Go Back
+ servings
Enchiladas in a baking dish in the oven
Print Recipe
4.50 from 8 votes

low [FODMAP] Veggie Enchiladas

Meatless mondays, will finally destroy Taco Tuesdays! (Because you won't stop eating these Enchiladas even as leftovers! Well, that's the idea... This is generation of one of our journey to translate this recipe from it's inspiration to a low FODMAP hit. Please
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Enchiladas, vegetarian
Servings: 3 people
Calories: 788kcal

Ingredients

Optional Butter

  • 1 tbsp butter Use to oil 6" x 9" pan

Enchilada sauce

  • 3 tablespoons Butter
  • 4 tablespoons corn starch
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1.5 cups vegetable broth Sub chicken/pork stock if you aren't vegetarian.
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar or distilled white vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon Hing sub in garlic infused oil if required
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 grinds Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Enchiladas filling

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon garlic infused oil
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 4-ounce can green chilis, drained
  • 6 cups  fresh English spinach ~8 oz
  • 1 whole zucchini (small) 1 cup zucchini with peel on, cut into small 1/4 to 1/2 inch cubes 
  • 1 whole sweet potato ~1 1/2 cups, cut into 1/3 inch pieces
  • 1 4/5 cups roasted tomatotes use canned fire-roasted Aylmer Accents tomatoes (About 1/2 the can)
  • 120 grams canned black beans, drained and rinsed Must be canned it's important. It's important to really rinse, and only use 120 grams
  • 6 tablespoons sour cream lactose free! It's important
  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • Salt to taste

For Serving The Finished Enchiladas

  • 6 8-inch whole corn tortillas (use wheat if you can tolerate it.)
  • 1 cup shredded Extra Old cheese

Optional Finishes:

  • 1 handful finely chopped cilantro Washed and finely chopped for garnish if desired, added on top when ready to serve.
  • Hot sauce or crushed chilli flakes If you can tolerate.

Instructions

Enchilada Sauce Directions

  • Measure the cornstarch flour and spices into a bowl & place next to the stove.
  • Place your tomato paste near the stove.
  • In a medium-sized pot over medium heat, melt the butter.
  • Pour in the flour and spice mixture. While stirring constantly with a whisk, cook until fragrant and slightly deepened in color, about 1 minute.
  • Whisk the tomato paste into the mixture, cooking and stirring the tomato paste until the colour changes to a rust colour; then slowly pour in the broth while whisking constantly to remove any lumps.
  • Bring the mixture to a simmer, then reduce heat as necessary to maintain a gentle simmer, whisking often, for about five minutes, or until the sauce has thickened a bit and a spoon encounters some resistance as you stir it.
  • Remove from heat, then whisk in the vinegar and season to taste with a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.

Enchilada Filling Directions

  • Turn the oven on to 400*F. and LIghtly grease an 8 inch x 13 inch baking pan and a rimmed medium-large baking sheet, using approximately one tablespoon of vegetable oil to grease both pans. Set aside.
  • Prepare the vegetables: wash, weigh, peel, and/or chop the fresh vegetables including sweet potato and zucchini; measure out canned tomatoes; drain can of green chilis., rinse black beans well and drain well.
  • On a lightly greased rimmed baking sheet, place the cut up zucchini at one end and sweet potatoes at the ohter end of the baking sheet. Just keep these two vegies somewhat separated in case one takes longer to finish cooking. Using clean hands or two large spoons, toss them in 1 tablespoon of garlic oil.. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake about 20 minutes, stirring after 10 minutes, and roast until tender when poked with a skewer or tip of knife. (Keep the oven on if baking the enchiladas next).
  • While these veggies roast in the oven , cook the spinach on the stove top over medium heat. Cook down the spinach in a large pot with 2 tablespoons of water, frequently stirring every minute or two and turning leaves over until well wilted, 5 to 8 minutes. Cover in between stirring so it steams, then at the end remove the lid and let the excess moisture evaporate from the bottom of the pot. Don't let it burn! Use a strainer set in the sink; drain spinach; and let cool in strainter. Press on spinach using the back of a large spoon to squeeze out extra spinach water from spinach. When spinach is fully drained and cool to touch, chop it finely. It will shrink down to less than a cup.
  • Add these 3 veggies to a medium-large mixing bowl (spinach, sweet potatoes and zucchini). Add the drained black beans, canned tomatoes, drained chilis., and 6 tablespoons of sour cream. Stir to evenly combine.
  • Taste it. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Assemble enchiladas:

  • Pour 1/2 cup of prepared enchilada sauce in the bottom of the prepared pan. Tilt the pan from side to side until the pan is evenly coated with sauce. This keeps the stuffed & rolled enchilada from sticking to the bottom of the pan when serving.
  • To assemble your first enchilada: divide the combined mixed veggies into roughly 3 or 6 portions, depending on the size of either large or small tortillas. Spread one portion down the middle of a tortilla. Then snugly wrap the left side over and then the right side in as well. To make the wrap use the 3rd edge, at the bottom closest to you and roll it up neatly into a wrap, and nothing escapes out the sides. Place seam side down in the baking dish. Repeat until the filling is used up.
  • Drizzle the remaining enchilada sauce evenly over top of all the enchiladas, leaving the very ends of the enchiladas bare. Sprinkle shredded cheese evenly on the enchiladas.
  • Bake uncovered on the middle oven rack for 20 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and let the enchilada cool down for 10 minutes (to serving temperature, around 135*F). Sprinkle it with cilantro on top and serve.

Optional:

  • If the cheese on top isn't golden enough for your liking, carefully transfer enchiladas to the upper rack of the oven and broil for 1 or 2 minutes, until the top is sufficiently golden and bubbly hot.
  • For those liking their food hot & spicy, set out some hot sauce or crushed chilli flakes on your dining table for individualized custom heat!

Nutrition

Serving: 6g | Sodium: 2538mg | Calcium: 478mg | Vitamin C: 44mg | Vitamin A: 8263IU | Sugar: 13g | Fiber: 10g | Potassium: 976mg | Cholesterol: 72mg | Calories: 788kcal | Trans Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Fat: 41g | Protein: 23g | Carbohydrates: 83g | Iron: 8mg