Pork Enchiladas Verde

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These restaurant style pork enchiladas verde are made with just 5 ingredients in less than an hour! They’re the perfect big batch dinner for feeding a crowd or making leftovers.

Servings enchiladas

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 25

Total Time 50

Equipment

9x13 baking dish

Ingredients

3 cups Mexican verde sauce
1 pound slow cooker pulled pork or carnitas
1¼ cups shredded Mexican cheese
8 10-inch flour tortillas
Fresh cilantro chopped, optional garnish

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 by 13 baking dish.
In a large bowl, combine the pulled pork with ¾ cup verde sauce and ¾ cup of shredded Mexican cheese. Stir until evenly mixed.
Fill the 8 tortillas with an equal amount of the pork filling, rolling them tightly and laying them down in the baking dish, seam side down.
Top the enchiladas with the remaining verde sauce, then sprinkle the remaining cheese in an even layer on top.
Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 25 minutes, until the enchiladas are warm and the cheese is melty.
Optionally garnish with fresh cilantro and serve hot.

Notes

Pulled pork or carnitas: We highly recommend making your own pork for the best flavor! Try our slow cooker carnitas or slow cooker pulled pork recipe. You'll need to make this a day or two in advance, as it takes about 8 to 10 hours to cook. Alternatively, you can use store-bought pulled pork.

Mexican verde sauce: Likewise, scratch-made Mexican verde sauce yields much fresher flavor than store-bought alternatives. It only takes about 15 minutes to prepare so give our recipe a try! (But again, you can always use store bought if you want to simplify things.)

Baking enchiladas: Make sure to cover the pan with foil when you bake the enchiladas, so they don't dry out in the oven. The foil traps the moisture and ensures the sauce and cheese stay moist and gooey!

Serving suggestions: We recommend serving enchiladas with a side of rice and beans, and your favorite dips like guac, salsa, or sour cream and tortilla chips! Check out our blog post above for recipe recommendations.

Storing leftovers: This 9 x 13 baking dish with a lid makes it super easyto store leftover enchiladas right in the dish you made them in. Keep them in the fridge for up to 5 days!

Reheating leftovers: Reheat single servings for about 1.5 to 2 minutes in the microwave. Or, reheat a whole batch of leftovers in the oven (cover with foil first) at 350 degrees F for about 25 to 30 minutes.

Author: Nicole and Alex

Calories: 388kcal

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: carnitas, cilantro, flour tortillas, mexican cheese, pulled pork, salsa verde, verde sauce

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