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Mexican Food Recipe : Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas

post #1 of 3
11/20/07 at 3:18pm
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Ingredients :
  • 12 - 18 corn tortillas
  • 1/2 c. oil
  • 1 chicken or 3 breast halves, boiled and shredded
  • 8 oz. shredded Monterey Jack cheese
  • 3/4 c. chopped onion
  • 1/4 c. butter or margarine
  • 1/4 c. flour
  • 2 c. chicken broth
  • 4 oz. chopped green chiles
  • 1 c. sour cream
How To Make :
  1. Cook tortillas in hot oil until softened (5 seconds). Place some chicken, cheese, and onion on each tortilla and roll up.
  2. Place seam side down in greased baking pan. Melt butter, add flour, stir well. Add broth; cook till thick.
  3. Stir in sour cream and chiles. Stir until heated. Pour over enchiladas. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or until heated through.
  4. Put remaining cheese on top and return to oven for 5 more minutes. Garnish with chopped green onions and a sprig of fresh cilantro, if desired.
Taken From www dot yummifood dot com
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post #2 of 3
11/20/07 at 4:04pm
Just to pick nits, enchilada means that the tortilla is dipped in a chile sauce. You're right to fry first though for texture and durability. Then dip it into the particular chile sauce you like then proceed like you've described. Remaining chile sauce is poured over as you do.

Now that I've picked nits, I'll confess. My favorite restaurant enchilada was not true to the term either. This one was a stewed chicken where the tortilla was not chile dipped. It was then covered with a cheese sauce I've not been able to duplicate. I think it would have been even better with an enchilada sauce dip though.

My sister makes them similar to yours but she also adds some chopped black olives. They're good.

Phil
more than taste fine
me eat it all the time
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post #3 of 3
11/20/07 at 8:13pm
I can't remember the name of the fellow at the moment, but there was a comedian who had a routine about a kid eating in a Mexican restaurant. Something like

Customer: What's a taco?

Waiter: Seasoned meat, cheese, veggies in a tortilla.

Customer: What's a burrito?

Waiter: Seasoned meat, cheese, veggies in a tortilla.

Customer: What's an enchilada?

...

And so on. Hardly a comprehensive treatise on Mexican culture, but I found it funny.


But the point I was going to make is that I personally wouldn't just boil the chicken, it would most likely be leftover grilled or roasted. Or slowly simmered in orange juice with a handful of garlic cloves, or something. Thanksgiving isn't even here yet and now you have me thinking about turkey enchiladas!

mjb.
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