Roasted Pork Enchiladas

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2000

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Tortillas

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (11)

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Cook Time:
4 hr 35 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 2 hr 0 min
Cook: 4 hr 35 min
Total:: 7 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

2 cups chicken stock
1 cup sour cream
1 cup Salsa Verde
Salt and pepper
1 recipe Roasted Pork and Caramelized Onion filling, recipe follows
12 corn tortillas
1 cup water
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 pound queso Fresco cheese, crumbled
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a large rectangle oven-proof pan with the oil.

In a mixing bowl, combine the chicken stock, sour cream and salsa. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well. Spread 1 cup of the mixture over the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread 1/4 cup of the filling over 1/4 of each tortilla. Roll the tortillas up firmly. Place the tortillas, seam side down, next to each other in the prepared pan. Spread the remaining sour cream mixture over the rolled tortillas. Cover the pan with parchment paper and aluminum foil. Place in the oven and cook for 10 minutes. Remove the foil and continue to cook for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool slightly before serving.

Place 2 of the enchiladas in the center of each serving plate. Spoon some of the pan sauce over the top of the enchiladas. Crumble the cheese over the top. Garnish with the cilantro. Serve warm.

Roasted Pork and Caramelized Onion Filling:

1 (5 to 5 1/2 pound) pork butt, bone in, untrimmed
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup canned chopped green chilies
1/2 pound queso Fresco cheese or any meltable white cheese, such as Monterey Jack

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Season the pork with salt and pepper. Place in a medium roasting pan and add 1/2 cup of water. Place in the oven and roast for 1 hour. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees F and continue to cook for 3 hours. Remove from the oven and cool completely. In a large saute pan, over medium heat, add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the onions. Season with salt and pepper. Saute until the onions are caramelized, about 8 to 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and cool completely. When the pork is cool, remove any excess fat and the bone. Shred the meat into bite-size pieces. In a mixing bowl, combine the pork, onions, chilies and cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly.

Yield: about 3 1/2 cups

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recipe Roasted Pork Enchiladas
Mark Whitehouse, TX 03-30-2009
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Outstanding Enchiladas
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My wife does not like the traditional enchilada. So needless to say I have been searching for a cream sauce variation. This... one is it. I made a couple of modifactions to the base recipe, primarily to the sour cream sauce. I felt the cream sauce was alittle too thin, I used 1 cup of chicken both versus 2 cups. I also simmered it in a sauce pan and added one tsp of corn starch for just alittle thickness. Outstanding! Read more
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Kate Vancouver, WA 01-22-2009
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Enchiladas melded together
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I liked the flavor of this recipe. I wasn't too pleased when all the enchiladas became mush and melded together. I was... concerned with all the liquid in the sauce, but none of the other reviewers had made comment. I think it was too watery. Could be that if I used fresh tortillas that they were already moist and didn't need to steam to soften. Will probably make a variation of this again, reducing significantly the amount of chicken broth in sauce.Read more
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Anonymous 07-24-2007
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Good enchilada!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These are the best! The closest to authentic I can get in Oklahoma is at home. I sometimes cheat tho and do the pork in the... crock-pot.Read more
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Janet Cumming, GA 05-14-2007
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Made a LOT
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I doubled this recipe and used a whole pork butt. I actually cooked the meat and onions in the crock pot for 10 hrs on low,... then shredded the meat etc. I also added jalepenos to the onion/pork mix before putting in the crock pot!Read more
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Amanda McKinleyville, CA 01-28-2007
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Fantastic
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was an amazing recipe, I loved it. The only thing I did different was to heat the tortillas before rolling them. That... way they did not break or split. Yummy Yummy.Read more
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Anonymous 08-09-2006
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Great Blend
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a great blend of flavors and textures. Melts in your mouth!