Thursday, December 15, 2011

New Recipe: Easy, Excellent and best of all it uses leftovers

The other night I tried a recipe I found in the local newspaper.  Ever hear of Chilequiles?  I had but I heard it was made with tortilla chips and eaten for breakfast which didn't sound great to me.  This recipe used 6" corn tortillas and was layered like a lasagna.  I happened to have some leftover shredded beef from a pot roast the night before so instead of chicken I used the beef.  Pork would also be an great choice.  It was EXCELLENT and easy and will become a regular dish.  If you haven't tried the Safeway Select Salsa Verde give it a try.  I not only used it in this recipe but I also pour it over a pork roast in the crock pot and make salsa verde pork burritos.  The picture is not so good since I didn't take it till after we dug in but don't let that scare you.  This is my kind of leftover dish!.

EASY CHILEQUILES
3 ½ - 4 C. shredded cooked beef or chicken
1 (24 oz.) jar Safeway Select salsa verde
¾ C. sour cream
½ C. heavy cream
12 (6") tortillas, cut into 1/4 " strips
2 C. Monterey Jack cheese
½ C. cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 350˚ F. Mix the sour cream and heavy cream. In a 9x13" pan layer half of the chicken, 1 cup salsa verde, half the sour cream mixture, 6 tortillas cut in strips, 1 cup cheese and then repeat in the same order with the remaining ingredients.  Ending with the cheddar cheese
Layer 
  • Meat
  • Salsa
  • Sour cream mixed with heavy cream
  • Tortilla strips
  • Jack cheese
  • Repeat
Note:  I used leftover shredded roast from the Spicy Pot Roast sandwich recipe which I did in the crock pot but any shredded leftover beef will do.

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