Recipe

Creamy Chicken Cheese Enchiladas Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Pixarfreak / All my dishes 12 months ago While perusing my latest cookbook purchases, I found a recipes for enchiladas in Beth Hensperger's Weeknight Cooking. The original is for Cheese Enchiladas, but this gal needs her protein. I adapted the recipe and made Creamy Chicken Cheese Enchiladas.... More Prep:25m Cook:15m Servings:6	Pixarfreak
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Ingredients

Enchilada Sauce

1 medium onion, chopped

2 cloves of garlic, chopped

1 T oil

2 tsp chili powder

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp oregano

1-28 oz can of your choice of tomato sauce

1/2 tsp salt

1 lb boneless chicken breast

Shredded chicken

1-1/2 cup Muenster cheese, shredded

1-4 oz can diced green chilies

1/3 cup enchilada sauce

12 yellow corn tortillas

1/3 c canola oil

Directions

Saute onion in oil in a large pan for about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute.

Toss in the seasonings, stir around a few times. Pour in the sauce, reduce heat and cook for 8 minutes, until slightly thickened. Stir in the salt. Finally, lay the chicken breast in the sauce and simmer until cooked thoroughly. Remove from pan and allow to cool. Shred that chicken.

Mix 1 cup of cheese with remaining ingredients altogether and set aside.

Heat the oil to pretty hot. Slowly drop each tortilla into oil and remove after 20 seconds. At this point you could dip each tortilla in to the sauce, but I don't. I do spread a ladle or two of the sauce into my baking dish. Lay the tortilla in the baking dish, fill the tortilla with chicken filling, and roll up. Place seam side down.

Top the enchiladas with remaining sauce and remaining 1/2 cheese. Bake uncovered for 15 to 20 minutes. I served with refried beans, sour cream, and shredded lettuce. And, yes, I had leftovers for lunch the next day.

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mjcmcook 12 months ago said:
~Hello~
This is a Wonderful "5"FORK!!!!! recipe for
Enchiladas ~ I really like your ingredients
to make the 'Sauce' from 'Scratch' !
This is SOOOOOOOOOOO Much better than the canned ~
Thank-you for sharing ~
~*~ mjcmcook~*~

elgab89 12 months ago said:
Oh, yeah! This is a keeper - I am printing it as I write! Of course, high5~

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