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#WFD – Rice Enchilada

Top with remaining cheese, then bake uncovered for 3-4 minutes until cheese is melted.

POLOKWANE – An enchilada is a corn tortilla rolled around a filling and covered with a chili pepper sauce.

Enchiladas can be filled with a variety of ingredients, including various meats, cheese, beans, potatoes, vegetables or combinations.

What’s for Dinner says this dish is a real Mexican treat and one you will want to make over and over again.

Ingredients

  1. 1 tbsp stork margarine
  2. 1 onion, finely chopped
  3. 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  4. 100g spring onions, finely sliced
  5. 100g very small broccoli spears
  6. 600g longgrained rice, cooked
  7. 15ml water
  8. 1 x KNORR Vegetable Stock Pot
  9. 200g salsa, divided
  10. 200g cheddar cheese, grated and divided
  11. 100g sour cream

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. Heat the Stork Margarine in a large non-stick frying pan on gentle heat. Add onion and garlic and cook gently until onions are soft but not brown.
  3. Add spring onions and broccoli and sauté gently for a further 2-3 minutes.
  4. Add the rice and stir gently, making sure the rice doesn’t brown.
  5. Bring up the heat, add 15 ml water and Knorr Vegetable Stock Pot and cook for 5-6 minutes.
  6. Remove from heat and stir in the salsa, cheese and sour cream. Leave to cool.
  7. Evenly spread the rice mixture on each tortilla. Roll up and arrange seam side down in medium size baking dish; top with remaining salsa and bake covered with foil for 10 minutes.
  8. Top with remaining cheese, then bake uncovered for 3-4 minutes until cheese is melted.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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