9 October, 2015
Chicken Enchiladas Verdes

I made this dish in celebraton of Cinco De Mayo. It’s pretty simple and quick to do. I had to make this my recipe so my version is definitely not the traditional way of making enchiladas.
Here are the ingredients I used that will serve about 4-6 people:
- Rotisserie Chicken- shredded, deboned, and skin off (or 3 chicken breasts)
- 1 lb of tomatillos- husk off
- 3 big chile poblano peppers
- 2 jalapenos (more if you want it spicier)– in the video I forgot to add my jalapenos.
- 1/2 an onion – cut in quarters
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 handful of cilantro
- 1/2 cup of low sodium chicken broth- start off with 1/2 cup and keep adding until you get the consistency that you want for the sauce.I like my sauce chunky (not traditional!)
- 1/4 cup Mexican crema (or sour cream)
- 10 Flour tortillas
- to taste: Salt, pepper, Cumin, and smoked paprika
- 1 bag (1 1/2 cups) of mozzarella cheese (you can also use manchego, panella, jack, queso blanco, cotija, or queso fresco).
- Season shredded chicken with salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, and mozzarella cheese.
- To make sauce- peel husk off tomatillos and cut stems off poblano peppers. Make sure to poke holes in the peppers.
- Clean tomatillos and peppers with warm water.
- Fill pot with cold water and place tomatillos and peppers in the pot. Cook on high heat until tomatillos are soft.
- Once cooked, drain water and put ingredients in a blender, and set aside.
- Saute onions and garlic cloves. Once carmalized, add to the blender with tomatillos and jalapeno.
- Blend ingredients together slowly pouring in your chicken broth. Add cilantro and blend until you get the consistency of the sauce you want. Season with salt and pepper.
- Once blended to your liking, add sauce to pan and cook until warmed through. Add crema to sauce once warmed through.
- Add oil on a pan and individually flash fry your tortillas.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- On a baking pan, add some sauce to bottom.
- Dip tortilla in sauce and add chicken mixture to tortilla and roll. Put tortilla in pan, seam side down. Repeat steps until all tortillas are used.
- When done filling, pour remainder of sauce on top of enchiladas and top with the cheese.
- Bake in the oven until cheese melts.