Chicken Enchiladas

This is another one that was made back in January lol. Serve it with black beans  (soaked overnight) and rice and you are GOOD. Everyone LOVED this.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast
• Salt and pepper
• 2 teaspoons cumin powder
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon Mexican Spice Blend
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
• 5 canned whole green chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped (I used fresh)
• 4 canned chipotle chiles, seeded and minced
• 1 (28-ounce) can stewed tomatoes (I omited this)
• 1/2 teaspoon all-purpose flour
• 16 corn tortillas
• 1 1/2 cups enchilada sauce, canned
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar and Jack cheeses
• Garnish: chopped cilantro leaves, chopped scallions, sour cream, chopped tomatoes

Directions

Coat large saute pan with oil. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Brown chicken over medium heat, allow 7 minutes each side or until no longer pink. Sprinkle chicken with cumin, garlic powder and Mexican spices before turning. Remove chicken to a platter, allow to cool.

Saute onion and garlic in chicken drippings until tender. Add corn and chiles. Stir well to combine. Add canned tomatoes, saute 1 minute.

Pull chicken breasts apart by hand into shredded strips. Add shredded chicken to saute pan, combine with vegetables. Dust the mixture with flour to help set.

Microwave tortillas on high for 30 seconds. This softens them and makes them more pliable. Coat the bottom of 2 (13 by 9-inch) pans with a ladle of enchilada sauce. Using a large shallow bowl, dip each tortilla in enchilada sauce to lightly coat. Spoon 1/4 cup chicken mixture in each tortilla. Fold over filling, place 8 enchiladas in each pan with seam side down. Top with remaining enchilada sauce and cheese.

Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated 350 degree F oven until cheese melts. Garnish with cilantro, scallion, sour cream and chopped tomatoes before serving. Serve with  rice and beans.

Let me know if you try it!!
Toodles!

Comments

[gold]

I will be trying this. It looks so good.
Have a great weekend.

[lisa (momy4him)]

this looks sooooo yummy!

[T.T.]

Oooooohhh this looks goooood!! I made the Shrimp Durango and everyone loved it! I am going to have to try this too!!!

[rogue2408]

sounds delicious! Guess I know what I'll be having later this week!

[Cassandra]

Stop that! You love to make my stomach growl even though I just ate! Just stop it! LOL!

[shai]

Ok, that looks SO good. My fav food is Mexican. My diet is slightly restricted so I could only make a small amount. I will be printing this for future use.

[Cheryl]

MMMMM...anything with "enchilada" in the title or cilantro in the recipe is good by me!!!