Hatch Enchiladas Suizas

Melissa's Hatch Chile Enchilada Suiza

Recipe excerpt from:
Melissa’s Hatch Pepper Cookbook
by Ida Rodriguez
Melissa’s World Variety Produce

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ lb. Shredded Chicken Breast, cooked
  • 2 Tbsp. Olive Oil
  • 6 ea. Tomatillos, quartered
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • ½ Diced Yellow Onion 
  • ½ Green Bell pepper, Diced 
  • ½ bunch cilantro, chopped
  • 3 roasted hot hatch peppers, diced
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • Salt and Pepper, to taste
  • 12 corn tortillas
  • 3 cups jack cheese, shredded
  • 1 cup salad oil

Directions
In a saucepan, heat the olive oil and sauté the tomatillos, garlic, onion, bell pepper, cilantro, and hatch peppers until softened.

Add the chicken broth and cook until vegetables are tender.
In a blender, blend the vegetables until smooth.  Strain through fine strainer. Return the sauce to the saucepot and bring to a simmer.  

Add heavy cream and allow to reduce for 5 minutes

Finish with sour cream and season with salt and pepper. (Yield 1 quart)

Heat the salad oil in a sauté pan.  Soak the tortillas on both sides for a second to soften and set aside.
In a mixing bowl add the shredded chicken and 1-½ cups of the salsa verde; stir until all the chicken is moistened with sauce.

Fill the tortillas with 1 oz of shredded chicken mixture, cheese and roll into enchilada.
In a baking dish place the rolled enchiladas.  Top with sauce and cheese.  Place in 350º oven and heat for 10 minutes.  

Remove from oven and serve. 

YIELD: 12 ENCHILADAS

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