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Chicken Green Enchiladas

📍 Mexico
⏱️Prep: 25 min
🔥Cook: 20 min
Total: 45 min
🍽️4 servings
Difficulty: Easy

Green enchiladas are one of the most popular dishes in Mexican home cooking: corn tortillas filled with shredded chicken, rolled up, and smothered in a green salsa made from tomatillo, roasted poblano pepper, onion, and garlic. Finished with soured cream, crumbled fresh cheese, and cilantro. The tomatillo gives the sauce a slightly tart, herbaceous flavour that no other green pepper can replicate.

🛒 Ingredients

4 servings
  • 8 corn tortillas
  • 400g cooked shredded chicken
  • 500g green tomatillos
  • 2 roasted poblano chilies
  • Onion, garlic
  • Sour cream, fresh cheese, cilantro
  • Oil, salt

👨‍🍳 Step-by-step instructions

  1. Roast the tomatillos and chilies on a comal or in the oven. Blend with garlic and onion.

  2. Sauté the green sauce in oil for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

  3. Dip each tortilla in hot oil for 10 seconds. Then submerge in the sauce.

  4. Fill with shredded chicken. Roll up and place in a baking dish.

  5. Cover with the remaining green sauce. Bake for 10 minutes.

  6. Serve topped with sour cream, crumbled cheese, and cilantro.

💡 Chef's tip

Tortillas must be briefly fried before being dipped in sauce: this prevents them from breaking and adds flavor.

📝 Our take

Green enchiladas are the Sunday comfort meal in millions of Mexican households. This roasted tomatillo sauce offers a freshness and tanginess that no store-bought version can match.

🍷 Wine & food pairing

Fresh lemon water with mint, or a Mexican beer (Corona, Modelo). The tomatillo is already acidic, so avoid high-acid wines—a light, fruity red works better if you want wine.

Suggested wine: Garnacha joven de Navarra

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