Description
This Hatch Chicken Chile Verde recipe features tender chicken simmered in a flavorful green chile sauce made with roasted Hatch chiles. Serve it with tostadas topped with refried beans, Queso Fresco, cilantro, and lime for a delicious meal.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2–2.5 lbs. Hatch chiles
- 2 lbs. chicken
- 1/2 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 cup stock (or water)
- 1 tablespoon Mexican oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (plus more to taste)
- Freshly cracked black pepper
- Olive oil
For the tostadas:
- Tostada shells
- Refried beans
- Queso Fresco
- Cilantro
- Lime
Instructions
- Roast the chiles: Roast the Hatch chiles until charred, then peel, seed, and roughly chop them.
- Cook the chicken: Season and sear the chicken until browned, then set aside.
- Sauté aromatics: Sauté onion and garlic, then add oregano, cumin, salt, and pepper.
- Simmer: Add stock, chiles, and chicken back to the pot, simmer until chicken is cooked through.
- Prepare tostadas: Spread refried beans on tostada shells, top with chicken chile verde, Queso Fresco, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.
Notes
- You can adjust the level of spiciness by using more or fewer chiles.
- Feel free to add other toppings like avocado or sour cream to the tostadas.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg