Marshal, it sounds like you make chilli just about like my wife does, she was raised out in the central valley of Calif. but her enchilada sause is a little different.
she makes up a mix just like you're cooking flour gravy, oil and add flour make a thick mix, but adds a mix of the Calif & New Mexico chilli powder, cummin and oregano,mixed with water instead of milk, then makes it up just like a thin gravy. sticks real good to the enchiliada's and fried rice. real good