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Chicken Enchiladas Tricolor

Chicken Enchiladas Tricolor

These enchiladas have the best of everything.  Green tomatillo sauce, creamy sour cream and a rich Roma tomato sauce.  Perfect to celebrate Cinco de Mayo or 16 de Septiembre.

  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 4

Ingredients

For Green Sauce

1 pound tomatillos (about 8), husked and rinsed

1 serrano pepper, stem removed

2 garlic cloves

¼ white onion + a few slices for garnish

2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon black pepper

For red sauce

4 Roma tomatoes

2 garlic cloves

¼ white onion

1 chipotle pepper in adobo

1 tablespoon chipotle adobo sauce

1 teaspoon. salt

½ teaspoon black pepper

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided

1 package Sprouts Brand The Butcher Shop Pollo Asado Chicken Thigh

8 corn tortillas

sour cream

queso fresco, crumbled

Instructions

Bring 8 cups water to a boil over medium heat.  Add tomatillos, serrano pepper, garlic, onion and Roma tomatoes.  Boil for 12 minutes.  Immediately drain and let cool.

Place tomatillos, serrano pepper, 2 garlic cloves, ¼ onion, cilantro, salt and pepper in a blender container.  Blend until smooth.  Transfer to a medium bowl and rinse out blender container.

Place Roma tomatoes, 2 garlic cloves, ¼ onion, chipotle chile in adobo, adobo sauce, salt and pepper in the blender container.  Blend until smooth.  Transfer to a separate medium bowl.  Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet.  Add chicken thigh and cook for approximately 8 -10 minutes on each side or until chicken is cooked thoroughly.

Remove from heat, let cool and shred or chop to bite-size pieces.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a separate frying pan over low-medium heat.  Fry each tortilla, about 30 seconds on each side. Fill with 2 tablespoons chicken and arrange overlapping on a large baking dish.  Repeat with remaining tortillas and chicken.  Adding the remaining tablespoon of olive oil if necessary.

Pour about ¾ cup green sauce, covering one side of the stuffed folded tortillas.  Repeat with red sauce covering the other side.  Bake for 10 minutes or until warm.

Spread sour cream down the middle between the two sauces.  Sprinkle with queso fresco, garnish with onion slices and chopped cilantro.  Serve warm.

  • Author: Ericka Sanchez
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes