Easy meal after work... enchiladas

This is one of my old standbys... so quick and easy after a long day at work. And... VERY adaptable to your audience (my vegetarian friends love the cheese version).

First off, the sauce is straight from a can and oh so good. It's the Old El Paso red enchilada sauce... mild, medium or hot (medium and hot are harder to find). I add some Cholula to the sauce for a little extra flavor.

Second, pick the ingredients you want in the enchiladas.... I usually go with cheese, chicken, or ground beef.

Okay.... now for the recipe:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Start with a small pan and put in some onion, garlic and olive oil. Add in some seasonings... I usually put in some chili powder, cayenne pepper, and a little cumin. Cook these together until the onions become translucent.

Next, the meat (if you want to include meat) :
-- ground beef: cook with some of the same seasonings mentioned above and some garlic powder.
-- chicken: you can use a rotisserie chicken (I usually don't bother adding any seasoning to this option) or cook a chicken breast with the above seasonings and shred it.

I use corn tortillas and heat them in the microwave for 20-30 seconds so that they are easier to roll.
Put cheese and some of the onion mix in each tortilla. Add the meat into the center as well if you choose to use meat. Roll the tortillas and pack tightly into a glass pyrex dish. A lot of the time the corn tortillas break when rolling them... don't worry, you can't tell once you put the cheese over it all.

Cover with the sauce (for an 8x8 inch pan, I use 2 small cans of sauce) and then top with some Cholula.

Top it all with a bunch of cheese and bake for 10 minutes or so... I usually just watch it while in the oven. The cheese should melt and the sauce should start to bubble... a little browning of the cheese is great too.

Enjoy. Great as leftovers as well. Tonight I served this with some refried beans (which I always mix with some hot sauce and cheese).