Easy vegan enchiladas verdes

This recipe for Vegan enchiladas verdes is so straightforward to make. These enchiladas can be made with whatever you want or whatever you have in the fridge as leftovers. You could use quinoa, farro, lentils, navy beans, etc. These enchiladas are delicious and moist and amazing.

Craving an authentic Mexican meal? Try these Easy Vegan Enchiladas verdes made with tomatillo salsa that will blow you away with their magnificent taste and ease of making them.

Enchiladas verdes casserole topped with diced avocado, cilantro and radishes.
Enchilada verde in Spanish means green enchilada.

About this recipe

You’ll only need a few ingredients to make flavorful vegan enchiladas to enjoy for lunch or dinner. The enchilada salsa can be made at home with tomatillos, onion, serrano peppers, and cilantro, or you could use store-bought.

Use naturally gluten-free corn tortillas and for the vegan black bean enchilada filling: rice, beans, and greens.

What You’ll Need to Make vegan Enchiladas recipe

  • Brown Rice. Be sure to cook your brown rice beforehand. You can sub with quinoa or other grain.
  • Salsa Verde. Use your favorite tomatillo vegan-friendly brand of salsa verde or make it at home.
  • Black Beans. Use home-cooked black beans or canned. If you have other beans that you prefer, you can use them instead of the black beans.
  • Spinach. Add spinach to your dish for flavor and added health benefits, you could easily switch it up with kale or any other green.
  • Corn Tortillas. You will need a minimum of eight tortillas to prepare these enchiladas verdes. Look for corn tortillas that only have corn and lime juice in their ingredient list; the fewer ingredients they have, the better.

For serving: You will also need pumpkin seeds, radishes, avocado (you could use guacamole), chopped cilantro, and scallions or Mexican pickled red onions.

💡COOKS NOTES

*Not all Mexican food needs cumin. In fact, very few Mexican recipes call for cumin. 

*I don't recommend using flour tortillas for enchiladas, it is not the authentic way of making enchiladas.

*Have fun with these vegan enchiladas
saucing a baking dish with salsa verde

How Long Does It Take to Prepare?  

It will take you about 15 minutes to prepare your ingredients and about 20 minutes for the vegan enchilada casserole to cook. You can have this wholesome, homemade meal ready to eat in under 40 minutes. Because you can have it done quickly, it’s the perfect vegan-friendly meal to make on a busy night.

Do I Have to Use Spinach?

It’s good to use some green, leafy vegetables in this recipe. If you don’t want to use spinach, you can always use kale as a substitute. Both ingredients work well with these enchiladas.

How Many Servings Will It Make?

If you follow this vegan enchilada verde recipe, you will have enough for up to six people to enjoy. If you’re making these enchiladas for yourself, you can always store and save any leftovers, reheating them daily until you have none left and need to make more of them.

With this said, I do believe that these enchiladas are best when freshly made.

When to serve enchiladas?

  • BREAKFAST: If you serve them for breakfast, serve them with refried beans on the side and green juice (licuado verde) or beet juice. You can serve sweet bread with conchas or some garibaldis.
  • DINNER: If you eat them at dinnertime, you can serve a Mexican lentil soup as a starter, and as a second course, you serve these enchiladas with brown rice or quinoa and maybe some sautéed mushrooms on the side.
  • LUNCH: If you’re going to serve these vegan enchiladas for lunch, serve them as is or with a simple salad.
spinach, greens, salsa verde and rice enchiladas

Can I Make Salsa Verde at home?

Because this recipe calls for salsa verde, you can buy it at the store or prepare it at home. To make homemade authentic salsa verde, you’ll need tomatillos, cilantro, garlic, jalapeno or serrano peppers, and onion.

It’s not hard to make this flavorful salsa that will taste amazing when added to your enchiladas. Here are three salsa verde recipes that you may like:

no oil vegan green enchiladas

How to Store the Easy Vegan Green Enchiladas

Allow your leftovers to sit out until they cool before you store them. Once they’re cool enough, place the enchiladas in a container and cover. Put your enchiladas in the fridge for up to two days before reheating them and enjoying them again. They are best when freshly made.

oven vegan enchiladas
🔥Quick tips

• I try to have a grain and legume always cooked and ready to go in the fridge. This makes my life easier and keeps me organized in the kitchen. 

• Always place seam side down the rolled and filled tortilla.

• Add a tablespoon or two of salsa verde to the bottom of the backing pan to prevent the enchiladas from scortching. You could use a little bit of oilve oil or any other vegetable oil too.

• Warm the corn tortillas in the microwave for 20 to 30 seconds to make them pliable.

Give this recipe a twist

easy vegan green enchiladas

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Enchiladas verdes super rápidas

Easy vegan green enchiladas

Alejandra Graf
This recipe for Vegan enchiladas verdes is so straightforward to make. These enchiladas can be made with whatever you want or whatever you have in the fridge as leftovers. You could use quinoa, farro, lentils, navy beans, etc. These enchiladas are delicious and moist and amazing.
4.17 de 6 votos
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
0 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 6 people
Calories 301 kcal

Equipment

  • Baking dish
  • Mixing bowl

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cup of salsa verde
  • 1 ½ cup cooked brown rice
  • 1 ½ cup cooked black beans or any other that you prefer
  • 1 large handful of green leaves spinach, kale or mixture of the two
  • ½ cup of pumpkin seeds
  • 8-12 corn tortillas

To serve

  • 5 thinly sliced ​​radishes
  • 1 medium avocado in squares
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro
  • 3 scallions, white and green parts

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat the oven to 350ºF.
  • Prepare the green sauce as you like or follow this recipe.
  • Put two or three tablespoons of sauce in the bottom of a baking dish.
  • In a large bowl put the rice, beans, green leaves, pumpkin seeds and about half a cup of sauce. Mix well.
  • Heat the corn tortillas until pliable.
  • Fill each tortilla with two or three tablespoons of this mixture, roll it up and put it in the oven dish with sauce, with the fold of the tortilla facing down.
  • When finished, put the rest of the sauce in the center of the enchiladas, cover and put in the oven for 20 minutes or until the enchiladas are hot and the sauce has changed color.
  • Remove from the oven and finish with slices of radish, cilantro, scallion, and avocado.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

Salsa verde recipe:
  • 5-7 tomatillos depending on the size without peel and rinsed
  • 1 cup cilantro, leaves, and stems
  • 1-2 serrano chili peppers
  • 1 / 4-1 / 2 cup of roughly chopped white onion
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  1. Put the blender the tomatillos, the cilantro, the chile serrano, the salt and a quarter cup of chopped onion. Blend until everything is well integrated, taste and adjust. 
 

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 301kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 10gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.003gSodium: 443mgPotassium: 655mgFiber: 10gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 957IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 3mg
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