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Perfect Chicken Enchilada with Salsa Verde is for Dinner.

Perfect Chicken Enchilada with Salsa Verde takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Perfect Chicken Enchilada with Salsa Verde takes 15 minutes to cook.

Perfect Chicken Enchilada with Salsa Verde makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Perfect Chicken Enchilada with Salsa Verde are:

*for salsa verde:
1 lb rinsed, shucked tomatillos
4 garlic cloves
1 medium onion, cut into quarters
1 green bell pepper, cut into quarters
2 serrano or jalapeno peppers (do not cut! just pull off stem)
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
1/2 cup water
salt to taste
*other ingredients:
5 oz oil (for softening tortillas)
16 oz shredded (or diced) cooked chicken breast
10 white corn tortillas (yellow will break too easily)
3 cups (12 oz) shredded Reduced Fat Monterey Jack cheese
minced onion (optional, not included in calorie count)
sour cream or creme fraiche (optional, not included in calorie count)

Here is how you make Perfect Chicken Enchilada with Salsa Verde:

In large saucepan, add tomatillos, bell pepper and hot peppers (reduce hot peppers to 1 if you do not like pepper heat). Cover with water, pinch of salt, cover and bring to a boil. remove from heat once tomatillos are tender (approx 10-12 minutes) and set aside until cooled. Place vegetables into blender with 1/2 cup water, add fresh garlic cloves and cilantro. Be careful: heat expands as you are blending. The blended mixture will thicken as it cools further.In skillet, heat oil. Once hot, carefully dip tortilla twice in and out of oil until softened. Stack softened tortillas on a plate. Once you have softened all 10 tortillas, place chicken in center of each tortilla, roll up and arrange in a baking dish, spaced approximately a finger width apart. Gently pour the salsa verde over enchiladas and sprinkle evenly with cheese. Place in preheated 350 degree oven until cheese has melted smoothly. Add optional onion and cream toppings. Serve with salad or rice and beans. Five servings of two enchiladas per serving-Adapted from Aldaco's Mexican Restaurant, San Antonio, TX -Number of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DEB_VT_TRAVELER.

The nutritional information for Perfect Chicken Enchilada with Salsa Verde is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 544.2

• Total Fat: 25.4 g
• Cholesterol: 100.0 mg
• Sodium: 948.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 35.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.9 g
• Protein: 41.7 g

Perfect Chicken Enchilada with Salsa Verde is Mexican cuisine.