These enchilada's are magically delicious!

Spring has sprung here in Ohio and I feel like singing!!! The kids can go outside to play and I can have the kitchen all to myself. Enchilada's are a new favorite for me to make, super easy and freezable. 

Here are the ingredients: 1 lb. Ground Turkey; 10 ounces Chorizo Sausage; 2 packets Sazon; 1/2 cup Sofrito; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/4 tsp Pepper; 1 tsp Garlic Powder; 3 cans Red Enchilada Sauce; 2 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese; 1 can Re-fried Black Beans. 

Start by adding one package of Sazon to the refried black beans.  Put that on low heat just to combine the flavors. 

Next in a skillet combine the turkey (or chicken or beef) with the chorizo, salt, pepper, sazon, and garlic powder. Fry this up and drain if necessary.  Then add the Sofrito and simmer over low heat for 10-15 minutes.

Be sure to spray your pan with cooking oil to make for easy clean-up.  Yes I spray my Pampered Chef Stoneware.  Sue me!

These are my new favorite tortillas.  Corn flavor with the softness of a flour shell!  YUM is the only word that fully describes these.  Find them in the mexican isle of the grocery or if you're at Kroger they are with the bakery goods.  A 9x13 pan will hold 13 of these if filled as described. 

  The tortilla directions have you heat them in the microwave and I recommend this as it allows them to roll up nicely.  Put about 1tbsp of your bean mixture in and 2tbsp of the meat mixture.  They will be a good size and you won't loose too much into the pan. 

Here they are all rolled up.  Before you start filling the pan, put a bit of the enchilada sauce in the bottom to help flavor the tortilla and to help prevent sticking.  

After they are all assembled and in the pan, top off with remaining enchilada sauce and bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until bubbly.  

Add a full 2cup package of cheese on the top and bake for another 10 to 15 to allow cheese to melt. Enjoy!

Tia Ginny's Empanada's!

1 lb Ground Chicken/Turkey/Beef

10 oz. Beef Chorizo Sausage

1 Onion Diced Fine

1 or 2 Cloves Garlic Minced

1 pkt Sofrito Seasoning Paste

1 pkt Sazon con cilantro y achote

1 chicken bullion cube dissolved in 8oz hot water

10 oz Green beans finely sliced

Hot sauce to taste

2 cups shredded cheese
2 pkgs Goyo Empanada Disco's

Fry together ground meat Chorizo sausage with onion and garlic.  

Drain the meat and add one pkg sofrito Seasoning paste; one pkt Sazon powder (con cilantro y achote) and very thinly sliced grean beans (fresh grean beans make the best but I have taken a can of beans and drained them well and stuck them in the food processor and it works too) 

Stir everything together and simmer for 3-5 minutes so the flavors can all come together. Add 1 cube of chicken bullion (diluted in a cup of water) and as many shakes of hot sauce as you'd like. Simmer for 30-45 min until it seems thick and yummy.

Drain the final product for the empanada's, but, don't drain it all, as you can eat it over rice just like it is. Fill the empanada's with the drained picadillo, and a bit of cheese and seal the edges with a fork. You can pan fry them or put them in the oven at 425 spray them directly with pam and cook for 15 - 20 minutes.

The "dessert" ones that we do are just filling the empanada dough with nutella or cream cheese, any flavor, and cooking them up. Again, fry or bake, whichever your preference.

ENJOY! and let me know what you think of them!