Salsa for entomatadas! Fresh fried corn tortillas, simply filled and swimming in a fresh tomato salsa! Yes! This is the kind of Mexican food that I crave!
Entomatadas? Enchiladas? Enmoladas?
Enchiladas are typically prepared with a red or green chile based salsa. Enmoladas are salsa from preparing mole and served like enchiladas. And entomatadas with a tomato based salsa. All served like traditional enchiladas would be, a light garnish of cheese and some fresh garnishes.
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Easy, Simple and Traditional!
I find that the dishes I crave the most are these simple Mexican recipes. They are recipes that remind me of home. I will take the time to prepare a few homemade tortillas to enjoy the full experience of what I am craving.
Get Back To Basics!
What staple ingredients to you keep in your pantry and refrigerator? Green chiles, onion, tomato and garlic. I list them in that order, garlic being last only because mom didn’t use a ton of fresh garlic in her every day cooking. There was fresh heads of garlic for big cuts of meat of big pots of caldo(soup). I never saw mom chop or mince fresh garlic for anything, lol! I do!
Easy Salsa For Entomatadas
Ingredients
- 4 large roma tomatoes roughly chopped
- 2 serrano peppers roughly chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 medium white onion
- 1 1/3 c water
- 1 1/2 tbsps tomato/chicken bouillon optional
- pinch of Mexican oregano
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tbsps oil or pork lard
Instructions
- After washing the produce, add roughly chopped tomatoes, serrano peppers and garlic to the blender. Cut off a small piece of the white onion and add it to the blender. Reserve remaining onion.
- Also to the blender, add water, bouillon, oregano, salt and pepper, to taste. Blend on high until smooth. Set aside.
- Take the reserved onion and slice into thin strips. Set aside.
- In a skillet or deep sauce pan, preheat oil or pork lard for a 3 minutes.
- When oil is hot, carefully add the reserved onions. Saute for 5 minutes.
- Pour in the salsa from the blender. Let it boil for 1 minute, then reduce to a steady simmer. Taste for salt, stirring now and then. Cook for 13-16 minutes or until salsa reduces and thickens slightly. You can prepare this with tomatillos and chicken bouillon for a verde version!
- Halfway through cooking the salsa, lightly fry corn tortillas and fill with crumbled queso fresco or shredded chicken. Keep warm. When ready, spoon hot (warm) salsa over filled fried corn tortillas. Garnish with more fresh onion, and queso fresco.
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Looks so amazing and I will be trying this soon!
Thank you Rose!!
Ms. La Pina,
I made this tonight because I had all the ingredients on hand. I added a bit of left over chicken for some protein and to use up leftovers. Let me tell you that it was awesome!! Simple ingredients and great flavor. Your recipes never disappoint. Thank you for sharing and bringing joy to my kitchen.
Thank you so much Beau! I love when simple recipes are tasty and satisfying. I appreciate you taking the time to write.