Chicken Enchiladas

Mexican Enchiladas are served with choice of red, green or Mexican mole sauce. Enchiladas includes rice, beans and salad.

A chicken enchilada is a popular Mexican dish. It is one of the most popular dishes that could be bought from a street vendor in Mexico. Hence, it is popularly known as "simple street food". Chicken Enchilada is pronounced as "ehn-chee-lah-thahs". The term "Chicken enchilada" simply means " Chicken dipped in chili".

Chicken Enchiladas

Many people describe Mexican chicken enchiladas as spicy, colorful, which has strong and mixed flavor.

Originally, an chicken enchilada is made from a tortilla dipped in chili sauce and stuffed with cheese and beans or chicken and beef, sometimes with spinach. Today, there are different versions of enchiladas served in the Mexican restaurants around the world.

In the year 1949, an American magazine, American Food and Drink, described a chicken enchilada as "a Mexican dish prepared more for turista than for local consumption".

The chicken enchiladas you eat from a street vendor in Mexico are quite different from the ones you must have eaten in a Mexican restaurant outside Mexico. The enchiladas you get outside Mexico are tortillas stuffed with fillings of your choice swimming in red sauce and molten cheese. These enchiladas are limp and are not crunchy.

Chicken Enchiladas Suizas was first introduced in a restaurant called Sanborn’s in Mexico City. "Suizas" means Swiss. This is so called because the dish uses a lot of cheese and cream. It is a tribute to the Swiss cuisine.