Green Enchiladas

[xannex]

Ingredients -

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2lbs tomatillos
3/4 cup cilantro
5 green chillis
1 carrot
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
corn or flour tortillas (I use corn, if you use flour, don't fry them)
Cheese (my favorite is asadero but I usually get monterry jack because it's cheaper)
2 chiken breasts



Step 1 - cook the chicken
Boil the chicken in a pot with 6 cups of water, your chopped carrot, 3 garlic cloves, and 1/2 of your onion quartered.

When the chicken is done, shred it. I do this on a plate by using two forks, one to hold the chicken and the other to shred.

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Step 2 - Verde sauce

Blend the other half of your onion with the cilantro, chop your green chillis, and peel & clean your tomatillos. Bring a pan of water to a boil and add your green chillis and a garlic clove. Boil for a few minutes, then throw in the tomatillos and boil for about 5 more minutes or until they're cooked.

Drain the water, and add your tomatillo & green chilli mixture to the blender with your onion & cilantro. Blend well, then put the sauce in a pan on low heat for about 10 minutes.

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Step 3 - tortillas

Fill a small frying pan about 1/4 inch full of oil, and heat it on a medium setting. If you get this too hot it will splatter all over the place. When it's heated, fry each tortilla for about 3 seconds on each side. I then move the tortillas on a plate with a paper towel to absorb some of the excess oil, and just make about 24 of them.

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Step 4 - assemble & cook

Place some of your chicken and verde sauce in each tortilla and roll it up. When you fill the pan, cover it with the remaining sauce and cheese.

Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes.

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Sorry for the bad pictures, I can't hold a camera. I like to think it's part of my charm.

[Virus]

Looks great. I've never cooked a tortilla like that, so expect my next thread to be "So guys, I burned my apartment block down".

Can you put a screen over the frying pan so you can get the tortilla done faster? That's what I did back in the 'boro when I was doing steaks.

[xannex]

You only put the tortilla in the oil for about 10 seconds total. You can't cook them too long or they will get crispy. If you're using flour tortillas you just skip this part, anyways. I think it tastes a lot better with corn tortillas, though, and if you don't cook them head of time they'll just break all over the place when you try to roll them.

[Jinx]

xannex, Could You be My personal Chef...Please?

I'll pay well :D

I could go for some of them right now.

...I'll have to upload my version of Nachos sometime...if there's not any on here...I'll have a lookey now.

[torcher]

there's no nacho thread to my knowledge. go for it Jinx!

[xannex]

haha. Thanks jinx. :)

[Jinx]

there's no nacho thread to my knowledge. go for it Jinx!

Next time I make them I shall do so then...

[hustler]

Thanks for this gem of information!

[xannex]

I'm not sure if that's sarcasm or not. Anyways, hope you enjoy the recipe.

[hustler]

No, it wasn't sarcasm. Your post was a very well written tutorial. In fact, I have it bookmarked! :^)

[xannex]

Thank you :)

[DoctaD]

Ive never heard of a tomatillo... I googled it, but i'm pretty sure they're not available here.

[Eulux]

what chile do you use for your salsa? those almost look like anaheims, or maybe even new mexicans...though they are practically identical...

good call on the asadero btw...first time I tried that cheese was in guadalajara...

also, forgive my inquisitiveness...but did you leave the skin on the chiles for texture, or just for the hell of it?

[iceniner]

OK, that looks Sofa King good.

Not something I would be likely to cook but it looks easy enough. Maybe I shall try.