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Expand your menu and create this flavorful Mexican dish with the Cook & Hold Oven from Alto-Shaam. Slow cook the ingredients overnight for increased pork yield, reduced labor and delicious enchiladas Verde your customers will love.
Ingredients:
- 1 pork shoulder, boneless
- 2 yellow onions, large diced
- 5 pounds tomatillos, quartered
- 5 celery stalks, large diced
- 2 jalapenos, quartered
- 8 garlic cloves
- 5 bay leaves
- ½ gallon chicken stock
- 1 cup fresh cilantro
- 30 fresh corn tortillas
- 1 pound Chihuahua cheese, shredded
Preparation:
- Liberally season all sides of the pork shoulder with kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper. Then sear the pork on all sides.
- Combine the onion, tomatillos, jalapenos, celery, garlic, bay leaves and chicken stock in a pot, bring to a simmer and then transfer to a hotel pan.
- Place the seared pork into the pan along with the vegetables and stock. Cover with foil, leaving the corner open so you can probe the meat.
- Cook overnight in the Cook & Hold at 250°F. Set the probe cut-off to 175°F and hold temperature to 165°F.
- In the morning, remove the pork and carefully strain the liquid from the vegetables. Reserve the cooking liquid.
- Blend the strained, cooked vegetables on high for 2 minutes. After 2 minutes, add 1 cup of fresh cilantro and continue blending for 1 minute for the perfect salsa Verde.
- Once your salsa is blended, prepare your work station for enchilada assembly.
- Thin out 2 cups of the salsa Verde with 1 cup of the reserved cooking liquid. Place 1 cup of this mixture into a new hotel pan where you will cook the enchiladas.
- Place the remaining salsa in a separate hotel pan. Use this to dip your tortillas before rolling to help keep them flexible.
- Dip each tortilla and top with pork and Chihuahua cheese. Roll up the tortillas and place in the hotel pan.
- Ladle sauce over the enchiladas and top with more Chihuahua cheese.
- Cook in a preheated Cook & Hold at 325°F for 1 hour.
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