I do eat meat now) we fill our enchiladas with veggies or fried plantains. We got the idea of the fried plantain enchiladas from one of our favorite Mexican restaurants in Chicago "Las Palmas."
The recipe is pretty simple.
The plantains are usually sprinkled with cumin, paprika, salt and pepper and then sauteed. Then you add them to your tortillas, roll them up into tacos and add your sauce to them. Now you have enchiladas!
The typical enchiladas in most restaurants are served with chicken or beef and they usually melt cheese on top. I hate melted cheese on top of my enchiladas so we try to use queso fresco instead. Some chefs also like to sprinkle sesame seeds on top of the enchiladas.
Dear lavaplatosinlove,
ReplyDeleteI know you are tailoring this to your American viewing public, but I would amaze them even more an call these enmoladas...I bet most viewers haven't heard of that term before. .. but if I'm mistaken please correct me as I'm only half if you know what I mean.
Also I love the chocolate based mole. .. I remember people never believed me when I told them the brown mole is chocolate based...at least the brown moles with chocolate in them are.
Thank you for your blog,
Love, sobrina Pitza