Green Chilaquiles in Roasted Tomatillo Sauce

Name: Green Chilaquiles in Roasted Tomatillo Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
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); 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

Chilaquiles verdes

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Cooking time

45 minutes

Rate this recipe

4.86 from 7 votes

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.

Comments

48comments inGreen Chilaquiles in Roasted Tomatillo Sauce

Joyce, Kansas City, Missouri

Feb 27

Chilaquiles Verde was the first dish I learned at a school in Oaxaca!
It was suggested as breakfast with a friend egg on top! Yummmm!
Also on another trip to Mexico City, I ate at your sister’s restaurant!
🤔Again, Yummmm!
Thank Pati for all the cooking lessons!

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Feb 28
  
  Thanks to you Joyce! So glad you liked Niddo 😉
  
Lety Santillan

Feb 24

I am so excited to try your chilaquiles verdes! Somos fans de tu show❤️

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Feb 25
  
  Muchisimas gracias Lety, ojala que les gusten 😉
  
Marguerite

Feb 24

Those look delicious😊 thank you so much for all those wonderful recipes💕 I love watching your show🌻

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Feb 25
  
  Thanks so much for tuning in Marguerite, un abrazo!
  
Dave Q

Feb 24

Thank you for the update and for everything you do..💖

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Feb 25
  
  Thanks to you for following Dave 😉
  
Catherine

Feb 24

Yummy

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Feb 25
  
  🙂
  
Mary Adams Gilbert

Jan 16

I haven’t tried these yet but have been looking for a recipe
Can’t wait to try these
Thank you for you program. I learn so much from you

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Feb 07
  
  Thanks to you Mary for tuning in, I hope you go ahead and prepare the Chilaquiles 😉
  
Arthur Benitez

Nov 22

I haven’t tried it yet, but it looks so delicious. I am going to set this up for this week end dinner.

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Dec 28
  
  Did you cook them Arthur? How did you like them?
  
E. López

Sep 02

Hola Pati, made your Green Chilaquiles in Roasted Tomatillo Sauce and they were so delicious! My husband and I love your show and all your fabulous recipes. When we can get mangos here in Ontario, we enjoy making your recipe for Mango Puff.

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Sep 19
  
  Thanks so much guys, glad you have been trying the recipes, yay!
  
  1. Anonymous
    
    Feb 24
    
    Mango puff? Where is that recipe?
    
    1. Pati Jinich
      
      Feb 25
      
      Here it is for you 😉 https://patijinich.com/mango-puff/
      
Amy C

Aug 15

The local restaurant we love serves chilaquiles where the tortillas are very soft in the sauce. Should I assume that they didn’t bake or fry their tortillas first? Or do the tortillas actually get that soft when simmered in the sauce?
Thanks!

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Aug 16
  
  It is actually up to you Amy, some people like soaked soft fried tortilla chips as chilaquiles, some people prefer to add the sauce just right before eating them to keep the crispiness. Adding un-fried tortillas to sauce does not make chilaquiles at all 🙂
  
Lisa

Jun 12

How long do you roast the tomatilloes and other vegetables?

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Jun 12
  
  Until the tomatillos are soft and the other ingredients look charred; it depends on you oven but I would say around 10 minutes Lisa 🙂
  
Anonymous

Jun 03

Thank you Pati, I am always looking for authentic Mexican recipes,Yum!

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Jun 12
  
  My pleasure 😉
  
Donna Harris

May 01

These are amazing, I will be making them for company after Church

1. Pati Jinich
  
  May 07
  
  Awesome Donna, hope everyone will approve 😉
  
Mary Cruz

Apr 24

They are the BEST! Thanks for sharing all you recepies Patty!

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Apr 27
  
  Thanks to you for trying them Mary 😉
  
Sarita Szajowitz,

Jun 03

Love the chilaquiles,thank you so much,gracias Paty,

1. Pati Jinich
  
  Jun 03
  
  Of course…thank YOU Sarita.
  
VJK

Jan 28

Thank you for sharing.

1. Pati
  
  Jan 28
  
  Thank YOU VJK.
  
Monica

Jan 27

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?

1. Pati
  
  Jan 28
  
  You can for sure, Monica! I like mine this way but people add chicken or whatever they like to make it their own.
  
Patricio Portugal

Nov 04

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.

1. Pati
  
  Nov 05
  
  Oh this recipe is from season two…and I don’t have those videos up anymore, Patricio.
  
H.A. Netzer-author-writer

May 22

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

1. Pati
  
  May 23
  
  Oh thank you so much H.A.!
  
Jessaleah

Jan 30

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

1. Pati
  
  Feb 01
  
  Oh you can use my recipe for green chilaquiles but use my recipe for salsa raja https://patijinich.com/pati_2020/recipe/salsa-roja/ 🙂
  
Alfredo Gutierrez

Dec 13

Hola Pati, I like the recipe but I would need a lot more serranos than what you have listed.

1. Pati
  
  Dec 13
  
  You can always make it as spicy as you need 🙂
  
Carol Sullivan

Nov 11

Saludos Pati,
I Have made your recipe, sabroso!! Can you freeze Salsa Verde if you have more than you need?

1. Pati
  
  Nov 11
  
  Absolutely!
  
Auds

Sep 14

Could u add some cooked chicken

1. Pati
  
  Sep 14
  
  Absolutely!
  
Fernando Navarrete

Apr 04

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

1. Pati
  
  Apr 05
  
  YAY FERNANDO!

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