Vegetarian Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas Recipes

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS WITH GREEN CHILE SAUCE (SALSA VERDE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and heat until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Combine chicken, onion mixture, cheese blend, cream cheese, salsa verde, olives, cilantro, and jalapenos in a large bowl for the filling. Mix well.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour, then chicken broth. Cook until sauce starts to thicken, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in sour cream and salsa verde; cook until heated through. Spread a spoonful of sauce over the bottoms of two 9x11-inch casserole dishes.
• Wrap a tortilla in a damp paper towel and microwave for about 30 seconds. Fill with the chicken mixture, roll up, and place seam-side down into a baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas until each dish holds 8 enchiladas.
• Spoon remaining sauce over the enchiladas. Sprinkle cheese on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.

GREEN CHILE STACKED ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Run 1 tortilla through the hot oil until softened, 2 to 3 seconds per side; transfer to a plate. Layer a dry tortilla on top of the cooked tortilla on the plate. Cook another tortilla in the hot oil and stack on the dry tortilla. Repeat process until all the tortillas are used.
• Cook and stir chicken and onion in the same skillet, adding more oil if needed, until chicken is 2/3 done, about 10 minutes. Add green chiles; cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center and onions are tender, 5 to 10 minutes more.
• Layer tortillas in a 9x13-inch baking dish; top with chicken mixture, enchilada sauce, Monterey Jack cheese, and mozzarella cheese. Repeat layering until all ingredients are used, ending with sauce and cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is golden brown, 35 to 45 minutes. Cool until set, 5 to 10 minutes.

GREEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 9 by 13 inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook until the onion is translucent about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, combine 3/4 cup of the shredded cheese, the cooked shredded chicken, diced tomatoes, cumin, green chiles, and sautéed onion and garlic.
• In the same pan you sautéed the onion in, heat the enchilada sauce. Bring to a simmer, and then reduce the heat.
• Pour a 1/4 cup of the warm enchilada sauce in the bottom of the baking dish.
• Dip the tortillas in the warm enchilada sauce. Fill with 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture. Roll the tortilla and place seam side down in the baking dish. Continue until all of the tortillas are rolled.
• Pour the remaining sauce over the enchiladas. Top with the remaining cheese.
• Bake uncovered for 20 minutes or until the sauce begins to boil at the edges.

GREEN CHILE ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium. Add cumin and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add onion, poblano, and ½ teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes. Add corn and cook, stirring, until tender, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in beans and 1 cup cheese. Set aside.
• Process tomatillo salsa, green chiles, cilantro, ¼ cup sour cream, and remaining ½ teaspoon salt in a blender until smooth.
• Spread ¾ cup sauce in the bottom of a 2-quart baking dish. Place about ½ cup bean mixture in each tortilla, roll up, and lay seam side down in dish. Top with remaining sauce and cheese. Bake until bubbling and beginning to brown, about 20 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes. Top with remaining sour cream and cilantro.

CHICKEN GREEN CHILE ENCHILADA CASSEROLE (VEGETARIAN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, saute 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
• Add Chilies, cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat, stir in chopped chicken strips.
• Combine cumin, chili powder and enchilada sauce. Pour 1/3 of sauce mixture into an 11 x 7 inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• Arrange 1/2 of tortilla quarters over sauce mixture, top with onion mixture.
• Sprinkle with 3/4 cup Mexican blend cheese, top with 1/3 of sauce mixture.
• Top with remaining tortillas and sauce mixture.
• Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup of cheese, bake an additional 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle with cilantro if desired.

VEGETARIAN GREEN-CHILI "CHICKEN" ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Pour 1 can enchilada sauce into a 9 x 13-inch glass pan, to cover bottom.
• Tear "chicken" into small pieces and place in a medium bowl.
• Add 1 can enchilada sauce, diced green chilies, sour cream, 1/2 bag cheese and taco seasoning.
• Mix well.
• Divide mixture evenly throughout 10 tortilla shells.
• Wrap tightly and place side-by-side in glass pan.
• Pour remaining can of enchilada sauce over top of enchiladas.
• Top with cheese and if desired sliced green onions and black olives.
• Bake at 350F for 30-45 minutes, or until cheese begins to turn golden.

GREEN CHILE ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375˚. Melt the butter in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook until golden brown, 8 minutes.
• Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in the enchilada sauce, green chiles, and adobo sauce. Remove all but 2 tablespoons of the sauce to a bowl and reserve.
• Cover the sauce in the skillet with 4 tortillas so that they overlap slightly in the center and come up the sides a little.
• Top the tortillas with 1¼ cups cheese and half of the corn. Dollop half of the refried beans on top and drizzle with½ cup of the reserved green sauce. Add 4 more tortillas and repeat the layering process with 1¼ cups cheese, the remaining corn, the remaining beans, and ½ cup green sauce.
• Top with the remaining 5 tortillas and the remaining green sauce and cheese. Cover the skillet with foil and bake until hot and bubbly, about 35 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until set, another 10 minutes. Let stand about 10 minutes before serving. Top with pico de gallo and cilantro.

VEGETARIAN ENCHILADAS VERDES (GREEN ENCHILADAS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F. Spread ¼ cup enchilada sauce over the bottom of a 13x9" baking dish.
• Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add bell peppers and zucchini. Cook for 6 minutes, or until the veggies are slightly charred and softened.
• Add white beans and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Stir in ½ cup enchilada sauce and let it simmer for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
• Assemble the enchiladas: Lay out a tortilla. Spread the veggie mixture evenly into the middle of each tortilla (about ¼ cup for each tortilla). Roll up the tortilla and place it face-down into the baking dish. Repeat with all of the tortillas.
• Spread the remaining enchilada sauce over the tortillas in the dish. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese evenly over the top.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the cheese has melted. Remove from oven and serve immediately. Garnish with cilantro.

CHICKEN AND GREEN CHILI ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• FIRST STEP:Preheat the oven to 350* In a large bowl mix the shredded chicken, green chilis and salt and pepper until completely combined SECOND STEP:Warm the enchilada sauce in a saucepan on low heat Dip tortillas in the sauce THIRD STEP:Add chicken mix to the middle of the tortilla Spread sour cream over the top of the meat mix FOURTH STEP:Roll the stuffed tortilla after folding in the sides Set aside seam side down until all are rolled FIFTH STEP:Place all rolled tortillas in a 8x 8 baking pan that has been sprayed well Cover with the remaining sauce SIXTH STEP:Sprinkle the top with the remaining cheese. Bale for 20 minutes until bubble on top

VEGETARIAN GREEN CHILE ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• 1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Add salsa ingredients except garlic, limes, and cilantro to a baking sheet. Drizzle all ingredients with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
• 2) Roast veggies for 20-25 minutes until they are soft and slightly charred. Let veggies cool for a few minutes.
• 3) Add roasted veggies to a blender with lime juice, garlic, and cilantro and blend a few times until combined. It should be a finely ground salsa basically. You might have to blend in a few batches. Transfer blended salsa to a medium pot over medium-low heat to keep warm.
• 4) Prep filling ingredients by peeling peppers and slicing longwise into quarters, cutting corn off the cob, and grating cheese.
• 5) Pour a few tablespoons of salsa into a large 9×13 baking dish. Put a small skillet over low heat and add a tablespoon of vegetable oil. Once hot, add one corn tortilla and let cook in oil for five seconds per side just to warm it through.
• 6) Using tongs, transfer tortilla to pot with hot tomatillo sauce. Coat tortilla lightly in sauce. Transfer tortilla to a clean surface.
• 7) Add two pepper strips, some corn, and some grated cheese to the tortilla. Roll it up and pack it into the baking dish. Repeat until your baking dish is packed full of enchiladas.
• 8) IF you have leftover corn, sprinkle it on top of your enchiladas along with any extra tomatillo sauce (you should have 2 cups or so of sauce left). SPrinkle enchiladas with extra cheese and bake covered, for 15 minutes at 350 degrees F. Then uncover and bake for another 15 minutes.
• 9) Serve enchiladas with sour cream, cilantro, avocado, and hot sauce.