How to prepare green enchiladas, in 5 steps
Enchiladas are a very typical Mexican dish that as its name says it is to enchilarte! In a plate of green enchiladas we find two of the many basic ingredients of Mexican cuisine: corn tortilla and chili.
There is a wide variety of the enchilada recipe. Perhaps the most typical in Mexico City are the green enchiladas. They are easy to prepare and are for everyday consumption. Each ingredient requires attention in its preparation, as it is an essential part of the dish, to achieve a delicious combination together.
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How to prepare green enchiladas
Green tomato, chicken, green chili and corn tortilla, are the base of this recipe. However, you can put your personal touch to create a unique recipe, as enchiladas have as much variety of shapes as there are regions of the country.
This recipe for green enchiladas is to share with 4 people.
1. The ingredients
To prepare green enchiladas, you will need these ingredients.
- ½ kg of chicken breast
- ½ onion
- 2 serrano peppers
- 7 green tomatoes
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 branch of coriander
- 1 lettuce cut in julienne
- 1 fresh cheese
- 16 tortillas
- Oil
- Salt
- Cream
2. The chicken
Chicken breast it should be cooked with onion and salt. Once it is cooked, it is allowed to cool to be able to crumble it finely. The broth that results from this cooking will be used later for the broth of the green enchiladas.
3. The caldillo
To make the caldillo you have to cook the tomatoes and serrano peppers in boiling water. When they feel soft you have to blend the tomatoes and chili peppers together with the garlic clove and coriander, and you will have to add salt to taste.
It is recommended that to blend, substitute the water for the chicken broth. It must be in little quantity so that the caldillo of our green enchiladas is somewhat thick.
This caldillo is added to a saucepan with very hot oil and boiled for a few minutes before the next step of preparing the green enchiladas.
4. The tortillas
Typically 4 tortillas are served per person on the plate, so this recipe requires 16 tortillas. The convenient thing is that they are freshly made and preferably hot so that they are soft.
You have to put oil in a frying pan, enough to cover the omelette and let it heat up. Once it is hot enough, put the tortillas in the oil.
The secret to preparing enchiladas is that the tortillas are only "passed" through the hot oil, that is to say, they should not be left there for a long time as the tortillas should not be crunchy.
Once they come out of the oil, they are folded over to start preparing the dish.
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5. Assemble the platter
The tortillas should be soaked in the chili and green tomato sauce. Later they are filled with the shredded chicken and folded. It is garnished with julienned lettuce, cream and grated fresh cheese sprinkled throughout the plate.
And these delicious green enchiladas are ready!
Variations
Green enchiladas have many variations and can be adapted according to taste. Poblano peppers can be added to the original recipe., which should be roasted, put in a bag so that they "sweat" and make it easy to remove the skin to blend together with the green serrano peppers and green tomatoes.
Radishes with slices or finely chopped coriander can also be added to the final decoration. The chicken can be substituted for shredded pork or the stuffed chicken can be changed and placed on top of the tortilla.
You can add more serrano peppers to make the dish really spicy, or on the contrary you can reduce the number of chiles in case someone is not used to spicy food but you don't want to miss out on this dish.
All these variations of green enchiladas are usually found in all Mexican houses, since each person adapts them to his preferences; However, the base of this spicy and delicious dish is the tortilla, the chili and the meat.
Bibliographic references:
- Flores Escalante, J. (2003). Brief history of Mexican food. Mexico: Grijalbo.
