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Enchiladas Sonorenses (Stacked Enchiladas)

These Stacked Enchiladas are layered homemade corn tortillas dipped in a rich, flavorful red chile sauce with cheese, onions, and crema.

Prep 25m
Cook 20m
Total 40m
Yield 10 servings

🥄 Ingredients

  • 10 large guajillo chiles (seeded and rinsed under cold water)
  • 2 to 3 Arbol chile (optional if you like spicy sauce) (seeded and rinsed under cold water)
  • ¼ of a large white or yellow onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 medium tomato (quartered)
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 Tablespoon chicken bouillon or 1 cube (or vegetable bouillon to keep in vegetarian)
  • ½ teaspoon oregano ((preferably Mexican) )
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • black pepper and kosher or sea salt to taste
  • 2 cups Maseca corn flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon table salt
  • 1 ¼ cup warm water (or more if needed)
  • 1 small potato, cooked and smashed (optional but highly recommended)
  • ½ medium white onion or scallions (finely chopped)
  • ½ romaine or iceberg lettuce (thinly shredded)
  • 2 cups queso fresco (crumbled)
  • ½ cup Mexican crema

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Make The Enchilada Sauce

    Make The Enchilada Sauce

  2. Make the tortillas

    Make the tortillas

📊 Nutrition (per serving)

180 kcal Calories
18 g Carbs
2 g Protein
9 g Fat

Nutritional values are estimates from the original source.