Chicken Enchiladas Verdes - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    4 cups cooked chicken, 1 rotisserie chicken
    24 ounces salsa verde, DIVIDED
    8 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded DIVIDED
    1/2 cup fresh cilantro, DIVIDED chopped
    salt, to taste
    1/8 teaspoon pepper
    16 six inch corn tortillas
    1 onion, halved and sliced thin (optional)
    sour cream, to serve with
    guacamole, to serve with
Preparation
    Shred chicken.
    Mix chicken with 3/4 cups salsa verde, 1 1/2 cups cheese, 1/4 cup cilantro, salt, and pepper.
    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
    Spread 1 cup salsa over bottom of a 9 X 13 inch baking dish.
    Microwave tortillas on high in MICROWAVE SAFE plastic bag until warm, about 45 seconds. (So they are easier to roll.).
    Working one at a time, spoon about 1/4 cup chicken filling onto a tortilla-roll into a cylinder and place, seam side down, in baking dish.
    Drizzle enchiladas with 1 1/2 cups of salsa, sprinkle with remaining cheese.
    Lightly spray sheet of foil with cooking spray, cover dish and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.
    Remove foil-sprinkle with onion and remaining cilantro-let stand a few minutes.
    Serve with remaining salsa, sour cream, and guacamole.
    Note about freezing: Make up filling through step 2, freeze, defrost in fridge 24 hours before, and proceed with remaining part of recipe.

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