Chicken Enchilada-like-entities

I am not of any sort of ethnic decent that would qualify me, in any way, to make enchiladas.  Therefore, these must be called "Enchilada-like-entities" much like cheez whiz must be spelled with a "z" for legal reasons.

However....

This is something that I did with chicken leftover from a rotisserie chicken.  (See my post:  If you're going to kill the chicken.... eat the chicken!)

What you'll need:  Some cooked chicken chopped up, a can of black beans, some frozen corn, an onion chopped up, hot sauce, salt, red pepper, chili powder, Mexican cheese blend, tortillas, enchilada sauce.
(Please remember that, as with most every recipe, I mix things up based on the way they taste.  I don't have measurements.  If you don't like things spicy, don't use hot sauce; if you like things really spicy, use lots; if you don't like corn, don't put it in there; if you like jalapenos, use them; put peanut butter in it!  Do what you like!)

Step one:  Chop up your leftover chicken.  (You could use canned too.)

Step Two:  Add chicken, black beans, onion, salt, pepper, hot sauce, a handful or two of the cheese, hot sauce, and corn to a bowl and mix together.

(This is before the black beans but was a better picture.)









Step Three:  Fill the tortillas with the mixture and roll up and place seam down in a glass casserole dish.

Step Four:  Cover the filled tortillas with enchilada sauce.

Step Five:  Cover everything with cheese.

Step Six:  Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.  Your goal here is to heat it up and melt the cheese.











That's all folks!

Bread Pudding

I don't eat things that don't taste good.  I mean, I'm southern so I eat it if it tastes good or if it will hurt someone's feelings if I don't eat it.  Or if my Dad says I have to.  Or if I told my son he has to eat it and I don't want to look like a hypocrite.  OK.  I prefer to eat things that taste good.  If it passes the "tastes good" test then it has to pass two more tests:  1.  Is it too difficult to make and 2.  Is it cheap.  Once those test have been passed then it becomes a dish we eat all the time.  Bread Pudding is one of those recipes.

Does it taste good?  Hell yes!

Is it difficult?  One bowl, one pan and in a pinch you can just do it all in the pan.

Is it cheap?  Because I usually have all the ingredients in the house and I'm rescuing bread that has gone stale it is usually free for me!

You will need:  One loaf stale bread (french bread or bakery bread is best... don't use sliced sandwich bread.), 3 cups whole milk, 1 stick butter (melted), 4 eggs, 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 2 tbs. vanilla, 3/4 tsp. nutmeg, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 1 box raisins (this can be substituted for apples or nuts or chocolate chips... whatever you want really)

Step One:  If you are buying some bread specifically to make this, cut it into cubes while it is still fresh and allow it to go stale.  Fresh (real) bread won't get moldy if you leave it out, it just gets stale.  I always make this when I've bought too much bread and it goes stale.  Once the whole loaf goes stale don't try to cut it.  Put it in a bag and hit it with a hammer.

Step Two:  Mix all of the ingredients, EXCEPT the bread, in a bowl.  (Sorry I forgot to take a picture of this step.)

Step Three:  Put the bread in the bowl with the liquid and mix around until it is all submerged.

Let this soak for an hour.  Mix occasionally to make sure all the bread is getting soaked.

While this is happening heat the oven to 350.

By the time it is ready to go into the pan it will be fairly "smushy".  That's when you know it is ready.

Step Four:  Pour into a pan.  A 13x9 is best.  Glass or metal or ceramic all work fine.  No need to grease the pan.

Bake on 350 for an hour.

When it comes out of the oven it should be brown and bubbly and smell WONDERFUL!!!

Enjoy!