Best Green Enchilada Sauce Recipes

GREEN ENCHILADA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pan, place the olive oil, onions and garlic and saute until soft.
• Add the broth,tomatillos, cumin, chili powder and green chilies and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Continue cooking until the tomatillos are soft.
• Cool until room temperature.
• Using a blender of food processer, blend until smooth.

CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE IN GREEN CHILE AND SOUR CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Place chicken breasts in large soup pan and cover with water. Add cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and bouillon cube. Boil over med-high heat for 25 minutes or until chicken is done. Remove chicken from pot and place in a plastic bowl. Reserve 2 c of the "broth".
• Mix 2 c of broth, sour cream, green chiles, onion, garlic, and 1/2 cheese. Bring to a boil stirring continuously. Cook for 10 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly and remove from heat.
• Shred chicken breasts and add 1 c of the sauce to the chicken. Mix well.
• Using a soup ladle, spread a small amount of the sauce in a 9x13" casserole dish. Place 6 of the corn tortillas along the bottom of the dish, overlapping slightly. Spoon 1/2 of the chicken mixture over tortillas. Repeat.
• Pour remaining sauce over top layer of tortillas and sprinkle remaining cheese over the entire dish.
• Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees. Take casserole out of oven, remove foil, and bake for an additional 5 minutes to brown cheese.
• Remove from oven and let stand for about 3-5 minutes. Serve and enjoy!

HOMEMADE GREEN ENCHILADA SAUCE WITH TOMATILLOS

Steps:

• Combine water, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, onion, tomatillos, serrano peppers, and garlic in a large pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook until vegetables are fork-tender, about 30 minutes.
• Transfer the vegetables to a blender with a slotted spoon, allowing the cooking liquid to drain back into the pot. Cover the blender and hold the lid down with a potholder; pulse a few times to combine. Blend until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper.

GREEN ENCHILADA SAUCE WITH HATCH, NEW MEXICO CHILI

Steps:

• Roast and peel the chilies, reserving the peels, stems and seeds. I like to use a food mill for this. After pealing the chilies, chop them up and add to the food mill with a medium plate. Reserve the seeds.
• Add the reserved seeds, stems and peels to the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Simmer for ~ 20 minutes to infuse with the chili flavor and heat. Strain out the seeds and stems.
• Chop the onion and garlic and sweat (add 1 tsp salt here) over medium heat for ~10 minutes, until soft. Pulse the onions in a blender a couple of times (or use the food mill if you have it out already) until slightly smooth but still a little chunky.
• If you are doing the chopped tomatoes yourself, blanch the tomatoes for a couple of minutes in boiling water, transfer to ice water bath, peel and chop (or use the food mill again).
• In a saucepan, heat the oil, add the flour and stir for a minute or so to form a roux. The roux should get to a golden brown. Add the stock to the pan and whisk to prevent any clumps of flour. Add all remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, and simmer over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the liquid has reduced by half, about 30 minutes or so. Taste halfway through and add salt to taste.
• It's ready to serve, but I like to let it cool and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. This allows the flavors to come together.

STACKED CAULIFLOWER ENCHILADA WITH GREEN CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• Trim and core the cauliflower, then wash and slice the head vertically (you will be placing it in layers in the casserole, so you want the pieces fairly thin). Pull the onion layers apart. In a large bowl, combine the cauliflower, onion, olives, tomatoes and beans using your hands.
• Oil the inside of the slow cooker insert. Place 2-3 overlapping tortillas in the bottom of the insert. Add a layer of half the mixed vegetables and top it with a generous sprinkling of cheese (about one-third of the cheese). Pour 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce over the layer.
• Add another layer of tortillas, then the remaining vegetables and another one-third of the cheese. Pour on another 1/2 cup of sauce. Finish with an additional layer of tortillas and the remaining 2 1/2 cups sauce. (Even though you may appear to have an excess of sauce, much of it is absorbed into the tortillas and vegetables as they cook.).
• Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours, or until the cauliflower is tender. Top the casserole with the remaining cheese, cover, and cook an additional 30 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.
• Turn off the heat and allow the contents of the insert to sit for 10-15 minutes to set, then carefully scoop up generous individual servings of the enchilada into bowls. Top each serving with a sprinkle of cilantro and a dollop of sour cream.

EL CHARRO CAFE GREEN ENCHILADA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, heat oil and sauté onion.
• Add the flour and mix well.
• Stir in chiles, garlic, stock, and salt and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Puree in a blender.
• Use immediately over enchiladas, or refrigerate, or freeze for later use.

GREEN CHILI ENCHILADA SAUCE, MILLIE'S

Steps:

• 1. First fire roast your chiles and peel and clean them (** https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/soup/chili/fire-roasted-chilis-peppers.html?p=64)
• 2. Peel the paper like husk from the tomatillo then wash them. Cut in half.
• 3. In large pot add halved tomatillos, chunked onion, oregano,chuncked jalapeno and serrano*peppers,minced garlic,ground cumin,salt,cayenne pepper,cilantro and 4 cups chicken stock. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium and cook 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
• 4. Place in 8 quart pot on stove (heat off). Using a food processor, puree green chiles, a little at a time using chicken stock to thin it with. You will have to do several small batches. Puree each batch at least 1 1/2 - 2 minutes. Dump into your pot on stove.
• 5. Now puree the tomatillos and onions and the juice. Using a strainer hooked over the pot of green chile mixture, strain tomatillo mixture. Use a rubber spatula to move it around. Tomatillos have a billion seeds ! This will take several batches also.
• 6. Add remaining chicken stock to pot. Turn heat on and bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook 30 minutes. You are now ready to can sauce or freeze in bags. I can mine in a pressure cooker , 15lbs. of pressure for 90 minutes . (pints) *** be sure to follow recommendations for your elevation***
• 7. *********** NOTE ********** You can use water instead of chicken broth and reduce canning time to 30 minutes.

HOMEMADE GREEN ENCHILADA SAUCE

Steps:

• Place tomato sauce, green chilies, onion, chili powder, cumin, garlic, and oregano in a blender. Puree until smooth.
• Pour sauce into a saucepan. Cook over medium heat until heated through, about 5 minutes.

HATCH GREEN CHILE ENCHILADA SAUCE

Steps:

• In heavy bottom pot or dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onions and saute, stirring occasionally, until slightly brown and tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, oregano, and cumin and saute for another minute. Add flour and stir well. Allow flour to cook with onion and garlic until fragrant, stirring frequently, about 2 minutes.
• Add green chile, tomatoes, and chicken stock. Stir well to combine and scrape bottom of pan to ensure flavors are fully mixed. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Remove from heat and blend until smooth in blender. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve on enchiladas or breakfast burritos. Makes 8 cups.