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Cheese Enchiladas with Easy Mole Sauce

Vegetarian Times Issue: February 1, 2006   p.67

Cocoa powder and peanut butter make this traditional Mexican sauce a snap. If you can’t find ancho chile powder, use 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper instead.

Directions

To make Mole Sauce:

1. Heat oil in large pot over medium heat. Add onions, and cook 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until browned. Stir in garlic, chili powder, brown sugar, cinnamon, ancho chile powder and ground cloves, and cook 1 minute, or until fragrant, stirring constantly.

2. Add tomatoes, cocoa, peanut butter and 2 cups water. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

To make Enchiladas:

3. Preheat oven to 350F. Ladle 3/4 cup Mole Sauce into bottoms of 2 12x8-inch ovenproof baking dishes. Place about 2 1/2 Tbs. cheese in center of each tortilla. Roll tortilla around cheese, and set seam side down on top of mole sauce, placing 8 filled tortillas in each pan. Top each dish with 1 1/4 cups mole, and sprinkle each with 1/3 cup cheese. Bake 20 minutes, or until sauce bubbles and cheese melts.

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ingredient list

Serves 8

  • Mole Sauce
  • 2 Tbs. vegetable oil
  • 2 medium-sized onions, chopped (about 2 cups)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced (about 2 tsp.)
  • 1/4 cup chili powder
  • 2 Tbs. light brown sugar
  • 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. ancho chile powder
  • 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1 15.5-oz. can diced tomatoes
  • 3 Tbs. cocoa powder
  • 3 Tbs. peanut butter

Enchiladas

  • 12 oz. light Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (about 3 cups)
  • 16 8-inch flour tortillas

Nutritional Information

Per SERVING:

Calories 462
Protein 24g
Total Fat 22.5g
Saturated Fat 8.5g
Carbs 47g
Choelsterol 30mg
Sodium 629mg
Fiber 7g
Sugar 8g
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