Enchiladas with tomatillo sauce

Ingredients

• ¼ cup (60 ml) lard, divided
• 1 small white onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 4 dried Serrano chillies, chopped (see Note)
• 5 green tomatillos, chopped
• ½ cup (125 ml) chicken stock
• 6 fresh corn tortillas
• 2 cups refried beans, warm (see Lui’s recipe here)
• ½ cup crumbled queso anejo or cotija cheese (or use feta)

Instructions

1. To make the tomatillo sauce, heat half of the lard in a frying pan over medium-high heat.

2. Stir in onions and garlic, and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions start to soften. Add Serrano chillies and tomatillos and continue cooking for 3-4 minutes.

3. Stir in chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Simmer until mixture reduces by about half.

4. Season with salt, to taste, and transfer mixture to a blender. Blend the sauce until chunky. Reserve sauce for later use.

5. In a clean frying pan, heat remaining lard over medium-high heat. Toast the tortillas one at a time until golden but still pliable (cooking the tortillas will stop them breaking when you make the enchiladas).

6. Spoon warm refried beans over half of each tortilla. Fold tortilla in half. Top with green tomatillo sauce and crumbled queso anejo.

Note

• If you’d like a less-spicy sauce, discard the seeds from the chillies.