I love Tex-Mex food. You could say that it is my go-to food when I can’t think of anything else to fix. Chicken Enchiladas Verde, or Chicken Enchiladas with Green Sauce (I think verde sounds so much better than green sauce) is a really quick fix meal that I’m sure will satisfy your Tex-Mex urge.
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Chicken Enchiladas Verde
1 lbs. Roasted Chicken, cooked and diced (you can use a rotisserie chicken for this or you can season boneless, skinless chicken breasts with salt and black pepper and roast in a 350 deg. oven until cooked through) 1 Tbls. Butter 1/2 Cup Onion, diced 1 Tbls. Flour 1 Cup Water 1 tsp. Chicken Base 4 oz. Green Chili Peppers, diced 1 Tbls. Garlic, Minced 1/2 tsp. Salt 1/2 tsp. Cumin Powder 1/4 tsp. Chili Powder 1/3 Tbls. Jalapeno Juice 10 6″ Corn Tortillas 1 Cup Mozzarella Cheese, shredded 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese, shredded 1/2 Cup Heavy Cream Green Onion, for garnish Â1. Prepare salsa verde: Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Saute the onion until soft. Stir in the flour. Combine water and chicken base and add to flour mixture. Add the chiles, garlic, salt, cumin and chili powder. Simmer about 15 minutes to blend flavors, then set aside. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Combine the cooked and shredded chicken with half of each of the cheeses, keeping the remaining cheese set aside for topping. Dip each tortilla in salsa verde (both sides.) Place 1/10 of the chicken & cheese mixture down the center of each; roll and place seam side down in a shallow dish.
3. After all the rolled tortillas are in the dish, spoon additional salsa verde over them and then cover evenly with heavy cream. Sprinkle with remaining cheese mixture, and with the green onions.
4. Bake, covered, in preheated oven for 45 minutes.
This is my baby on Halloween this year. He went as a dead Chef Gordon Ramsay (Hell’s Kitchen), the chef who yells at everyone. In our version, Chef yelled at the wrong sous chef and the sous chef sought his revenge by stabbing Chef through the heart. My baby is trying his best to look sad and dead. Isn’t he cute?
