Green chili casserole mingles the flavors of beef, onions, cheese and green chilies into an enchilada dish that should please lovers of spicy foods. You can serve this dish with a side salad and refried beans for a complete meal.
Instructions
Enchiladas
1. Brown ground meat and chopped onion in skillet, add cheddar cheese and blend to melt the cheese.
2. Drain grease from hamburger, leave meat mixture in pan and set aside.
3. Heat oil in skillet until hot and dip tortillas in hot oil, cooking about one minute or less on each side. There must be enough oil in the skillet for the tortillas to float freely in the oil.
4. Drain tortilla on paper towel before filling with beef mixture.
5. Place a tortilla in the baking pan and fill with a heaping spoonful of beef mixture.
6. Fold each side of tortilla over the meat and secure with a toothpick.
7. Repeat process until baking pan is filled with enchiladas.
Green Chili Sauce
8. Melt butter or margarine in a saucepan and reduce heat to low.
9. Add flour and stir until smooth.
10. Pour milk slowly into saucepan while continually stirring to prevent the flour and butter mixture from clumping.
11. Increase heat to medium high and bring milk to a simmer, stirring constantly till sauce thickens.
12. Open the can of green chilies and mix into the sauce.
13. Cube 1/2 lb. processed cheese and slowly add to the sauce while stirring constantly.
14. Cook sauce over low heat and continue to stir until all cheese melts.
15. Pour green chili sauce over enchiladas.
16. Bake uncovered in preheated 350-degree oven for 20 minutes until cheese sauce begins to brown slightly on top.
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