Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken enchiladas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
These authentic chicken enchiladas with mole sauce were inspired by a dish served at Seattle's La Carta De Oaxaca restaurant. Chocolate and dried chiles make a rich and flavorful sauce that tops the moist and tender chicken enchiladas. This will make your chicken FABULOUS and trust me, this makes all the difference in the taste of the enchilada!!!
Chicken Enchiladas is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Chicken Enchiladas is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken enchiladas using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Enchiladas:
- Get 2 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
- Prepare 1 large onion
- Get 1 onion powder, garlic powder, salt pepper
- Get 2 tbsp oil or butter
- Prepare 2 small 4oz cans of diced mild green chilies
- Make ready 1 envelope taco seasoning
- Prepare 4 can 10 oz. each of mild green chilie enchilada sauce
- Get 2 8 oz. bags of shredded cheese any kind you prefer
- Make ready 2 packages 8 count burrito size tortillas
- Prepare 2 packages 8 oz. each of cream cheese.
Vegetarian enchiladas are great with refried beans or zucchini and cheese, then topped with sauce and more cheese. Leftover taco meat or picadillo also makes a great filling for enchiladas. You can use beef or turkey for this. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, water, onion powder, cumin, salt and pepper until smooth.
Instructions to make Chicken Enchiladas:
- preheat oven to 350º
- place chicken in 9×13 casserole dish season chicken with the onion powder garlic powder salt and pepper. as much as you like. bake chicken about 45 min. allow to cool, shred and set aside.
- heat butter or oil in non-stick 4 quart saucepan. heat over medium heat and cook onions about 5-10 min. to soften. stir in canned chilies, cream cheese and taco seasoning. stir until melted and well blended.mix in the chicken and remove from heat.
- pour half of 1 can of sauce in 2 casserole dishes. fill tortillas with a couple spoonfuls of filling and sprinkle with 2 tbsp. of cheese. roll up and place seam side down. when done pour remaing cans of enchilada sauce over the top and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- bake in 350º preheated oven for 30 min.
These easy, cheesy chicken enchiladas come together in a snap and are faster and way more delicious than fast food. If you have leftover roast chicken, use that here. Alternatively, you can buy a rotisserie chicken if you don't feel like cooking your own. Also, don't use corn tortillas, as these have a tendency to break and be hard to roll. Whatever you do, though, don't forget the fresh.
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