Chicken Enchilada
My first acquaintance with Enchilada had to be when my roommate was invited to her American friend house and they had hands on Mexican cooking.It was decade ago,my beginning months in US.She brought a piece back for me to taste.I loved the taste and she explained to me how it was made and all the details but she didn’t know the name,so i asked her to find out next day.And she did came with the name which we both had trouble saying for long time.We said it slowly,dissecting the word in couple of letters(En-chi-la-da).
Ingredients
- 12 Corn Tortilla
- 3 cups Mexican Blend cheese (or Shredded Cheddar cheese)
- 2 cups Tomatillo Sauce
- 2 cups Picante Sauce
- 3 Tablespoon Mexican Crema
- Leftover chicken
- 1 stalk of celery chopped
- 1 Onion chopped
- 1 Tomato chopped
- 1 Tbl Southwest Chipotle seasoning(Use your Favorite)
- 1-1/2 Tablespoons oil.
- Salt and Pepper to Taste
Instructions
- In a pan,add onion and celery.Saute it until translucent.
- Add leftover chicken and rest of the ingredient.
- Cook it and break the chicken into small pieces in cooking process.
- Add water.
- Simmer it for 15-20 mins.
- Assembly
- Mix Picante Sauce with 2 tablespoon crema.
- Layer the glass baking dish with Picante-Crema sauce.
- Microwave the corn tortilla,so it is pliable.
- Add the filling in each corn tortilla.
- Top with cheese and roll it.
- Put the seam side down on dish.
- Add crema to tomatillo sauce and spread it on top.
- Layer it with cheese.
- Cook it covered with Aluminum foil at 375F for 20-25 mins.
- Top it with crema.
- Serve it just by itself or along with Spanish rice/beans.
Notes
Flour tortilla can be used instead of corn tortilla.I prefer corn in enchilada. Use your choice of enchilada sauce/salsa and cheese. Sour cream can be easily substituted for creama.I find crema richer and luscious.
- Corn Tortilla
- Crema
- Baking dish layered with salsa
- Tomatillo Sauce
- Cheddar Cheese
- Shredded chicken filling
- Adding chicken filling in tortilla
- Seam side down enchilada
- Topped with tomatillo sauce
- Topped with shredded cheese
- Chicken Enchilada