Thursday, March 4, 2010

Chicken Enchiladas in Green Sauce

Hello everybody :D I want to share some of my recipes to you guys so please enjoy. If you got any ideas or questions,please free feel to leave comments and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks :D
Ingredients: Serves 2

  • 2-3 boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cooked and shredded
  • 6 homemade or store brought corn tortillas
  • 1/3 cup oil or lard for frying tortillas
  • 1 tbsp oil for the sauce
  • 1/3 cup fresh homemade chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup sour cream (optional)
  • quesco fresco or any other white cheese
  • salt and pepper to taste

Green Sauce Ingredients:

  • 3 medium to large tomatillos
  • 4 jalapeno's
  • 1/4 onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • water
  • small handful of cilantro

Put the chicken breasts or thighs in a sauncepan with enough water to cover them. You can put 1/4 onion in there too if you wanted. Bring to an boil then simmer for 15-30 minutes depending on youe stove. My stove only take 15 minutes to cook the chicken. While the chicken is cooking, put everything except cilantro under the Green Sauce Ingredients in a saucepan with enough water to cover them. Bring that to an boil then simmer for an good 15 minutes to maybe 3o minutes. Once they are finished,put them in the blender then put an 1/2 cup of the water they were cooked in also in the blender along with the small handful of cilantro. Blend until the sauce in smooth. By time, the chicken should be finished so start shredding them to smaller pieces-I usually used 2 forks to do the shredding,Set aside and save an 1/3 cup of the broth.

Heat the the tbsp of oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Strain the sauce into the saucepan since the seeds from the jalapenos are not good for your health.Simmer for 5 minutes then add 1/3 cup of the saved broth. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.Simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until the sauce have thicken a little bit.Heat the 1/3 cup of oil or lard in an nonstick skillet over medium to medium high,depending on your stove again. Fry one tortilla for about an 30 seconds to an minute on each side then transfer to an plate with paper towels. Continue the same with rest of the tortillas. Submerge one of the fried tortilla in the green sauce then transfer to an plate and assemble with a little bit of chicken in the middle and if you want cheese then roll up it up. Placing seam side down either on the plate to eat right away or an greased 9x13 pan if you want to bake it. I prefer to bake it at 375 degrees for 15 minutes but try it either way and figure out which way you like better. Continue with the rest of the tortillas. Put the rest of the sauce on the top of the tortillas then put the cheese on the top of the sauce along with sour cream then eat it right away or bake it. Served hot with rice and beans. Enjoy :D



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