Chicken Aztec Casserole (Pastel Azteca)

Name: Chicken Aztec Casserole (Pastel Azteca)
Total time: 4500 s
Yield: Serves 6 servings
Ingredients: 15 –20 corn tortillas; 1 cooked chicken breast, shredded; 6 –7 poblano peppers, roasted, peeled, and sliced into strips; 5 tomatoes, roasted and peeled; 1/2 cup tomato purée (about 120 ml); 1 large onion, thinly sliced; 2 cups Mexican crema or sour cream (about 500 grams); Leaves from 1 sprig of epazote; 2 cups shredded Manchego or Oaxaca cheese (about 500 grams); Salt or chicken bouillon powder, to taste

lenny @cook_1102490

MEXICO

A delicious dish made with layers of corn tortillas, chicken, poblano peppers, tomato, crema, and cheese. You could say it's a very Mexican version of lasagna.

lenny @cook_1102490

MEXICO

A delicious dish made with layers of corn tortillas, chicken, poblano peppers, tomato, crema, and cheese. You could say it's a very Mexican version of lasagna.

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Ingredients

75 minutes

Serves 6 servings

15–20 corn tortillas
1cooked chicken breast, shredded
6–7 poblano peppers, roasted, peeled, and sliced into strips
5tomatoes, roasted and peeled
1/2 cuptomato purée (about 120 ml)
1large onion, thinly sliced
2 cupsMexican crema or sour cream (about 500 grams)
Leavesfrom 1 sprig of epazote
2 cupsshredded Manchego or Oaxaca cheese (about 500 grams)
Salt or chicken bouillon powder, to taste

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Steps

75 minutes

1

Roast the poblano peppers, then peel, remove veins and seeds, and slice into strips.
2

In a skillet, sauté the sliced onion, then add the poblano strips.
3

Roast the tomatoes, remove the charred skin, blend, then cook with the tomato purée. Season to taste.
4

In a skillet, lightly fry the corn tortillas (preferably day-old) so they are not too crispy but not too soft.
5

In a baking dish, spread a little tomato sauce, then layer tortillas, some shredded chicken, more sauce, poblano and onion mixture, crema, and cheese. Repeat layers until all ingredients are used. Bake for about 20 minutes, until the cheese is melted and lightly golden.