These enchiladas suizas are filled with chicken and cheese and have a nice bite, thanks to a creamy homemade salsa verde. They are equally delicious whether you make them with cooked pork or beef.
Ingredients
- butter: 2 Tbsp
- Spanish onion: 0.66667 cup (chopped)
- all-purpose flour: 2 Tbsp
- ½ cups chicken broth: 1 piece
- green Chili peppers: 1 cup (chopped)
- clove garlic: 1 piece (minced)
- salt: 0.75 tsp
- pinch ground cumin: 1 piece
- Monterey Jack cheese: 1 cup (shredded)
- mild Cheddar cheese: 1 cup (shredded)
- corn tortillas: 12 piece (8 inch)
- canola oil for frying: 3 Tbsp (or as needed)
- shredded, cooked chicken breast meat: 2 cups
- heavy cream: 1 cup
- green onion: 0.25 cup (chopped)
- pint cherry tomatoes, quartered: 1 piece
- green olives: 0.5 cup (sliced)
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Stages of cooking
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Make the salsa verde: Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Add flour and stir until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in broth, then add green chiles, garlic, salt, and cumin. Simmer until flavors have blended, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.)
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Make the enchiladas: Mix Monterey Jack and Cheddar together in a bowl.
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Heat 1/4 inch oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Fry tortillas, one at a time, until blistering but still soft enough to roll, 10 to 20 seconds per side. Drain on paper towels.
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Dip both sides of each tortilla in salsa verde, then place onto a work surface. Place 2 heaping tablespoons chicken and about 2 tablespoons cheese mixture down the center and roll tortilla around fillings. Place, seam-side down, into a shallow baking dish. Repeat to fill and roll remaining tortillas.
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Spoon some salsa verde over enchiladas and pour in heavy cream. Sprinkle remaining cheese mixture over top and garnish with green onions.
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Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until sauce is bubbly and cheese is melted, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and garnish with olives and cherry tomatoes. Serve immediately with remaining salsa verde on the side.
