Folded Enchilada is a popular Mexican Street food that is very easy to make at home too.
So here we are, the final week of April and the last week for our month long mega marathon. This week I’m going to ‘Explore the flavors’ of Street food from around the world. I am starting the week with these Folded Enchilada aka Street Enchilada from Mexico.
We love Mexican food in our house and I’m always looking for new recipes to try from that cuisine. So while looking for street food, I came across these delicious looking folded enchilada. These are mini versions of traditional baked enchiladas. They are quick and easy to make and are great to make even on a week day.
Traditional enchilada are quite a production to make. You have to make the filling, enchilada sauce and then assemble the casserole for baking. But these folded enchilada are not as involved. You still have to make enchilada sauce, but if you don't want to spend that much time, then just get some store bought sauce.
Typically soaked dried chilies and tomatoes are used to make enchilada sauce. But the recipe I used today is from a my friend. She makes a big batch of this sauce and makes excellent enchilada for a crowd. This recipe is not traditional, but easy to put together with ingredients you have on hand. You can store the prepared sauce in the fridge for up to a week and make enchilada whenever you want.
Street style Enchilada or Folded Enchilada are made with corn tortilla that are dipped in enchilada sauce and then filled with cheese, some times meat and folded over like a taco. You can stuff them with refried beans or grilled veggies, but I kept it simple and just used cheese. Both my kids loved these enchilada and I think I would probably make these more than the regular ones in the future 🙂
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Folded Enchiladas
Ingredients
For Enchilada Sauce:
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 Garlic cloves, finely minced
- 1 14oz. Tomato puree
- 1 14oz. tomato sauce
- 1 cup Vegetable Stock (adjust as per the thickness desired)
- 1 tsp Ground Cumin
- 1 tsp Ground Coriander
- 1 tsp Red Chili powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- To taste Salt Pepper
- 2 tsp Corn Starch, whisked in 3tbsp water
For Folded Enchilada:
- 8 6" Round Corn Tortilla
- ¼ cup Grated Cheddar Cheese
- As needed Sliced Radishes, for garnish
- As needed Shredded Cabbage, for garnish
- As needed Sour Crem
- As needed queso fresco
Instructions
Make Enchilada Sauce:
- Heat oil in a saucepan, add the garlic and cook till fragrant about 30 seconds.
- Add the tomato puree, tomato sauce, vegetable stock, ground cumin, ground coriander, red chili powder, sugar, salt and pepper. Mix well and bring the mixture to a boil on medium flame.
- Lower the heat and simmer for 4~6 minutes.
- Stir in the corn starch slurry into the mixture and boil till the mixture thickens slightly. Taste and adjust the seasoning accordingly. This enchilada sauce can be made up to 3 days in advance and stored in the refrigerator.
Make Folded Enchilada:
- Heat a medium size skillet on medium-low flame; add about ¼ cup of enchilada sauce and place the corn tortilla in it. Flip the tortilla and top with cheese on one quarter of the tortilla. Fold over the cheese and fold again in half. Press lightly on the tortilla to melt the cheese. Once the cheese is melted, take it out of the pan and repeat with the other tortilla.
- Serve right away topped with radish, cabbage, sauce cream and queso fresco.
Vaishali
Even we are great fans of Mexican Cuisine and these Enchiladas look fantastic , that sauce sounds simple but flavourful .
I am sure they would be delicious ,and I like the garnishes . interesting theme for the last week .
Sandhiya
Enchilada looks awesome, Pavani. The Enchilada sauce sounds so flavorful, tortilla with those sauce and cheese, it must be delicious .
Sharmila - The Happie Friends Potpourri Corner
Enchilada looks super tempting and fantastic.. The garnish sounds so tempting for me!!
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan
This style of Enchilada is interesting and love the fact that it is easy to prepare. Great share Pavani.
Harini
Wow! Pavani. This sounds super easy compared to the traditional one. I am intimidated by the traditional one and so never made it 🙂 Bookmarking this .
kalyani
we all love Mexican at home, so am definitely making this soon with tortillas I have left at home ! simple but yummy meals like these are always popular aren't they ?
Priya Suresh
Enchiladas are one of y weakness and this is definitely my kind of food. Such a yummyilicious enchilada to give a try at home without any hesitation. Lipsmacking here;
Gayathri Kumar
These cheese filled enchiladas look fantastic. The sauce recipe looks great and that would be a filling treat..
sapna
The folddd enchilada sounds simpler and easier than the classic ones. I love your homemade enchilada sauce recipe too.
Srivalli
Street food across globe sounds perfect and these enchiladas look amazing pavani, I am so going to keep drooling over your lovely pics!
Mayuri Patel
I like this folded enchiladas, an ideal way to serve when we're just two in the house. Making them in a casserole is time consuming but worth the effort when there are more people.
Manjula Bharath
wow this awesome recipe !! I know traditional enchiladas as quite a task to make, this is just a fabulous idea if we are craving for enchiladas but there is no time and patience to make them.. Wonderful presentation and fantastic idea pavani !!
Madi
These enchiladas sound so tasty! These would be such a hit at my house, we love mexican food!
Veena Azmanov
In our house, we are huge fans of Mexican food. Nothing beats a good meal with enchilada. I'm always looking for different enchilada recipes. Saving this for later. Looks yum!
Tammy
Man oh man these enchiladas look so darn good!! I love that they are vegetarian too ...oh goodness I'm so craving these right now 😀
Marisa Franca
At our house, we enjoy Mexican cuisine, especially street food. We never have leftovers when the food is spicy and tasty. Your sauce sounds just like the type we'd enjoy not only on this but also on eggs.
Stephanie
These look so delicious! I bet I could feed them to my husband and he wouldn't even know they're vegetarian 🙂
Heather
Gorgeous pics and beautiful recipe.. I love they these are folded and not the usual fare. Perfectly seasoned and love that you added coriander 🙂
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Enchilada is one of our bi weekly dinner menu and I love this no bake version. Definitely quicker to make and the sauce recipe is a keepr. I usually buy store bought sauce, but I will give this recipe a try soon.
Suma Gandlur
Your version of enchilada is doable compared to the traditional tedious one. Very beautifully presented as usual.