How to Make Chicken Enchiladas in 20 Minutes at Home

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken enchiladas. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a 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. Using a large shallow bowl, dip each tortilla in enchilada sauce to lightly coat.

Chicken Enchiladas is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chicken Enchiladas is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken enchiladas using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Enchiladas:

1. Make ready 2 tortillas
2. Take 6 oz chicken breast
3. Take 4 oz fat free cream cheese
4. Make ready 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
5. Take 1 tbsp mayonnaise
6. Take 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
7. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground cumin
8. Make ready 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
9. Take 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
10. Take 2 pinch salt

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:

1. Take bowl and combine cream cheese, cheddar cheese, mayo, cayenne pepper, black pepper, cumin, red pepper flakes, and salt. Mix together.
2. Cook chicken and shred.
3. Set aside half of cheese mix. Fold in shredded chicken, and stir.
4. Scoop half of chicken/cheese mix into each tortilla. Roll, and use remaining cheese on top of tortillas.
5. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake at 350° for 25 minutes.

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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