Salsa Verde chicken enchiladas
Salsa Verde chicken enchiladas

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, salsa verde chicken enchiladas. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

These green chicken enchiladas with salsa verde, chicken, sour cream, cheese and cilantro are simple to make. Salsa verde is a green tomatillo salsa made with garlic, onion and peppers. You can make it yourself (see our homemade salsa verde recipe) or buy it from the store. To make these enchiladas, we start by poaching and shredding chicken thighs for the filling; the deeper flavor of the dark meat holds up much better to the chile and tomatillo sauce than chicken breasts.

Salsa Verde chicken enchiladas is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Salsa Verde chicken enchiladas is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have salsa verde chicken enchiladas using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Salsa Verde chicken enchiladas:
  1. Make ready 1 cup reduced fat four cheese mexican blend
  2. Prepare 1 cup light sour cream
  3. Take 5 large whole wheat tortillas
  4. Take 2 cup salsa verde (green chili)
  5. Prepare 1 lb cooked and shredded chicken
  6. Take 2 tsp minced garlic
  7. Make ready 2 tsp olive oil
  8. Take 8 oz cream cheese (optional but so good)

Stir in sour cream and salsa verde; cook until heated through. These salsa verde chicken enchiladas are great to make ahead. Just make the enchiladas as per the recipe, but stop before cooking. Can I freeze these Green Chile Chicken enchiladas?

Instructions to make Salsa Verde chicken enchiladas:
  1. Cook the chicken
  2. Preheat oven to 350.
  3. When chicken is almost done cooking; heat minced garlic in olive oil for 30 seconds.
  4. Add salsa Verde to the garlic and let heat all the way through.
  5. Add half cup of sour cream and half cup of cheese to the salsa Verde. Stir and turn down to low heat.
  6. Add cream cheese and break up clumps
  7. Finish cooking chicken. Shred with two forks.
  8. Add shredded chicken to salsa Verde mix.
  9. Put half cup of chicken salsa Verde mix in the bottom of the baking dish.
  10. Add half cup of chicken mixture to 5 tortillas with the seams down. Use the other half cup of the sour cream and half cup of cheese to spread on top of the enchiladas.
  11. Bake for 20 min

Just make the enchiladas as per the recipe, but stop before cooking. Can I freeze these Green Chile Chicken enchiladas? Today's Chicken Enchiladas Salsa Verde recipe is a true family favorite that makes any night feel like a fiesta. These enchiladas are filled with chicken, fresh zippy salsa verde, sour cream, and tons of hot molten cheese. This easy chicken enchilada recipe would make the perfect centerpiece for a Christmas fiesta this year.

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