{"id":4975,"date":"2009-08-23T15:56:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T20:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/mojo\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:46:10","slug":"comfort-food-cheese-and-onion-enchiladas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/blog\/comfort-food-cheese-and-onion-enchiladas\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort food: Cheese and onion enchiladas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing with the theme of what Mojo cooks because she hates to, and this is what her mother cooked and so she likes it enough to cook it:<\/p>\n

This should probably fall under the heading \u201cno brainer,\u201d but these are the best enchiladas I\u2019ve ever had, bar none.<\/p>\n

I got 27 enchiladas out of this today:<\/p>\n

3 Tb flour
\n3 Tb shortening (probably really should use lard, but I didn\u2019t have any)
\n3 c water
\n12 oz taco seasoning1<\/a><\/sup>
\n32-oz bag of finely grated cheese (I like sharp cheddar)
\n3 medium yellow onions, finely chopped2<\/a><\/sup>
\ncorn tortillas
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\nOven to 350F.
\n 
\nMelt flour and shortening\/lard together in a huge skillet and\/or wok-like pan, and stir until smooth and bubbly. Add water and taco seasoning, then cook until thick. Turn burner to low or off.
\n 
\nCoat the tortillas in the sauce, then roll up with cheese and onions. Pack them in a jelly roll pan or something equally large. You may have to add some water to the sauce to thin it out, as it will get thicker as it sits. Save enough sauce to coat a full pan of enchiladas, then do so. Sprinkle the extra cheese and onions over all.
\n 
\nPut in the oven for 20-25 minutes.<\/div>\n

This isn\u2019t hard, but the prep time (especially if you hand grate the cheese and dice the onions by hand instead of the handy-dandy chopper I adore) is a killer.<\/p>\n

Obviously, you can substitute any meat you like, but I prefer plain cheese and onions.<\/p>\n

\"onion<\/p>\n

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1<\/a>.<\/span>  Pimp moment of the day: My mother always used to use Lil Guy taco<\/em><\/strong> seasoning (not the enchilada one). It came in a 12-ounce glass jar<\/span> glass jar that said \u201c12 oz\u201d on it. [2025-07-24: Someone asked me if that was by weight or volume, but I honestly don\u2019t know.]<\/span> Their website says it\u2019s discontinued<\/a>. Now, I haven\u2019t looked to see if they still carry it in the grocery stores the way I remember it, but I don\u2019t use this because now I go to Planter\u2019s in River Market<\/a> (downtown Kansas City) and get their mix. The seasonings you use make all the difference, so experiment. By the way, Planter\u2019s is one of the businesses I mentioned in The Proviso<\/em> [2025-07-24: First Edition]. I mention a lot of local businesses in my book(s).<\/p>\n

2<\/a>.<\/span>  If you don\u2019t have one of these<\/a>, get one. Right now. I believe we got ours at Walgreen\u2019s for like, $5. Best kitchen tool buy ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing with the theme of what Mojo cooks because she hates to, and this is what her mother cooked and so she likes it enough to cook it: This should probably fall under the heading \u201cno brainer,\u201d but these are the best enchiladas I\u2019ve ever had, bar none. I got 27 enchiladas out of this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4975"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16837,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions\/16837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}