Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Ingredients
- 18 5″ corn tortillas
- 2 pounds green tomatillos, husked and rinsed
- 1/2 of a large white onion
- 1 or 2 serrano or jalapeño chiles
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 or 3 cilantro sprigs
- 2 cups vegetable or chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for brushing tortillas
To garnish:
- 1/2 cup onion, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 cup queso fresco or cotija, or substitute with Farmer’s cheese or mild feta, crumbled
- 1/4 cup Mexican cream
To Prepare
To prepare the tortillas:
- Heat the oven to 300 degrees. Cut the tortillas into 2-inch, bite-sized pieces, lightly brush with oil, sprinkle salt. Set them on a baking tray and bake in the oven until crispy, about 15 to 20 minutes. Let the pieces cool. Alternately, you can fry the tortilla pieces.
To prepare the tomatillo sauce:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the tomatillos, onions, garlic and serrano chiles in a bowl. Add about 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and rub all the ingredients until everything has a light coat of oil. Lay the ingredients in a baking tray. Sprinkle with salt.
- Bake until tomatillos are soft and plump and all the ingredients look charred. Let the ingredients cool. Add the charred vegetables, the cilantro and the broth to a blender and mix well.
- Heat a pan over medium heat, adding one additional tablespoon of oil. When the oil is hot, add the sauce from the blender and finish cooking over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Season to taste.
To serve:
- When the sauce is hot, quickly but carefully add the tortillas. Stir the tortillas into the mixture so that they are fully coated with the sauce.
- Serve the tortillas and salsa in a large platter, garnished with the sliced onions, crumbled Mexican queso fresco, drizzle with the cream, garnish with chopped onion and cilantro. Eat immediately.
Love the chilaquiles,thank you so much,gracias Paty,
Of course…thank YOU Sarita.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank YOU VJK.
We love this dish and have eaten at a small cafe but it has some kind of meat in it, do you ever add meat to yours?
You can for sure, Monica! I like mine this way but people add chicken or whatever they like to make it their own.
Hi : thank you so much for a wonderful show,I original from Veracruz, Mexico. I was wondering where can I watch again your video about green chilaquiles, keep the good work.
Oh this recipe is from season two…and I don’t have those videos up anymore, Patricio.
Thank you for such a delightful, warm, family atmosphere you express in your wonderful program. I love all you do in your show, including, the love of your beautiful family.
Keep doing, being that great example to all ‘who render’ their services in the Mexican Cooking arena. As count I ‘you’, as NUMERO UNO!
Shalom
Oh thank you so much H.A.!
Hi Pati! Do u happen to have a recipe for chilaquiles in a red sauce? I tried a version that had the salsa roja and chicken and would like to recreate it my kitchen. Thank u as always for answering all of my questions and for your amazing recipes and show!
Sincerely, Jessaleah
Oh you can use my recipe for green chilaquiles but use my recipe for salsa raja https://patijinich.com/recipe/salsa-roja/ 🙂
Hola Pati, I like the recipe but I would need a lot more serranos than what you have listed.
You can always make it as spicy as you need 🙂
Saludos Pati,
I Have made your recipe, sabroso!! Can you freeze Salsa Verde if you have more than you need?
Absolutely!
Could u add some cooked chicken
Absolutely!
Hola Pati
Once again I followed your directions and ABRACADABRA!!!, these chilaquiles were so good, they much tasted like the ones my madre made for me as a child, I added epazote and they tasted amazing.
Once again thank you Pati
YAY FERNANDO!