Just One Anna

These are /not/ traditional enchiladas.  They are, however, quick, easy, and delicious, and since you are not actually cooking the chicken in the oven, relatively foolproof.  I will admit to not actually measuring anything in this recipe!

The original recipe (that I have lost) is for enchiladas, but upon discovering some completely stuck together tortillas in the fridge that were perfectly edible – but not actually capable of rolling into enchiladas – the casserole was born.

Also – you can adjust the heat as you like it.  Use spicy salsa and enchilada sauce, or throw in a few jalapenos if you favor the flame, or use mild and it’ll be much tamer.

You need:

• 1 cooked rotisserie chicken (or a few cups of leftover cooked chicken)
• 1 cup of sour cream
• 1 cup chunky salsa
• 1 can of enchilada sauce
• 1 onion
• 2 cups shredded cheese (cheddar or jack or whatever you like)
• 1 package flour tortillas
• 9×13 baking dish

Preheat oven to 375.

Pick all the meat off the rotisserie chicken and chop it into chunks.  Dice the onion. Place both the onion and the chicken in a large bowl with the sour cream and the salsa.  Stir well.

FOR ENCHILADAS:

Spray the bottom of the pan with cooking spray, and put about 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce on a big plate (measurements don’t really matter at this point). Take a tortilla and dip it into the sauce on both sides, add a scoop of the chicken mixture, and roll.  Place it in the pan.

Repeat until the pan is full, then dump the rest of the enchilada sauce over the prepared enchiladas, top with cheese, and bake for 30-40 minutes (or until bubbly and gooey and delicious).

FOR CASSEROLE:

Spray the bottom of the pan with cooking spray, and put about 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce into the bottom of the pan.

Tear up 2-3 tortillas and make a layer of tortilla goodness on top of the sauce.  Add approximately half of the chicken mixture, spread evenly, followed by another half cup or so of the enchilada sauce, and half of the cheese.

Repeat with more tortillas, chicken, and sauce – but hold off on the cheese.  Add another top layer of tortillas, the last dregs of the sauce, and the last half of the cheese.

Bake for 30-45 minutes, or until bubbly and delicious.

This is a test from Windows Live Writer!

About a year ago, I decided I wanted to register a device (at that point, no AoA, so it would’ve just been a device and not arms – now it’s arms!).  With a lot of help from the local herald geek in my barony (Hi Melissa!) – who really gets credit for this one, as it was her idea – I picked something that was simple, period, and which had a lot of visual interest without being busy or covered with “thingies” (I like the thingies on some sets of arms? But I couldn’t think of any thingies that I liked and which represented me without being too busy).

Anyway – it passed Kingdom about 6 months back, with complements from one of the people that is notorious for being grouchy about non-period arms.  I figured that was a good sign.

I found out this morning that it passed Laurel Sovereign at Arms, again with complements, and the device is officially “mine”.

Per pale azure and argent a chevron rompu counterchanged

What that means?

• Per pale means it’s divided in half from top to bottom
• azure and argent means blue and white/silver
• a chevron rompu is the shape (click for a plain chevron rompu)
• counterchanged means the colors swap places across the center line

My persona – Anne atte Rydeforde (basically Anne who lives by the reedy ford) – is a late 14th century lower noblewoman. She’s of enough stature to have pretty dresses… but not enough to have very many of them.  I think this suits both of us just fine.

I talked a little about the physics of packing boxes before.

And so it is with great rejoicing that I report that as of today, there are no boxes in the living room, no boxes in the kitchen, no boxes in the master bedroom or closet, no boxes in the entry way or dining room or bar, and only one box in the office.  There ARE still boxes in the little yellow bedroom (it’s our still-packed box room) and the “piano room” (it’s our unpacked box graveyard).

I’m pretty proud of that.

Next step?  No holes in the guest bathroom ceiling.  /sigh