Alright, this Sunday is my family's annual enchilada-off. I take pride in usually winning this thing, although to be fair I did steal my dad's enchilada gravy recipe and beat him with it. I don't play fair, too bad.
In the past I've done BBQ brisket enchiladas, BBQ duck enchiladas, pulled pork enchiladas, and a couple other things I don't remember. But, I've always used my standard enchilada gravy and just altered the fillings and types of cheeses used.
This year, I'm going to make a major change. A local Tex-Mex restaurant named Trudy's makes the absolute best chipotle sauce I've ever tasted. And traditionally they paired it with pecan-smoked chicken as the enchilada filling. So I'm going to try to copy-cat their recipe for the chipotle sauce, pecan-smoke a couple of yardbirds, and then beat the socks off my family in the competition.
The restaurant isn't well known enough to have any online copy-cat recipes, and I've looked through the common ones online and none of them look like they're quite right. So I'm going to have to wing it and reproduce it on my own.
If it works out like I hope, I'll post the recipe here. If not, I will hide in shame, having lost the enchilada-off, and my pride.
