Simple Way to Prepare Award-winning Chicken Verde Enchiladas

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken verde enchiladas. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Verde Enchiladas is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Chicken Verde Enchiladas is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chicken verde enchiladas using 12 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Verde Enchiladas:

1. Make ready 5 lbs chicken thighs (you will need to pre-cook and shred)
2. Make ready 2.5 cups mild salsa verde
3. Prepare 1/2 Cup Salsa Jalapena
4. Get 5 cloves minced garlic
5. Prepare 2-7 oz. Cans roasted green chilis(drain first)
6. Get 1 bunch cilantro chopped (3/4 cup)
7. Get 10 oz.can (minimum) enchilada sauce
8. Get 1 lime (juice from)
9. Prepare 4 cups shredded jack cheese
10. Make ready 1 1/2 cups sour cream
11. Take 24 corn tortillas(pkg. of 30)
12. Prepare 1 tablespoon cooking oil

Steps to make Chicken Verde Enchiladas:

1. Heat oil in skillet over medium heat and saute minced garlic for 1 minute.
2. Stir in the salsa verde and salsa jalapena. Then heat thoroughly.
3. Remove skillet from heat and stir in sour cream and most of the cilantro saving a little for garnish.
4. Taste. Add salt, pepper, or even more sour cream if sauce is too spicy.
5. Set aside 2 cups of the sauce to use when assembling the enchiladas.
6. Squeeze the juice of the lime all over the shredded chicken.
7. Stir in shredded chicken and half of the cheese to main portion of the sauce.
8. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray two 13x9 in. baking pans with cooking oil and spread half of the reserved sauce (minus chicken) in each baking pan.
9. Put a portion of chicken mixture in each tortilla and roll, placing them in the pan side by side. (I quickly dip each tortilla in boiling water before rolling so they don't break)
10. You will end up with 2 full pans of enchiladas. (Approximately 24 total)
11. Pour enchilada sauce over enchiladas and add cheese to the top. I prefer jack cheese, but use what you like.
12. Cover pans with aluminum foil and bake for 15 minutes.
13. Then bake uncovered for another 15 minutes.
14. Serve with cilantro on top.
15. I make spanish rice and beans to compliment this meal.
16. Link to my Spanish Rice recipe:
17. Spanish Rice: Https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/11008554-spanish-rice?invite_token=RQZWEVG5tfSCLZwZBzneUxT1&shared_at=1604947576

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