“I have made a satisfactory dinner of a dish of purslane which I gathered and boiled. Yet, men have come to such a pass that they starve, not for want of necessities, but for want of luxuries.” -Henry David Thoreau
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Curly Dock and Chicken Enchiladas!
I love curly dock, Rumex crispus. It's one of my new favorites since having used it in more dishes! While it may be tart while raw, when cooked with other ingredients it becomes that tasteless green in the background. Only it's full of vitamins, grows prolifically everywhere, has no GMOs and is free. I have found three different kinds of dock that grow in middle Tennessee, curly dock, broadleaf dock and smooth dock. I have eaten all three and the flavor is similar. I just happened to find a beautiful patch of curly dock down by the Harpeth River.
We had this for dinner and my eleven year old son's response was, "This is amazing!" So I think you will like it as well. It's a great recipe to use leftover baked chicken.
Curly Dock and Chicken Enchiladas
Ingredients:
Precooked and chopped chicken, the equivalent of at least five chicken breasts
1 block of cream cheese, cut into chunks
1 can Rotel tomatoes, undrained
3/4 cup washed and diced curly dock
1 package of flour tortillas
2 cups enchilada sauce
2 cups of shredded white cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Apply non stick spray to large baking pan.
Place chicken, cream cheese, Rotel, and curly dock into a microwavable bowl.
Microwave for 2 minutes. Mix until cream cheese is smooth.
Place a line of meat mixture on your tortilla and roll up.
Place seam side down into pan. Repeat until pan is full. Pour enchilada sauce over the rolled tortillas. Sprinkle cheese over the sauce.
Optional: You can also add a can of white beans to the mixture to stretch the chicken.
Bake for 35 minutes. Serve hot.
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