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Pulled Pork Enchiladas

Name: Pulled Pork Enchiladas
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 large onion ((chopped small but not diced)); 1 red bell pepper ((chopped small but not diced)); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons garlic paste ((or 2 whole cloves, crushed)); 1 1/2 - 2 cups pulled pork; 8 flour tortillas ((or corn tortillas)); 1 cup refried beans ((or more, to be slathered in the enchiladas)); 1.5 cup sour cream enchilada sauce ((or more)); .50 cup salsa verde; .50 cup cheddar cheese ((shredded))

Last updated on March 15, 2022. Originally posted on March 15, 2022 By Elaine 46 Comments

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This pulled pork enchiladas recipe is made with fall-apart pork, refried beans, gooey cheddar cheese, and mouth-watering sour cream enchilada sauce. You’ll be reaching for seconds and thirds before you’ve finished your first plate!

Two enchiladas with sour cream verde sauce with pork hanging out of them. There is also vegetables and beans on the plate

I make my savory slow cooker pulled pork a lot. And since I always have oodles of leftovers, one of the things I love about having the leftover pork is I can make this recipe.

I’ve made pork enchiladas with different sauces; sometimes with red sauce, sometimes with this sour cream verde sauce, and sometimes with both.

When I originally made these enchiladas, I used both red enchilada sauce and my sour cream sauce. I decided this time to just use the sour cream sauce and actually prefer it this way.

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Helpful tips

You can use leftover pulled pork or make it fresh – either way is great.
If you use leftover meat, make sure to shred it before you either freeze it or pack away in the refrigerator.
If you can’t make your own refried beans, use canned. When I use canned, I always add a little olive oil to the beans to thin them out and make them tasty.
Use fajita sized flour tortillas because they’re best for making enchiladas.
I am using shredded cheddar both in the enchilada sauce and on the enchiladas because it was what I had on hand. But I do alternate between Mexican cheese blend and cheddar normally.

How to make pork enchiladas

Pre-step

Get a wok or a large sauté pan for the vegetables and a medium saucepan and rubber spatula for the sauce.

Step one

If you’re going to use my sour cream verde sauce, this is the time to make it.

Sour cream sauce – you will need to click through to the recipe and follow the directions. At the time you need to add the sour cream, you will also add salsa verde (I) and shredded cheese. (J)

Stir the ingredients together, return the pan to the stove, turn the heat medium heat, and melt the cheese on medium low heat.

Salsa verde added to the sour cream sauce on the left and sour cream and shredded Mexican cheese added to the right

Step two

Gather the vegetables – onion and red bell peppers. (A)

Step three

Chop the vegetables in small to medium chunks. (B)

Red bell peppers and onions both whole and chopped on a red board with a wok in the background

Step four

Heat the wok on medium, add olive oil and once that comes to a shimmer, add the onion and pepper and sauté for 8 minutes. (C)

Step five

Gather the leftover pulled pork, refried beans, enchilada sauce and tortillas. (D)

Cooked vegetables in the wok on the left and pulled pork and beans on the right

Step six

Smear beans on the tortillas. (E)

Step seven

Add sautéd veggies on the beans. (F)

Beans smeared on the tortilla and vegetables added on the beans. The rest of the ingredients are also on the table

Step eight

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step nine

Add pulled pork. (G)

Step ten

Ladle a few tablespoons of enchilada sauce in the bottom of a baking dish.

Roll each tortilla up and place them seam side down in the baking dish. (H)

Pulled pork added to the tortilla with a bowl of beans in the background and the tortillas rolled and put in a baking dish

Step eleven

Ladle sauce on the enchiladas. Be generous. (K)

Step twelve

Add shredded cheese. (L)

Sour cream sauce added on top of the enchiladas on the left and on the right shredded cheese added on top

Step thirteen

Bake for 25 minutes.

The enchiladas with sour cream sauce on the enchiladas in a baking dish and straight out of the oven. There are beans and pork in the background along with a plate

Step thirteen

Scoop out two enchiladas and place them on a plate along with refried beans and some onion and peppers.

Overhead view of the two enchiladas with beans and veggies on it. There is some pulled pork in the corner

Time to take a bite.

A forkful of enchilada with pork in it held over a plate with enchiladas, beans and veggie. There are bowls of pulled pork, sauce and beans in the background

I’m drooling.

Beans, veggies and two pork enchiladas with bites taken out of it. There is sour cream sauce, pulled pork and the baking dish in the background

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I hope you enjoy this pulled pork enchiladas recipe as much as Christopher and I do!

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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