Serves: 8
Total Calories: 401

8 (1/2 recipe)
Basic Cooked Tomatillo Sauce

2 teaspoons unsalted butter
1 cup cooked corn kernels, fresh or thawed if frozen
1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Prepare the corn crepes. Set aside on a plate. Prepare the tomatillo sauce. Set aside in a bowl. Prepare the shredded chicken. Set aside in a bowl. In a small skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the corn and salt. Cook, stirring, until heated through, about 2 minutes.

2. Preheat oven to 375°. In an 11- × 7-inch ovenproof baking dish, spread about 3/4 cup of the tomatillo sauce on the bottom. Fill one crepe with about 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture. Roll into a cylinder and place seam side down in prepared baking dish. Repeat, filling and rolling remaining crepes, and place them side by side in the dish. Cover each of the filled rolled crepes with about 1/4 cup of tomatillo sauce. Bake until completely heated through, about 20 minutes. To serve, put 2 crepes on each of 4 plates. Reheat the corn and scatter the corn equally over each serving.

From "1,000 Mexican Recipes." Copyright 2001 by Marge Poore. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 401
Calories from Fat: 31

More Recipes from the 1,000 Mexican Recipes Cookbook:
* Enchiladas, Tamales, and Tortilla Casseroles
Baked Aztec Chicken Casserole
Basic Corn Tortilla Dough
Basic Corn Tortillas
Basic Crepes
Basic Tamale Dough
Black Bean Enchiladas
Cheese Enchiladas in Red Sauce
Cheese and Tortilla Casserole
Chicken and Tortilla Casserole with Green Sauce
Corn Crepes
Corn Crepes with Chicken and Corn
Crepes with Corn Mushroom
Folded Tortillas in Bean Sauce
Folded Tortillas in Pasilla Chile Sauce
Folded Tortillas in Tomato Sauce
Fresh Corn Tamales
Masa Dumplings
Meatball and Tortilla Casserole
Mushroom Crepes
Pork and Tortilla Casserole
Potato and Tortilla Casserole
Seafood Enchiladas
Stacked Beef Enchiladas
Swiss Enchiladas
Tamales Wrapped in Swiss Chard
Tamales in Banana Leaves, Oaxaca Style
Tamales with Beef or Pork
Tamales with Chicken
Tamales with Jalapeños, Cheese, and Corn
Tamales with Shrimp
Tamales, Monterrey Style
Tortilla, Bean, and Corn Casserole
Tortilla, Corn, and Zucchini Casserole
Tortillas in Ancho Chile and Red Pepper Cream Sauce
Turkey Enchiladas in Green Sauce
Vegetable Enchiladas
Vegetable Tamales with Black Bean Sauce
White Flour Tortillas
Yucatán Tamale Pie