Z'tejas Green Chile Barbacoa Enchiladas

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Cook Time: 225 Minutes

Ready In: 240 Minutes

Servings: 8

Ingredients:

4 -6 lbs beef chuck, cut 3-inch x 3-inch

1/2 cup cilantro

2 tablespoons kosher salt

1/3 cup garlic, chopped

2 ounces ancho chilies, stems removed

3 cups yellow onions, quartered

3 tablespoons green chili powder

diced green chilis

2 corn tortillas

2 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded

3 ounces green chili sauce

2 ounces cotija cheese, crumbled

1 ounce iceberg lettuce, shredded

sour cream

pickled green chilies

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in a stainless bowl and mix well. Transfer to a roasting pan and top with a tight lid.
2. Cook for 3 1/2 to 4 hours in a 325 degree oven.
3. Let cool and shred using 2 forks.
4. Strain juice that the meat was cooked in skim off fat.
5. Add about 1 1/2 cups to shredded meat.
6. Mix in green chilies as well.
7. Assembling Green Chile Barbacoa Enchiladas:.
8. Fry tortillas to soften; place on oval plate.
9. Put barbacoa in center.
10. Put 1 oz. of jack cheese on each tortilla with 2 oz. of barbacoa and 1/2 oz. of green chile sauce.
11. Roll tortillas and leave in center of plate.
12. Ladle 2 oz. green chile sauce on top of enchiladas and sprinkle beans and enchiladas with cotija cheese.
13. Put under broiler to melt cheese; when cheese melts top enchiladas with iceberg, dollop of sour cream and put pickled chiles in center.

By RecipeOfHealth.com