Freezer Chicken Enchiladas

1 (28 oz) can tomato sauce

1/2 medium onion

3 garlic cloves

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon coriander

2 tablespoons of chilpotle chili in adobo sauce (from a 7 oz can, more or less according to your taste

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup chicken stock (I used homemade)

oil

3 cups shredded chicken

2 cups Colby-jack cheese

10 6-inch corn tortillas

In a food processor, chop the onion, garlic, stock and spices together. Add the chipotle and blend until smooth. Heat a frying pan and add oil. Carefully add the mixture from the food processor and add the tomato sauce. Bring to a boil then lower the heat and simmer until this is reduced to about 3.5 cups - takes about 10 minutes.

Remove 3/4 cup of sauce and put it in the fridge. The remainder should be put in a container and frozen.

When cool, combine the 3/4 cup of sauce, 1 cup of cheese and chicken. Warm five tortillas until pliable. Place about a 1/4 cup of chicken/cheese to tortilla and roll. Place seam side down on plate. Repeat with remaining five tortillas.

Put the plate in the freezer for one hour. Then remove enchiladas and double wrap in plastic. Label and store along with remaining one cup of cheese and separate sauce.

To Bake:

Preheat oven to 350'. Defrost enchilada sauce only in microwave. Coat a 9x13 baking dish with spray oil. Arrange frozen enchiladas in a single layer in pan. Spray with cooking oil as well. Bake about 20 minutes. Remove dish from oven and cover enchiladas with 1.5 cups of sauce and bake 10 minutes. Remove dish and add cheese then bake until cheese is melty, about 3-5 minutes.

Serve with remaining sauce and rice.

Optional garnishes: pickled jalapenos, cilantro, or finely shredded lettuce and tomatoes.

And here's the truth of it all... I made the first batch of sauce according to the recipe using and entire can of chipotle in adobo and it was so spicy -I- couldn't talk after tasting it. So, I doubled the batch and left the chipotle out. It was STILL too spicy. In the end, I used one can of chipotle and quadrupled everything else! It is quite mild now - so when you make it, learn from my experience and start small with the chipotle. You can always add more.