Chicken Tomatillo Black Bean Enchilada by Nili

I received this recipe from a friend of mine. Sounds yummy!

You will need:

  • White Corn tortillas
  • Can of black beans
  • small can of chopped green chiles
  • one supermarket rotisserie chicken (southwest flavor if they have it)
  • jar of Pace’s new Tequila Lime Salsa
  • Kraft (or any kind) 4 cheese mexican blend (2 cups)
  • 9 or 10 tomatillos
  • lime
  • salt
  • sour cream
  • avocado

Directions: 

Pre-heat oven to 450
de-bone and shred or cut chicken into small pieces
drain and rinse black beans
take paper-like husk off of tomatillo, rinse well and dice into bite size pieces, you will need 6 or so for the enchiladas and the other 3 for the avocado sauce (if you have never tasted or cooked with these before they should be firm, bright green and will have a little stickiness to them when you take the husk off, they have a lemon like flavor)

Mix
chicken, black beans, green chiles, 1 cup of cheese and 6 of the diced tomatillos

Pour enough salsa to lightly coat the bottom of your pan.

Pour most of the salsa that is left into a shallow bowl (leave a little to put on the enchiladas when you are eating).

Dip the corn tortilla (some find it easier to soften the tortilla in the micro for a couple of seconds wrapped in a damp paper towel) in the salsa coating both sides, then place in pan, place some of the chicken mix in the center of the tortilla and then roll the tortilla placing overlapping sides down. Continue until you have filled the pan, then spread the remaining cup of cheese over the top.

Place in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the cheese is all melted.

Half the avocado, take off the skin (I just squeeze it like you would a lemon and the meat of it comes right out) and mash up the meat of it, add some salt to taste and the rest of the chopped tomatillos, mix well, taste it to see if you want any lime juice in it, you could also add some chopped up grape or cherry tomatoes to this too (I like mine with lime and a bit of salt)

Serve enchiladas with, salsa, sour cream and avocado/tomatillo on the side.

You could also serve a salad and use the avocado and tomatillos for that.

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