Black Bean Enchiladas With Warm Salsa Verde Recipes

VEGETARIAN BLACK BEAN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and bell pepper in hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and add refried black beans, corn, and cream cheese; stir well. Season with cumin, salt, and pepper. Simmer until bean mixture is hot, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Place cilantro, green chiles and liquid, salsa, tomato sauce, vegetable broth, lime juice, garlic, and oregano in a food processor; blend until smooth, about 10 pulses. Spread about 1/3 cilantro salsa mixture in prepared baking dish.
• Spread bean mixture evenly down the center of each tortilla and sprinkle with 1 cup Cheddar cheese. Roll tortillas around the cheese and bean fill and arrange enchiladas in the prepared baking dish, seam sides down.
• Pour remaining cilantro salsa mixture over enchiladas and sprinkle with remaining 1 cup Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly, 20 to 30 minutes. Garnish with avocado, tomatoes, and sour cream.

ENCHILADAS VERDES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• To prepare enchilada filling, combine chicken and next 9 ingredients (chicken through black pepper) in a large bowl. Spread 1/2 cup salsa verde in bottom of a 13 by 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Warm tortillas according to package directions. Spoon about 1/3 cup chicken mixture down center of each tortilla; roll up. Arrange enchiladas, seam sides down, crosswise in dish. Pour remaining salsa verde evenly over enchiladas. Cover and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Serve with sour cream, and garnish with sliced jalapeno, if desired.
• To prepare salsa verde, discard husks and stems from tomatillos; cut into quarters. Combine tomatillos, 11/4 cups broth, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and chopped jalapeno in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until tomatillos are tender. Cool slightly. Place salsa verde in a blender or food processor, and process until smooth or mash with a potato masher. Place a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add salsa verde; cook until reduced to 2 cups (about 1 minute).

BLACK BEAN ENCHILADAS WITH WARM SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Wrap tortillas in aluminum foil, and heat in oven at 275F until fillings and sauce are ready.
• Black Bean Filling:
• Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in large skillet, and add 1 clove of chopped garlic. Grate 1 onion into pan with a hand grater. Add half of the jalapeno. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add beans, and mash with back of a fork. Stir in 1 teaspoon cumin and tomato paste, and season with salt.
• Warm Salsa Verde:
• Place tomatillos in a food processor, and pulse to a coarsely ground paste.
• Heat remaining 1 clove of garlic in remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat in a large saucepan. When garlic begins to sizzle, grate 1 onion with a hand grater directly into pan. Add remaining jalapeno. Heat through for 1 to 2 minutes, and add ground tomatillos. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add vegetable stock, 1 teaspoon cumin and salt to taste.
• Scoop avocado flesh out of skins and into pot. Mash with back of a fork. Return sauce to a gentle boil. Reduce heat to low until enchiladas are assembled.
• Preheat broiler. Scoop some sauce onto bottom of a casserole dish or shallow serving platter.
• To make an enchilada, place 1 to 2 scoops of filling down center of a tortilla, and roll. Place filled tortillas seam side down into sauce on platter or casserole. Line up tortillas, one next to another, and top with remaining sauce and grated cheeses. Melt cheeses sprinkled with oregano under broiler, and serve immediately.

BLACK BEAN ENCHILADAS WITH SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large nonstick skillet, saute onion in oil over medium-high heat for 3 minutes. Add garlic and oregano and continue to cook 1 minute.
• 2. Puree half of the black beans, the chipotle chili, adobo sauce and salt in a food processor. Combine onion mixture, remaining whole beans, broth and shredded cheese with the bean puree.
• 3. To make Salsa Verde: Broil tomatillos and chilies in oven. Saute onion in oil over medium-high heat for 3 minutes. Add garlic and saute 1 minute. Remove membrane from poblano peppers. Place tomatillos, chilies, onion and garlic in a food processor; pulse until chopped. Add herbs, lime juice and salt. Gradually add broth; process until smooth.
• 4. Fry corn tortillas in a little oil to soften and seal them. Make sure oil is hot enough so they don't get saturated with oil.
• 5. Dip corn tortillas in sauce one at a time while filling them with a generous 1/2 cup of bean mixture and then roll up. Continue until all 8 enchiladas are completed. Place a small amount of salsa verde to just barely cover the baking dish and line each enchilada side by side (seam side down). Top with 1 cup salsa verde and crumbled queso fresco. Bake enchiladas for 10 minutes.