Chicken Enchiladas with Creamy Green Chile Sauce
World Cuisine Latin American Mexican
Chicken- and cheese-filled corn tortillas baked under a creamy sauce infused with hot green chiles. Adjust the amount of chopped chiles to suit your taste!
Servings per recipe: 6
Calories per serving: 797
Preparation time: 35m
Total cooking time: 1h 10m
Ingredients:
- 12 corn tortillas
- vegetable oil for pan-frying
- 3 cooked boneless skinless chicken breast halves, shredded
- 10 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 3/4 cup minced onion
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained
- 2 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Directions:
- 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- 2 Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Fry tortillas (one at a time) for 5 seconds on each side to soften and make them pliable. Add more oil to pan as needed. Drain between layers of paper towel and keep warm.
- 3 Divide chicken, 10 ounces of Monterey Jack cheese, and onion among the 12 tortillas. Roll up each tortilla and place seam side down in a greased baking pan.
- 4 Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk until mixture begins to boil. Slowly add the broth, stirring with a whisk until thickened. Mix in the sour cream and chiles, heat thoroughly but do not boil, stirring occasionally. Pour mixture over the enchiladas.
- 5 Bake in pre-heated oven for 20 minutes or until heated through. Top with remaining Monterey Jack cheese and bake for 5 more minutes. Garnish with chopped green onions and cilantro.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 51.9g | 80% |
| Saturated Fat | 25.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 172mg | 57% |
| Sodium | 1013mg | 41% |
| Potassium | 511mg | 14% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 33.2g | 11% |
| Dietary Fiber | 4.3g | 17% |
| Protein | 49.8g | 100% |
| Sugars | 3g | |
| Vitamin A | 1493IU | |
| Vitamin C | 17mg | |
| Calcium | 542mg | |
| Iron | 3mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 19mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 1mg | |
| Magnesium | 90mg | |
| Folate | 44mcg |
