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11/21/2011

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     Left overs, here I come! The roast chicken.  It turned out delicious, but of course the two of us did not eat the entire chicken in one sitting.  Make life easy on yourself and use the left overs! I pulled all the remaining meat off the chicken.  The next night I made it into enchiladas. It was a completely different taste so we weren't sick of chicken.
      I took two overly ripe tomatoes (but any tomato will do), one yellow onion, two anaheim peppers from the garden, and Trader Joe's enchilada sauce. I don't know if it is cheating to use the Trader Joe's sauce, but they gave me a taste test in the store and I had to buy it. I slices the peppers down the middle and discarded most of the seeds.  I then chopped the peppers very finely. After that I chopped the onions, and chunked the tomatoes.  I put this in a sauce pan with about a third of the jar of enchilada sauce. I also added a bit of water so that the mixture could come to a boil.  

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      I simmered this mixture for about 20 minutes.  I waited until the tomatoes had cooked in and everything thickened up a bit.        While the chicken mixture was boiling I sauteed two cloves of garlic, and a half an onion in a sauce pan.  I then boiled water for rice in the same pan. I generally put two parts water for one part rice, but follow the direction on your rice package.  I added in one more tomato and sprinkled some cumin, chili powder, and salt.  When the water comes to boil add in the rice.  Let it simmer until the water is all cooked out. Gentle mix it with a fork and serve it on the side.
       After this, line up the tortillas in a casserole dish so they are like a taco shape.  Spoon in the chicken.  Wrap each one up and turn it a quarter turn so that they don't unroll themselves.  I then poured more of the sauce over the top and sprinkled on cheese.  I used a fairly mild mexican mix, but I would suggest a sharp cheddar and whatever other cheeses are your favorite!  Bake them at 400 degrees until the cheese on top begins to crisp.  This should take about 20 minutes. I forgot to take a picture of the final product before we gulped it up, so you will have to use your imagination.  Dinner again, no more meat to buy!

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