Corn and Cheese Enchiladas

Corn and Cheese Enchiladas

from myrecipes.com
31 min
4 Servings

This recipe gets high marks for being easy but having that high-end mexican restaurant flavor. Cover these corn and cheese enchiladas with your favorite bottled enchilada sauce and bake til hot and bubbly.

Ingredients

  • 8 6-inch corn tortillas
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 5 scallions, white and light green parts, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 ½ cups fresh corn kernels (from 2 medium ears)
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • Salt
  • 2 cups grated pepper Jack
  • 1 10-oz. can enchilada sauce

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Stack tortillas, wrap in foil and bake until softened, 8 to 10 minutes.

  2. 2

    While tortillas are baking, oil a 7-by-11-inch glass baking dish. Warm 1 Tbsp. oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallions and garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in corn and milk and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 7 to 10 minutes. Season with salt.

  3. 3

    Remove tortillas from foil. Set aside 1/2 cup cheese. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of corn mixture in center of a tortilla. Sprinkle with a heaping tablespoon of cheese. Roll up tortilla and set in dish, seam side down. Repeat with remaining tortillas, overlapping them slightly. Pour enchilada sauce over tortillas and sprinkle with reserved 1/2 cup cheese. Bake until bubbling, about 20 minutes.