Here's one we enjoy: Enchiladas Verdes Ingredients For the chicken (or use 1 1/4 pounds leftover or store-bought roast chicken): * 2 pounds bone-in chicken thighs or breasts, or a mixture * 1 small white onion, cut in half * 4 cloves of garlic * 1 tablespoon kosher salt For the salsa verde: * 1 pound fresh tomatillos, husked, rinsed and cut into quarters (use canned if you can't find fresh) * 1 small white onion, peeled and chopped * 1 clove of garlic, peeled and chopped * 2 serrano chiles or more to taste, seeds removed if you want it less spicy, stemmed and roughly chopped * 4 to 5 tender stems of fresh cilantro, with leaves, roughly chopped * Salt to taste For the enchiladas: * 1/2 cup neutral oil, like canola * 12 yellow corn tortillas * 1 cup crumbled queso fresco or cotija cheese * 1 cup Mexican crema, or use crème fraîche or sour cream * 1 medium-size white onion, peeled and chopped (optional)
Preparation 1. Prepare the chicken: Place chicken parts in a large saucepan with onion, garlic and salt, and cover with water. Heat pan over high heat until liquid comes to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and let simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove chicken and let cool, reserving stock for another use. Using your fingers or two forks, shred meat from chicken and reserve, discarding skin and bones. (Alternatively, shred meat from leftover or store-bought roast chicken and set aside.) 2. Meanwhile, heat oven to 375, and make the salsa verde: Combine tomatillos, onion, garlic, serranos and cilantro in a blender or food processor and purée until smooth, adding water as needed to thin it out a little. Season with salt to taste. 3. Prepare the tortillas: In medium sauté pan set over medium-high heat, heat oil until it begins to shimmer. Using tongs or a wide spatula, place a tortilla in the hot fat; it should start to bubble immediately. Heat tortilla for about 10 seconds a side, until soft and lightly browned. Remove tortilla and set on a rack set over a baking pan, or just on a baking pan if you don't have a rack. Repeat with remaining tortillas, working quickly. 4. Assemble the enchiladas: Use a ladle to put about 1/2 cup salsa verde in the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan and spread it out a little. Roll a few tablespoons of shredded chicken into each tortilla with a teaspoon or so of salsa verde and place it seam-side down in the pan, nestling each one against the last. Ladle salsa verde over top of rolled tortillas and sprinkle with about half the crumbled cheese. 5. Transfer to oven and bake until sauce bubbles and cheese is melted, about 15 minutes. Dot with crema, sprinkle with remaining cheese and, if using, chopped onion, then serve immediately. NOTE: Cooks' notes suggest, microwaving the whole stack of corn tortillas for 10-20 seconds, then keeping covered with a kitchen towel to preserve moisture, and dragging each one separately through the verde sauce before filling with the mixture of sauce and chicken. Also, using Hatch Brand Salsa Verde instead of making your own. On 3/6/19, Nicole Massey via Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, here's some search terms for you. Find an assembly method that works > for you and use it for everything, as the way they go together doesn't > change unless you change styles -- restaurant/rolled or homestyle/stacked. > Chicken Ranchero Enchiladas > Sour Cream Enchiladas > Beef enchiladas > Cheese enchiladas > Verde enchiladas > Any recipe site is going to have a lot of these types of recipes, along with > others. > A lot of beef enchilada recipes will call for ground beef. I find that it's > a better result if you use "chili meat", a coarser grind. Most of the best > restaurants spice the meat and cook it slow on a grill, and it may be > possible to do this in a slow cooker. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lois Swartz via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2019 6:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Lois Swartz <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CnD] recipe needed > > Nicole, Thank you for the help! My son asked me to get some recipes. > > Lois > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nicole Massey via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2019 6:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Nicole Massey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CnD] recipe needed > > Okay, what kind? Enchiladas consist of three elements -- filling, tortillas > (most often corn tortillas blanched in warm chicken stock to make them > pliable) and sauce. Fillings can range from cheese to beef, pork, chicken, > chicken and spinach, or the rare veggies, while sauces range from chili con > carne, sour cream sauce, Verde sauce, ranchero sauce, and other more exotic > options. (Note, chili con carne and what we think of as a bowl of chili > aren't the same thing) There's also a thing called "enchilada sauce" that is > tomato based with spices, but I can't remember having it in a restaurant > around here. > (And I've been to a *lot* of Mexican restaurants in my lifetime) A > sprinkling of cheese is a common garnish on the sauce. > The important thing is that you can't go wrong if you stick to the basic > genre of Mexican food. Spice your meat using standard recipes you find on > the internet, don't forget to blanch your tortillas if you're going to do > restaurant style enchiladas, (home style are stacked like lasagna and need > no > blanching) and don't put too much sauce on them, enough to get everything > flavored with sauce but not so much you're making enchilada soup. > One more hint -- if you're going to do shrimp enchiladas, don't get too > large with them -- salad shrimp are probably a bit too small, but 16-20's > are too big for enchiladas. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lois Swartz via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2019 3:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Lois Swartz <[email protected]> > Subject: [CnD] recipe needed > > Does anyone have a recipe for enchiladas? 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