Guy
(THF Trophy Hunter)
05/31/08 01:44 PM
Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Ok, you guys are gonna like this, very simple ingredients, but is a lot of work, but well worth the work, my kids love it.

First, get yourself a trimmed brisket, the one I use here was 5.5 lbs, this will be the meat for the enchiladas. Then trim it more, cut all fat off you can, I spend a long time trimming it down, there is plenty of fat in the marbled meat

Then throw in a pan for the oven, cut brisket as needed to fit into pan (in half, or 3rds, whatever), does not matter how it goes in the pan, there is no fat side up because you cut all the fat off. I like to use foil pan or foil liner for a no mess cook, I'm very pro no mess.

Season brisket good with:
- Accent
- Salt & Pepper
- Cumin Seed
- Chili powder, rub all this in good
- Fresh Crushed Garlic, throw that on top
- Dice a yellow onion, and throw that on top

Note all the ingredients above are basic chili ingredients, I would like hear some more ingredient ideas from you guys, but this is good as is, very basic . See pic below after all this is done:



Then make a cover with foil (heavy duty is best), seal edges with fingers, throw in oven 325-350, this is what it looks like after 3 to 4 hours:



It is pretty much falling apart here. Take all juice, onions, etc..put in a pan on stove, this is for the Chili Con Carney, see pic below:



Now the only thing I add to this is 2 heaping spoons of flower, the key is to do it w/o lumping, and I’m not very good at this part, tips welcome. But here is what I do, I get some of the juice in a bowl, 2 heaping spoons of flower, mix that good and mix in with the rest of the pot, mash lumps as needed, cook the hell out of it will get rid of the lumps. So let that cook, add water as needed for right thinkness.

Now your brisket is still cooking, take that out, with juice gone, the pan will caramelize, as seen below:



Take meat out on butcher block, add water to pan, stir all that good stuff up off that pan with wood spoon, and throw all that goodness into the chili con carney, cook off water as needed for right thinkness. So continue to cook the chili con carney.

Take your brisket all cooked, put on butcher block, and chop up very good, chop chop chop. Throw into separate pan, mix in about ¾ of the chili con carney (saving ¼ of the chili con carney for topping). Cook this a bit.

Now you are ready to “roll your enchiladas”, ever done this before? Get a pan with hot olive oil (say medium high), throw a corn tortilla in there for a second or 2, look for corn tortilla start to buble , then flip real quick (this makes corn tortilla nice and soft, other wise tortilla will crack when trying to roll) use metal tongs, take tortilla out of pan on flat surface (I like to lay foil down, again easy clean up), take your meat mixture and roll tortilla and make enchiladas, see pic below when you are done.



Take the bowl of chili con carney you set aside before, dab about a 2/3 of it on the enchiladas (saving 1/3), see pic below:



Then throw some shredded cheese on it, I think used like that Mexican blend (white/yellow …), then throw the rest of the chili con carney on, it is ready for the oven, see pic below:



Cook on 350 till done, I don’t know, 30 minutes or so, then it looks like this:



Kids love it.



Here is my little girl freaking out her big brother, she’s pretending to put more spice on and Ryan saying “No!! It's good the way it is!!!”lol, my little girl plays everyone like a fiddle.



Enjoy, let me know how it works for ya, and any other ideas, lets hear them!!


easton1025
(Pro Tracker)
05/31/08 02:20 PM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Guy..the clumps \can be solved by taking the drippings like you said,put in a bowl, and put a few ice cubes in to cool the liquid...as soon as it is cool thicken it with the flour..Adding flour to hot liquids will cause the clumps..looks good...you could add a bottle of liquid smoke to add a little smoky flavor to the brisket enchiladas..

Team Hillbilly
(Extreme Tracker)
05/31/08 02:39 PM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Guy you can also use a wire whisk to add the flour, this will help keep out the lumps, works great on gravies too

Guy
(THF Trophy Hunter)
05/31/08 03:00 PM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Quote:

..Adding flour to hot liquids will cause the clumps




Now that my problem right there, I thought you wanted it to be hot, I thought my problem was that it was not hot enough.

Quote:

you could add a bottle of liquid smoke to add a little smoky flavor to the brisket enchiladas..




You know I have done this before smoking the brisket on my smoker, and I did not like it as much, I think it confused my taste buds, my tastes buds said "is this BBQ or tex-mex???"


Regretzi
(Woodsman)
05/31/08 05:03 PM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

That looks delecious. I am gonna have t give that a try.

Guy
(THF Trophy Hunter)
05/31/08 05:14 PM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

I just added updated my post to include pic and step below, mistakenly left it out, but updated now:



WildEd
(Outdoorsman)
05/31/08 08:07 PM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Take a cup of your brisket drippings and place in jar. Let cool and then add flour. Put lid on jar and shake. Pour into liquid while stirring and you will not have lumps. ET

Tres
(Pro Tracker)
06/01/08 12:18 PM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Man that looks right on!

kyotee1
(Pro Tracker)
06/02/08 10:42 AM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Guy - looks great! Have you tried dipping the tortillas in the sauce as opposed to hot oil to make them pliable? I do this to eliminate the oil content and they turn out pretty darn good. Just keeps another pan and step out of the way.

Guy
(THF Trophy Hunter)
06/02/08 11:34 AM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Quote:

Guy - looks great! Have you tried dipping the tortillas in the sauce as opposed to hot oil to make them pliable? I do this to eliminate the oil content and they turn out pretty darn good. Just keeps another pan and step out of the way.



No, I have tried to wet each side, stack them, wrap in foil, then put in the oven and like steam them, but this did not work, when I tried to roll the enchiladas, they would still crack ….. it turned out to be a mess.

But your idea might work. I also had someone tell me to put a little oil on each side, stack, wrap with plastic, the zap in the microwave, but I have not tried that.


Guy
(THF Trophy Hunter)
06/02/08 11:36 AM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Quote:

Take a cup of your brisket drippings and place in jar. Let cool and then add flour. Put lid on jar and shake. Pour into liquid while stirring and you will not have lumps. ET



Why not just mix flour with some cold tap water in a glass or bowl, then add that to the Chili Con Carney? I'm always adding water anyway, then cook off the water for the right thickness...


Guy
(THF Trophy Hunter)
06/02/08 11:41 AM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Quote:

Quote:

Guy - looks great! Have you tried dipping the tortillas in the sauce as opposed to hot oil to make them pliable? I do this to eliminate the oil content and they turn out pretty darn good. Just keeps another pan and step out of the way.



No, I have tried to wet each side, stack them, wrap in foil, then put in the oven and like steam them, but this did not work, when I tried to roll the enchiladas, they would still crack ….. it turned out to be a mess.

But your idea might work. I also had someone tell me to put a little oil on each side, stack, wrap with plastic, the zap in the microwave, but I have not tried that.



It really is not that much more work, I use olive oil, so it is healthy, and I just put a little in the pan, and it is pretty much in the pan, flip and take out onto the foil to wrap, so it is not that much slower, and that is how you are suppose to do it, I think any other way is cutting corners and probably not as good, I could be wrong.


gottadip?
(Bird Dog)
06/17/08 07:10 AM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

Wow! Saved to my recipe folder! Great heads up!

Thanks!


Guy
(THF Trophy Hunter)
06/17/08 02:01 PM
Re: Tex-mex Beef Enchiladas & Chili Con Carney

I made it again the other night, I used a 6 lb brisket, and had a lot of meat left over, based on the same number of enchiladas (14). I had a lot of meat left over with 5.5 lb brisket.

But anyway, what you can do with the left over meat is use that for tacos, man that brisket meat is great in tacos.

Also the step where you add flower, just get a half glass of cold tap water, and mix flour with that, then pour into chili con carney, no lumping.



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