Mexican Brunch Enchiladas With Creamy Cheese Sauce

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"If you want a spicy cheese sauce add in some cayenne pepper. I used the small pork breakfast sausages for this but really any kind will do, with the small sausages there is no need to remove the casings just crumble as you are cooking them, you will have to remove the casings if you are using the larger sausages. This recipe is also great for a dinner! The sauce from this recipe is wonderful, so you might want to consider using the sauce recipe alone for other recipe!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 8 tortillas

ingredients

• 1 lb pork breakfast sausage
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 5 green onions, chopped
• 14 large eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons whipping cream or 2 tablespoons half-and-half cream
• salt and pepper
• 8 (8 inch) flour tortillas
• 1 1⁄2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
• shredded cheese, for topping (any amount desired)

• CHEESE SAUCE

• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 1⁄3 cup flour
• 3 cups half-and-half cream (or use full-fat milk)
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies, undrained
• salt
• black pepper (optional)

directions

1. Set oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
3. For the cheese sauce; melt butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-low heat.
4. Add in flour; whisk constantly for about 1 minute.
5. Slowly add in the half and half cream; cook over medium heat whisking for about 5 minutes or until thickened; remove from heat.
6. Add in the shredded cheese and chiles; mix until the cheese is melted and smooth.
7. Season with salt and pepper if desired.
8. For the enchiladas; cook the sausage in a large skillet crumbling with a spoon until cooked; remove the meat to a plate and drain fat.
9. Melt butter in the skillet, add in the green onions; saute for 1 minute.
10. In a bowl whisk the eggs with whipping cream then season with salt and pepper; add into the skillet that has the green onions in it; cook eggs without stirring until set on the bottom, then continue to cook stirring gently until the eggs are cooked but still moist; remove from heat and gently fold in the 1-1/2 cups shredded cheddar and the cooked sausage.
11. Spoon about 1/3-cup of the egg mixture down the middle of each flour tortilla; roll and place seam side down into prepared baking dish.
12. Pour the prepared cheese sauce evenly over the tortillas.
13. Bake covered for about 25 minutes.
14. Remove from oven and sprinkle with more shredded cheddar; return to oven and bake another 8 minutes, or until the casserole is hot and the cheese has melted (you can also bake it uncovered with the cheese added on top for 30 minutes, but I find that the cheese becomes too hard).
15. Delicious!

Reviews

[CrystalRN]

We had this for dinner last night and everyone really enjoyed. I scaled the recipe down for 6 tortillas but still ended up making enough for 12! (Probably because I had smaller tortillas) Anyway, I will make this again! Thank you!

 

[Allymom]

We absolutely loved this! I used fresh chiles and they weren't very spicy, so I added a bit of cayenne to the cheese sauce. I also added black beans to the mix that goes inside the enchiladas. It was rather time consuming to make, but this recipe made enough cheese sauce and filling to make a double batch of enchiladas for me, so I froze the other batch. Oh, I also left off the cheese at the end. I thought it already had enough cheese and I when I ate it I was glad I left it off. It was a bit on the cheesy side. I might leave out the cheese in the filling next time. All in all, an excellent recipe!

 

[Notherjack]

Kittencal you're my hero. I was quite the hero myself after preparing these absolutely scrumptious enchiladas for a family brunch. I one and a halved the recipe and it turned out very well. Definitely a keeper.

 

[Kana6615]

This is very good. My DH claimed it is much better than egg bakes and is even good reheated! Used 2% milk, chicken sausage, and I omitted the chilies. Great recipe!