Pair them with some homemade guacamole, pico de gallo, and Spanish rice and you'll feel like you're at your favorite Mexican restaurant, right in your own home! Ingredients From there it's just a quick 20 minute bake in the oven and they're done. Then I top off the assembled enchiladas with green sauce and shredded cheese.

Why this recipe worksįor this recipe I fill the chicken enchiladas with sour cream, shredded cheese, diced green chiles, onion, garlic and a little bit of the green chile sauce to make a flavorful creamy chicken enchilada filling. Either style will work in this dish in equal quantity, so choose your favorite. Frontera brand makes a yummy tomatillo enchilada sauce. This style has a tangier flavor than green chili salsa verde. Traditional Mexican salsa verde recipes are primarily made with tomatillos, which look like small green tomatoes with a papery husk. The flavor of green enchilada sauce is brighter, and less smokey, than red enchilada sauce, or salsa roja, like the one I use in my cheesy chicken enchilada recipe. Many store bought green enchilada sauces are this style.

Mild varieties often use poblano or hatch peppers and spicier varieties usually add in serrano or jalapeño peppers. In New Mexico the sauce uses primarily green chili peppers. Green enchiladas, also known as enchiladas verdes, are made with a sauce called salsa verde. It's an easy weeknight meal the whole family will love, in just 35 minutes! Jump to: These enchiladas with green sauce feature a creamy shredded chicken and green chile filling covered in a green enchilada sauce and plenty of melted cheese. Jump to Recipe Jump to Video Print Recipe

Green chicken enchiladas