This is sooo simple, yet everybody loves them. You can easily have all the ingredients on hand in your pantry or freezer. (Note: I keep cheese and corn tortillas in my freezer at all times.) Vary this recipe with different garnishes or even more or less green chile sauce on top.
I made these with mild green chiles and medium 505 Green Chile Sauce. You can vary the heat to suit your family by using hotter chiles or milder or hotter 505 Green Chile Sauce. (505 Green Chile Sauce comes in mild, medium, or hot.) Also feel free to use more or less sauce on top and more or less chiles inside.
Enchiladas Verde
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A simple, classic green chicken enchilada smothered in green chile sauce, always a popular dish. Vary the heat by using hotter chiles or hotter green chile sauce.
Author: Anita Edge
Recipe type: Entree
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 12 corn tortillas
- 1 cup diced green chiles
- 2 cups 505 Green Chile Sauce
- (comes in mild, medium, or hot - your choice)
- 1½ cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1½ cups shredded chicken
- Vegetable oil
- ¼ cup cotija or Feta cheese, crumbled
- Optional garnish: shredded lettuce, avocado, diced tomato, green onion, sour cream, chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Toss together the chicken, cheese and the diced green chiles.
- Dip a tortilla in the oil to soften. Or you can brush each tortilla with oil and bake in a 400 degrees oven for 5 minutes to soften them.
- Note: Oil is the classic method, but I prefer to reduce fat by lightly steaming the tortillas in a steamer on top of the stove. My steamer is a pot with holes in the bottom that fits on top of another pot that you put water in; a lid goes on top. Steam for no more than 5 minutes.
- Lay a tortilla flat and spread about ¼ cup of green chile chicken mixture down the center. Roll the tortilla up to close it and then lay the tortilla seam side down in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
- Repeat until all of the tortillas are filled. Pour remaining sauce over the top. Add extra sauce if you wish.
- Sprinkle with the cotija or Feta cheese. Bake for 20 minutes at 300 degrees. This also works in a microwave for about 5 minutes, depending on microwave power and can also be made and separately microwaved on individual plates.
- Garnish with shredded lettuce, avocado slices, diced tomato, chopped green onion, sour cream, or chopped cilantro as desired.
looks so good! i want to make it with red chili puree also,wonder how would be? I love this recipe site for southwestern food,i could eat it everyday an not tire of it….Tom
I love enchiladas and the 505 product! I actually buy it all the time! Will definitely try this!
These turned out sooooo gooooood! We loved them! I added about 1 cup more chicken than called for & also about 1/2 cup sour cream to the filling. Turned out great! Love them & will be making again!
Can someone tell me what the 505 green chile sauce is and where would I find it? Thanks a bunch! 🙂
Here’s info on 505 Green Chile Sauce on the 505 website: http://505chile.com/sauces/
505 is sold at most grocery stores – King Soopers, Safeway (I think), it’s sold in big jars in Costco.
I like all the 505 products, if they don’t have this specific one you might try a green chile salsa.