Z'tejas Green Chile Barbacoa Enchiladas

Name: Z'tejas Green Chile Barbacoa Enchiladas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 -6 lbs beef chuck, cut 3-inch x 3-inch; 1/2 cup cilantro; 2 tablespoons kosher salt; 1/3 cup garlic, chopped; 2 ounces ancho chilies, stems removed; 3 cups yellow onions, quartered; 3 tablespoons green chili powder; diced green chilis; 2 corn tortillas; 2 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded; 3 ounces green chili sauce; 2 ounces Cotija cheese, crumbled; 1 ounce iceberg lettuce, shredded; sour cream; pickled green chilies

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Recipe by Karen in MA

from Fox 13 recipe website

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READY IN: 4hrs 15mins

SERVES: 6-8

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

Green Chile Barbacoa
4 -6

lbs beef chuck, cut 3-inch x 3-inch
¹⁄₂

cup cilantro
2

tablespoons kosher salt
¹⁄₃

cup garlic, chopped
2

ounces ancho chilies, stems removed
3

cups yellow onions, quartered
3

tablespoons green chili powder
After cooled down
diced green chilis
Assembling Green Chile Barbacoa Enchiladas (4 ounces Barbacoa plus)
2

corn tortillas
2

ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded
3

ounces green chili sauce
2

ounces Cotija cheese, crumbled
1

ounce iceberg lettuce, shredded
sour cream
pickled green chilies

DIRECTIONS

Place all ingredients in a stainless bowl and mix well. Transfer to a roasting pan and top with a tight lid.
Cook for 3 1/2 to 4 hours in a 325 degree oven.
Let cool and shred using 2 forks.
Strain juice that the meat was cooked in skim off fat.
Add about 1 1/2 cups to shredded meat.
Mix in green chilies as well.
Assembling Green Chile Barbacoa Enchiladas:
Fry tortillas to soften; place on oval plate.
Put barbacoa in center.
Put 1 oz. of jack cheese on each tortilla with 2 oz. of barbacoa and 1/2 oz. of green chile sauce.
Roll tortillas and leave in center of plate.
Ladle 2 oz. green chile sauce on top of enchiladas and sprinkle beans and enchiladas with cotija cheese.
Put under broiler to melt cheese; when cheese melts top enchiladas with iceberg, dollop of sour cream and put pickled chiles in center.

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