If you love Mexican food and spinach, try making this tasty vegetarian enchiladas. This delicious dish will be a hit at dinner. You will forget that it’s meatless with the tasty combination of veggies and cheese filling.
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Mexican
Prep Time1hour
Cook Time30minutes
Total Time1hour30minutes
Servings8people
Ingredients
2tablespoonsolive oil
½cupgreen onionssliced
1large sized oniondiced
1lbmushroomssliced
12ozbag of frozen spinach
4clovesgarlicminced
1jalapenominced
1teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonblack pepper
1teaspoonred chili powder
1cupricotta cheese
½cupsour cream
1.5cupshredded monterey jack cheese
1.5cupshredded mozzarella cheese
1cupcilantrochopped
12flour tortillas
28ozenchilada sauce can
Instructions
Heat a large pot with olive oil at medium-high heat
Add the green onions, onions and mushrooms to the pot and saute for 7 to 10 minutes
Add the garlic and jalapeno and stir for 1 minute
Put the spinach, salt, black pepper and red chili powder into the pot and continue to stir every couple minutes until the water evaporates for the mixture
Remove the spinach, onion and mushroom mixture from the pot and place it into a bowl to cool
Preheat the oven to 350° F
After the mixture cools for about 10 minutes, add half of the chopped cilantro, ricotta cheese, sour cream and ¾ cup each of the shredded monterey jack and mozzarella cheese to the mixture and mix together. Taste the enchilada filling for salt and add more if needed.
In a 9 by 13 inch pan, add about a cup of the enchilada sauce to the bottom of the pan and spread evenly
To fill the tortilla, take a generous scoop of the enchilada filling and add it to the tortilla, wrap the tortilla and place it seam down in the pan. Repeat until the pan is filled.
Top the enchilada with the remaining enchilada sauce. Depending on your preference, you can use all the remaining sauce or some of it. I usually add enough to cover all the tortillas rolled. I also like to add some of the chopped cilantro before layering with cheese.
Top the enchilada with the remaining monterey jack and mozzarella cheese
Baked the enchilada for 30 minutes and once finished baking, garnish with the remaining cilantro