Chicken Enchiladas with Red Chile Sauce

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2003, America's Test Kitchen TV

The key to making rich, deeply flavored enchiladas in under 90 minutes is cooking the chicken and sauce together.

SERVES 10 enchiladas, serving 4 or 5

TIME 1¾ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For an outstanding enchiladas recipe that could be made in under 90 minutes, we saved time preparing the tortillas by spraying them with vegetable oil and warming them on a baking sheet in the oven. Another timesaver in our enchilada recipe...

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