Cheese Enchiladas?

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Y'know that filling in the cheese enchiladas at El Chico or Poncho's - the sort of fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth stuff that can't possibly be real cheese, but sure is good? Any idea how to make it?

I've tried making a sort of really thick white sauce and adding cheese and beaten eggs to it to try for a mousse-like consistency, but that didn't work too well. I thought it might be the type of cheese; I'm using cheddar and Monterrey Jack (can't get American or Velveeta).

I can do a mean sour cream chicken enchilada so I can get my TexMex fix when I'm desperate, but I would love a nice fluffy cheese enchilada once in awhile. Any hints would be very greatly appreciated.

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1. this may give you the "fluffy" you are looking for....

3 cups Enchilada sauce
12oz carton cottage cheese
8oz sour cream
Small can chopped green chiles
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup Cheddar cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 flour tortillas

Directions:
Mix 1 1/2 cups enchilada sauce with cottage cheese, salt, chiles and sour cream. Spoon 1/3 cup of this mixture into tortilla and sprinkle with Monterrey jack cheese.

Lightly grease a casserole dish with vegetable oil. Roll tortillas and place on casserole dish seam side down. Pour remaining enchilada sauce on top of enchiladas. Cover and bake in a preheated oven (350) for 25 minutes.

This recipe has been graciously supplied by Maggie of International Woman Her site has loads of recipes from cuisines around the world. International Woman is a meeting place for women of the internet. Be sure to check it out.

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2. Never thought of using cottage cheese.

That could be very close. I'll give it a shot. Thank you!

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3. i use cottage cheese half and half with ricotta in my lasgna

it makes it so much moister and fluffy

seems like it would do the same in enchiladas

Buen Appetit

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4. So do I. I just hadn't thought of it in relation to enchiladas.

I will post the results here as soon as I get a refill on my green chili supply. Thanks again.