Enchiladas Verdes (Green Enchiladas) With Chicken

Submitted by AmyZoe

"This is fast and easy to prepare and doesn't take a ton of ingredients. Substitute what you don't have. Recipe courtesy of thespruceeats.com."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups shredded chicken
• 1⁄4 cup diced green chilis
• 1 1⁄2 cups white shredded cheese (panela or mozarella or queso blanco)
• 3 cups green chili sauce
• 12 corn tortillas
• cooking oil, to taste (vegetable, canola, or olive)
• 1⁄4 cup crumbled Cotija cheese

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400. Toss together chicken, chiles, cheese, and a cup of chile sauce.
2. Dip a tortilla in the oil to soften in or brush each tortilla with oil.
3. Bake for 5 minutes to soften. Remove from oven and lower temperature to 350.
4. Lay a tortilla flat and fill with about 1/4 cup of filling down the center.
5. Bring edges over filling to close it.
6. Lay tortilla seam-side down in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Repeat until all of the tortillas are filled.
7. Pour remaining sauce over top and sprinkle with cotija.
8. Bake for 20 minutes.