Make the best Entomatadas ever! These are a traditional and delicious Mexican dish made with lightly fried corn tortillas, filled with shredded chicken (or your favorite filling) and covered in a homemade tomato sauce.
This is one of my favorite dishes in the whole wide world! Seriously I can eat about six of them and still have room for more LOL! They're definitely my weakness and I can't turn them down.....just ask my husband 😀
Want to hear something funny? When I ask Mr. Delish what he wants for dinner and he says "Hakuna Matatas" I know exactly what he means! I guess he has trouble saying "Entomatadas" hehe!
What are entomatadas?
It's a very popular Mexican dish made with lightly fried tortillas, then soaked in homemade tomato sauce. You can fill them with your favorite ingredients (see below for ideas) and usually garnish with crumbled cheese, onion and Mexican crema.
Entomatada sauces are not spicy like an enchilada because they're tomato based. Enchilada sauces are chile based and spicy.
How to make salsa for entomatadas
- Roast the tomatoes and jalapeño in a skillet or pan over medium high heat. Make sure all sides are roasted evenly.
- Sauté - In a separate medium to large pan, heat the oil on medium to high heat. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes.
- Blend - Once the tomatoes and onions have cooled off, add them to a blender along with ½ cup of water. Puree until smooth. Note: Remove the tomato stems prior to blending
Cook's tip: When roasting the tomatoes, place aluminum foil in the skillet to prevent burn marks and for easier cleaning.
- Pour the tomato sauce in the same pan you cooked the onions and garlic. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low and simmer for about 10 minutes.
How to make the Chicken Entomatadas
- Heat half the oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat. When the oil is very hot, add one tortilla at the time and cook each side for about 5 seconds or until tortilla is lightly fried. The tortillas should still be pliable for folding so make sure they're not fried for too long.
- As you fry each tortilla, place on a plate with a paper towel. Repeat with remaining tortillas and add more oil if necessary.
- To assemble the entomatadas, dip each tortilla into the warm tomato sauce and place them on the serving plates. Fill with your favorite filling and either fold the tortilla or roll them like an enchilada.
- Top with remaining sauce and sprinkle with queso fresco and other toppings of your choice.
- Serve immediately as they are best when eaten warm and before the tortilla gets too soggy.
FAQs: Can I use something else instead of chicken?Yes! The possibilities are endless when it comes to entomatadas! Use queso fresco or refried beans for a delicious vegetarian variation. And for the beef lovers just use shredded beef.
What side dishes go with entomatadas?
Here are some of my recommendations but you can mix and match as you please!
- Chicken entomatadas + Mexican sopa
- Queso fresco entomatadas + refried beans
- Refried bean entomatadas + calabacitas
- Shredded beef entomatadas + Mexican rice (these are my FAVORITE and also add some beans inside the entomatadas)
What toppings go with entomatadas?
- Crumbled queso fresco
- Mexican crema
- Sliced avocado
- Shredded lettuce
- Chopped white onion
- Hot sauce and a squeeze of lime juice (this one is a must for me!)
Authentic Entomatadas
Ingredients
- For the tomato sauce:
- 4 roma tomatoes
- ½ jalapeño
- 2 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- ¼ onion
- ½ cup water
- Kosher salt & fresh pepper to taste
- For the entomatadas
- 12 corn tortillas
- ¼ cup avocado or vegetable oil
- 2 to 3 cups shredded chicken I use rotisserie chicken or the filling of your choice
- Queso fresco for topping
- Shredded lettuce for topping
- Mexican crema for topping
- Avocado for topping
Instructions
- To make the tomato sauce:
- Roast the tomatoes and jalapeño in a skillet or pan over medium high heat. Make sure all sides are roasted evenly.
- In a separate medium to large pan, heat the oil on medium to high heat. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes.
- Once the tomatoes and onions have cooled off, add them to a blender along with ½ cup water. Puree until smooth. Note: Remove the tomato stems prior to blending
- Pour the tomato sauce in the same pan you cooked the onions and garlic. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Simmer for about 10 minutes.
- To make the entomatadas
- Heat half the oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat. When the oil is very hot, add one tortilla at the time and cook each side for about 5 seconds or until tortilla is lightly fried. The tortillas should still be pliable for folding so make sure they're not fried for too long (See video on blog post on how to do this quick frying)
- As you fry each tortilla, place on a plate with a paper towel. Repeat with remaining tortillas and add more oil if necessary.
- To assemble the entomatadas, dip each tortilla into the warm tomato sauce and place them on the serving plates. Fill with some shredded chicken (or your favorite filling) and either fold the tortilla or roll them like an enchilada.
- Top with remaining sauce and sprinkle queso fresco and other toppings of your choice.
- Serve immediately as they are best when eaten warm before the tortilla gets too soggy.
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Once again I learned something new! I bet a lot of us "Americans" never heard of this. Nice alternative to the cheesy, greasy enchiladas most of us are used to.
I grew up eating Entomatadas, they are delicious! And so easy to prepare. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Thank you Ilse! These are one of my favorite things to eat too!
This is such an interesting recipe. Sounds really delicious. I absolutely love spices and ingredients and the fact that is super easy to make. Perfect family dinner. Must give this a try.
Your family will love these Entomatadas Natalie! They are the best if I say so myself 🙂
I'm a huge fan of Mexican food and I've never even heard of entomadas before! You pictures look amazing and this recipe sounds life changing. Can't wait to try! Thank you for sharing.
I'm so happy you came across this Traditional Mexican dish! You must try them.
Need. Need. Neeeeeeeed these!!! Can’t wait to make this for my sister who loves entomatadas and says she hasn’t found a good recipe yet. She will be in heaven!
she's going to LOVE these entomatadas!!! So glad you found them!
Mexican is definitely my favorite food so I cannot believe I've never heard of an entomatada. So excited to try these! Your photos are gorgeous. 😮
Thanks for the comment Michele! So happy to hear you found this recipe!
I love Mexican food! These look amazing! This is a perfect comfort food dinner. Thanks for the recipe!
Your step-by-step shots rock!!! And these entomatadas sound delish! Thanks so much for sharing :).
Thanks so much for the warm comment Daniela!
Son deliciosas!!!
Gracias por compartir!!
I love everything about this recipe! The corn tortillas, the filling, and the gorgeous tomato sauce! These would be a huge hit in our house!
Thank you Jenni! Entomatadas are very easy to make and delicious too!
That tomato sauce looks so good. Love Mexican food and this looks absolutely delicious
We looooove Mexican food and are always looking for ways to shake up our typical tacos and fajitas. These sound so good -- and that blender sauce looks so easy! Can't wait to give these a try.
Yay! I hope you enjoy these Mexican entomatadas!
Yummy! These Entomatads look so tastylicious. I've always love Entomatadas and I can't wait to try your version of it.
Thank you Maggie! I love making Chicken Entomatadas. They're actually quiet healthy. Enjoy!
Girl, this recipe looks amazing! I love that you used feta cheese! Perfect topping for any mexican dish in my opinion!
Thanks so much Leslie!
I have never heard of entomatadas, and am glad I found this recipe, they sound amazing! Thank you for sharing
If you like enchiladas you'll like these ones even more! They salsa is a little easier to make too. Enjoy!
DELICIOSAS!!!!
Thank you Malena!!
These entomatadas are just like my mom used to make them! Cant wait to eat some this weekend. Yum!
Thanks so much Monica! Like I said, this is a personal favorite and hope you enjoy them!