Green Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Ingredients
- Servings: 2
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 dash salt
- 1 lb half of your blender tomatillo
- 2 -4 serrano peppers
- 1 (1 tablespoon) package knorr chicken bouillon (caldo de pollo)
- 12 corn tortillas
- 1 (12 ounce) package of cacique ranchero queso fresco (avail @ walmart)
- 1 bottle cacique mexican crema (avail @ walmart)
Recipe
- 1 cook the chicken in a large pot with the onion sliced and the salt for 40-50 mins on med/high heat.
- 2 after chicken is done remove 1oz of chick broth for later use.
- 3 let chicken cool down on plate. then tear to small pieces for casserole. set aside.
- 4 while chicken is cooling clean and remove cover from tomatillos. clean and remove ends from serrano peppers.
- 5 cook the tomatillos and serrano peppers in pot until tomatillos are completely soft ( some may split open, still use).
- 6 place cooked tomatillos and peppers into blender w/ chicken buillon and 1oz of chicken broth. also add a dash of salt.
- 7 blend on high to create sauce.
- 8 use 9x13 casserole dish( you can use any size casserole dish just increase or decrease amount of chicken,cheese and tortillas).
- 9 line the bottom of the dish with tortillas slightly overlapping.
- 10 sprinkle cooked chicken on top of tortillas. enough so that you can't really see the tortillas.
- 11 sprinkle some cheese on top of chicken. ( about 1/4 of cheese block).
- 12 cover with more tortillas just like on the bottom.
- 13 sprinkle chicken on top of tortillas.
- 14 pour sauce over chicken, as much as little as you would like.
- 15 sprinkle cheese on top of the chicken( enough to cover chicken about 1/2 or more of block of cheese).
- 16 you can save some cheese to use on casserole after it has cooked if you like.
- 17 cook casserole at 375 for 25-30minutes or until cheese is melted.
- 18 serve with more sauce and crema. great along with beans and tortilla chips.
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