An experiment in cooking...

So if you know me, you know that I do not claim to have the ability to cook. Cooking has just never been a talent of mine or even much of an interest. Since being married I have tried to develop this skill. I have attempted many dishes... some have failed and some have turned out pretty awesome. I use allrecipes.com  most of the time and I have found some way good stuff from there. But I never been able to make up a recipe on my own or even adapt a recipe to make it my own. So I decided to give it a try. I researched a bunch of recipes for enchiladas. I found a lot of them but most of them called for things I did not have in my kitchen. So I decided to come up with a recipe on my own and feed to Eric to see if its any good.
I made some on thursday and Eric liked them so much he begged me to make more for him for sunday dinner. So I did but this time I took pictures so I could share this with everyone... becuase honestly this is such an easy recipe! Now granted I didn't measure anything but feel free to try this and experiment. Mine have turned out pretty good TWICE.


Okay so first I took two large or three small chicken breasts and cut them up into small pieces. Then I cooked them on a skillet with about a quarter of an onion diced up as well. I added some garlic salt and regular salt and cooked till the chicken was no longer pink.

Next in a bowl I mixed together about a cup/ a third of a container of sour cream (you can add more if you want more... I used about half the container in my 2nd batch and it wasn't bad at all), One can of cream of chicken soup, One can of Hunt's Fire Roasted Tomatoes (I drained them first) and like three or four cups of shredded cheese (the more the better.. promise!)  I am sure you could use different tomatoes... I also think you could just put in a can of salsa and it would be just as good. I might try that next time. Then I mixed in about a third (or half... whatever you want) of red enchilada sauce. 

I then added the onions and the chicken to the mix. I put in more garlic powder becuase I LOVE GARLIC. You could also add some chili powder if you want them to have a kick. I don't really care for really spicy things so I try to keep it pretty mild. 

I then took a glass pan and sprayed some pam on it. I took some flour tortillas and loaded each one with the mixture and then rolled it and placed the seam face down in the pan. Now I used big burrito tortillas but I think next time I might use smaller ones so I can make more in one pan. 

Then I poured the rest of the enchilada sauce on top of the rolled tortillas. Then I poured another can of enchilad sauce on top... but I used a medium green sauce. It adds a little kick but not much. Then I top it all off with cheese. The more the better. I also added some sliced olives on my first batch to the top but this time I didn't have any so I went without. 

Now I cooked mine in the oven at 350 degrees. I think I could have cooked it at a hotter temperature though. Becuase it took a while. I cooked it for 45-50 minutes or until its kind of bubbling along the edges and cheese is melted. 

Now we probably needed to let it sit a while longer after we cooked it but Eric was so excited we dug in right away and it doesn't look very pretty on the plate... but it tastes amazing!!!

Now Bryan came over thirty minutes later and his looked a little better then mine. 

Anyways... It was pretty good. And I am excited that I made something so yummy!

Anyways Happy sunday everyone.