Tortillas Rojas

Tortillas in general are my favorite carb source but when they are home made the taste and smell makes me very nostalgic. These tortillas are very tasty, easy to make, and family friendly. Just because they require dried chiles for color doesn’t mean they will come out spicy (making them family friendly). I hope you enjoy these tortillas as much as I do.

# of Ingredients

5

Prep Time (Minutes)

15 min

Cook Time (Minutes)

5 min

Total Time (minutes)

20 min

Serving

2 tortillas will count as your carb serving

Ingredients

Corn masa
10 Anaheim/California dried peppers
1 garlic clove
Water
chicken breast mix optional (see “Best shredded chicken ever” recipe)

Notes

If your meal requires you to have a fat and protein you can add your fat serving of choice and lean white serving. If your meal doesn't require you to have a fat you can still make this dish with the carb, protein serving, and even a veggie serving on the side. Granted your 4 ounces of lean white will not fit in the quesadilla so you can have it on the side as well with your veggies.

Instructions

**Here is an image of the main ingredients I used.**

You will get your peppers, devein, clean out seeds, wash, and add to pot. You will fill up the pot with water making sure that your peppers are covered by water. You will then boil your peppers for about 5 minutes then let them sit in the hot water for another 5.

**Once your peppers are nice and soggy you will add to your blender with your garlic clover, 3 cups of water from the pot, and a dash of salt. You will blend for 2-3 minutes.**

Once your Chile mix is ready you will strain moving the particles around with a spoon making sure you get as much Chile out from strainer. The reason reason you strain the Chile is so none of the thick Chile particles go into the sauce.

**This is what your sauce will look like and you will set aside.**

**You will then combine 2 cups of flour with 1 1/2 cups of sauce. Mix well and begin making your tortilla balls.**

**As you can see the balls are about 2-3 inches all around and you begin to make your tortillas.**

**Here is the size of the tortillas. They should be about the size of your hand. You add to comal and let them cook.**

**Here you have your tortillas Rojas. You can set them aside and if you like make your own dish of chicken breast as I did (refer to Best Shredded Chicken Ever recipe).**

**You can then add some mozzarella cheese (or cheese of choice) to your tortilla and some shredded chicken and make your chicken quesadilla.**

**Tell me this isn’t mouth watering :)**