Description
This Hatch Chicken Chile Verde recipe combines tender chicken with spicy Hatch chiles, onions, and garlic in a flavorful green sauce. Serve it with crispy tostadas topped with refried beans, Queso Fresco, and fresh cilantro for a delicious meal.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2–2.5 lbs. Hatch chiles (14 medium-sized)
- 2 lbs. chicken (3 boneless breasts)
- 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
- Prepare the chiles: Roast the Hatch chiles until charred, let them steam, peel, remove seeds, and dice.
- Cook the chicken: Brown the chicken in a pot, remove, sauté onions and garlic, return chicken, add chiles, stock, and seasonings, simmer until chicken is cooked.
- Make the 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 spiciness by using more or fewer Hatch chiles.
- Feel free to add other toppings like avocado or sour cream to the tostadas.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg
Keywords: Mexican recipe, Hatch chiles, Chicken Chile Verde, Tostadas, Spicy dish