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Friday, September 29, 2023

Easy Chicken Enchiladas

 

Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Easy Chicken Enchiladas, Fully Cooked

Food definitely contributes to abundant family living and we love to eat.  I'll tell you up front that I'm not a great cook.  I've never really enjoyed it, but I'm learning to like it more and more now that our kids are all grown up and I have more time to spend in the kitchen.  The recipes I'll be sharing with you on this blog will be recipes that are easy to prepare with common ingredients. 

Easy Chicken Enchiladas


Here is what you will need:
1 10.5oz. can of condenses cream of chicken soup
1 cup of sour cream
1/2 cup of picante sauce
1/2 cup of salsa
1 TBSP butter
1 yellow onion
Pam cooking spray
4 cups of chopped cooked chicken (I cheated and used 2 bags of frozen grilled chicken.)
2 cups of Mexican blend shredded cheese 
Salt and pepper to taste
9 large soft tortillas

Instructions:
1.  Heat your oven to 350 degrees.
2.  In a medium bowl, mix together the soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Mix together the soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Mix well the mixture of soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa.

3.  In small frying pan, add 1 tablespoon of butter.  I use the salted butter.  When the butter is melted, add the onion, chopped.  Saute the onion in the butter until slightly browned or browned to suite your taste.  Add more butter if needed.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Saute one yellow onion in 1 TBSP of butter. Add more if needed. Brown to taste.

4.  Spray a separate large frying pan with Pam cooking spray.  Add in your cooked chicken.  Just before you think the chicken is done, stir in the sauted onion.  Cook a little longer until the chicken is browned to taste. ​
Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Add the chicken and onion together and brown to taste.

5.  Remove the chicken and onion mixture from heat.  
​6.  Stir in the mixture of soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa.  Stir in 1 cup of Mexican blend shredded cheese.  Add more cheese if you want to.  Stir it all together.
​7.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Remove chicken and onion mixture from heat. Add in the mixture of soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa. Add in the shredded cheese.


Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Stir all the ingredients together.

8.  Spoon the mixture into large soft tortillas.  Fold the tortillas over and lay them upside down in a 9x12 baking dish.  We like the super soft Mission flour tortillas.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Super Soft Mission Flour Tortillas

9.  You'll probably have a good bit of the soup mixture left over.  Spread it over the filled tortillas in the baking dish.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Spread any extra soup mixture over the filled tortillas.

10.  Spread remaining Mexican blend shredded cheese over the entire dish.  Add more if you like.  We like a lot of cheese!

Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Spread remaining shredded cheese over the entire dish.

11.  Bake for 40 minutes or until the enchiladas are hot in the middle and the cheese is melted to taste.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Bake for 40 minutes or until the enchiladas are hot in the middle and cheese is melted to taste.

12.  Serve with your favorite rice blend. 
Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Serve with your favorite rice blend.

13.  Enjoy!

I am happy to announce that my entire family loved these enchiladas.  They have already requested to have them again very soon.  I think your family will love them too.  I'll make it easier for you to try it.  If you would like to print the recipe without the photos, you can print it out here.

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Easy Chicken Enchiladas


Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

My husband and I have both endured a few minor “heart hiccups” lately. Thankfully, neither of us were diagnosed with anything serious and my husband’s “hiccup” was actually corrected. Other than the fact that we both need to drop some weight, our hearts are pretty healthy for now. We want to keep it that way so this week, I decided to try out a few heart-healthy recipes. Last night, we enjoyed Kid-Friendly Chicken Enchiladas with Black Beans and Corn. The original recipe is approved by the American Heart Association. I made a few changes due to availability of some of the ingredients, but for the most part, this recipe for chicken enchiladas is the same.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Image Credit:  Abundant Family Living (formerly Mom Is Forever)

Chicken Enchiladas


You will need:
1 lb. chicken breasts, sauteed and cooled
15.5 oz canned, low sodium black beans
10 oz package frozen whole kernel corn
15 1/4 oz canned, no salt added OR low sodium corn
3 tsp salt-free mild chili powder
12 taco sized whole wheat or corn tortillas
12 toothpicks
14.5 oz canned, no salt added OR low sodium tomato paste
1/2 cup fat-free sour cream

Here is how I made our dinner:
  1.  Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  2. The original recipe calls for sautéed chicken.  I boiled our chicken instead and then shredded it.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

 3. To the shredded chicken, add black beans.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Ingredients

4.  Then, add corn.

Tip:  I drained our corn, but after completing the meal, I wish I hadn’t.  The chicken was good but I would have liked the filling a little more moist.  The next time I make this, I’m not going to drain the corn.  I think this will leave the filling less dry.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Ingredients

5.  Add one teaspoon of chili powder.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Ingredients

6.  Mix it all together.  This makes the enchilada filling.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Ingredients

7.  Spray a baking dish with Pam.  I used a clear, glass dish.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions

 8.  Spoon out a desired amount of filling onto a soft tortilla.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions

9.  Roll up the tortilla.  Hold it in place with a toothpick.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions

10.  Place the desired amount of tortillas into the baking dish.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions

11.  Spoon out any left over filling onto the tops of the tortillas.

After I did this, I removed the toothpicks.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions


12.  In a separate bowl, pour in 2 teaspoons of chili powder.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions


13.  Add tomato paste.

I opted for diced tomatoes instead.  After completing the meal, I realized that a can or two of Rotel would have been a good choice as well.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions

14.  Add sour cream.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions

 15.  Mix it all up.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions

16.  Pour the mixture over the tortillas.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions

17.  Bake at 400 degrees until warm.  I baked our enchiladas for 20 minutes.

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Chicken Enchiladas Instructions

With the exception of one daughter who hates anything with corn in it, this was a success.  We will definitely have it again.  My husband carried some to work the next day for lunch.  He said it was good reheated too.

Tonight, we enjoyed homemade beef stew which will hopefully be the subject of my next recipe post.  Come back soon for that one!


Need a desert idea? Try this chocolate cobbler. It won't disappoint! 

Chocolate Cobbler Recipe
Chocolate Cobbler Recipe