One Skillet Enchilada

I’ve been on a homemade Mexican(ish) food binge the last few days. After eating fajitas, naked burrito bowl and quesadilla I wanted to try something different while also using up leftover tortillas and various sauces. What started as an experiment ended as an extremely delicious, healthy and flavour-explosion in my mouth! I promise you, once you try this recipe you won’t need the excuse of using leftover food to make this!

Ingredients

• 4 corn tortillas
• 1 red onion, sliced
• 1 small bunch broccoli, chopped into small florets
• 3 cloves garlic, sliced
• 2 handfulls of rocket, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup baba ganoush
• 1 cup roast vegetable pasta sauce (or enchilada sauce)
• 1tspn paprika
• 1tspn cumin powder
• 2tspn olive oil
• salt to taste
• cheese for garnish (optional)

Method

1. Heat oven to 220C.
2. Stack the tortillas on top of each other, place on a cutting board and cut into 6 wedges. (Think of the stack as the face of a clock and cut 3 lines through the stack: 12 to 6 o’clock, 2 to 8 and 4 to 10 o’clock).
3. Line a baking tray with grease proof paper. Spread tortilla wedges in a single layer and bake for 10mins. Remove from oven and set aside to cool. (Taste one to make sure it’s crispy enough. Taste another with the baba ganoush and a third with the pasta sauce. Tell yourself off for being greedy and go back to cooking)
4. Heat oil in a frying pan. Once heated add garlic and saute until golden. Add sliced onions, sprinkling of salt and cook till onions are soft.
5. Add broccoli florets, paprika, cumin and fry till broccoli is cooked but still has a bite to it.
6. Add baba ganoush and pasta sauce to the pan.
7. Mix it all up. (Eat a couple of chips with the sauce; just to make sure it tastes alright of course). Adjust seasoning.
8. Add the crispy chips to the pan, 1/4cup water, rocket and simmer for 5mins or just until the chips have absorbed the flavourful sauce and have started to go soft but are still chewy and a bit crunchy.
9. Garnish with cheese. I did this for the pictures but honestly this dish is creamy and flavourful enough even without it. I’ll leave the cheese out next time.
10. Transfer to a bowl and enjoy straightaway!

Notes

1. Feel free to experiment with different veggies. You could use mushrooms, peppers or fresh corn.
2. Throw in some cooked beans and some shredded chicken/pork for extra protein. You could even top this with a fried egg if you fancied!
3. Whatever variations you try I’d suggest not swapping some things like garlic, red onion, baba ganoush (for the creaminess and smokiness it imparts to the dish), red sauce, rocket and the spices as they provide great depth of flavour!
4. I used corn tortillas coz they retain their chewiness and crunchiness even after adding to the sauce. You could use flour tortillas too but these will likely go soggy.

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