Yummy Chicken Enchiladas

Titling this post ‘Yummy Chicken Enchiladas’ because that is what our mom called these in the recipe book she gave each of us when we went off to college 😭 So special to have that. It’s for sure my most used recipe book. It has all of our mom’s go-to recipes she’d make growing up, and these chicken enchiladas we are sharing today is one of them. Such a treasure!

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We took photos of these and planned to post the recipe last summer, but never got around to it. What better time to post a new recipe though while everyone is staying home during this Covid-19 pandemic. So crazy to think about what has gone on in the world over the last couple of months!

These enchiladas are not, by any means, healthy (sorry not sorry), but they ARE delicious. They’re packed with so much flavor and are pretty simple to make! Our mom would always serve these with chips and guac and some cut up fruit.

Salty Blondes | Yummy Chicken Enchiladas

Yes, I am wearing my disposable gloves, haha. It’s easiest to mix up the filling mixture with your hands sometimes, and I prefer to wear cloves when prepping messing mixtures. Sue me!

Salty Blondes | Yummy Chicken Enchiladas
Salty Blondes | Yummy Chicken Enchiladas

To start you blend up the sauce in a blender - so easy! Then you quick fry the tortillas. I like to use the uncooked tortillas and just cook them on the stove instead of actually frying them in oil! However, if you’re using regular store bought, pre-cooked tortillas, I would recommend quick frying them in oil to soften them up. Let the oil drain onto a paper towel .

Then mix up the chicken mixture, fill the tortillas, roll them up and place them in a pan with seam down. Pour the sauce on top, bake covered with foil, then remove foil, sprinkle cheese over, and place back in the oven until the cheese melts. Simple and easy. The full recipe is below!

Salty Blondes | Yummy Chicken Enchiladas
Salty Blondes | Yummy Chicken Enchiladas

Yummy Chicken Enchiladas

Yield: 12
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Ingredients:

  • 1 16 oz can tomatoes
  • 1 4 oz can green chili peppers
  • 1/2 tsp coriander 
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
  • 1 8 oz package cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
  • 12 flour tortillas
  • 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese

Instructions:

How to cook Yummy Chicken Enchiladas

  1. Place tomatoes, peppers, coriander, and salt in blender and blend until smooth. Add sour cream and blend. 
  2. Mix together chicken, cream cheese, onion and 3/4 tsp salt.
  3. Quick fry tortillas in oil.  Fill tortillas with chicken mixture and roll up. Place in a baking dish and pour tomato mixture over top.
  4. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 
  5. Remove foil and sprinkle with cheese - return to oven until cheese melts. 

We hope you love these as much as we do!

Salty Blondes | Yummy Chicken Enchiladas
Salty Blondes | Yummy Chicken Enchiladas

The PERFECT Chicken

This is a recipe we've been planning on sharing with you for a while now. We first came across this chicken recipe on Pinterest, and it was literally called "The Perfect Chicken". We can no longer find it ANYWHERE online, and our pin won't take us to it anymore, but luckily it's so simple and we make it so often that we have the recipe memorized :)...and we wanted to #sharethegoodness and get it back out there in the Pinterest world!

This chicken tastes so good just by itself, served with our famous salad, or with corn on the cob and watermelon in the summer (mouth.watering). But we also love making this whenever a recipe calls for chicken - in pastas, soups, enchiladas - you name it! The flavoring from the spices is just perfect, and this chicken, when cooked correctly, is so juicy and yummy, and can pretty much go in/with anything. This is also a super low calorie way of cooking chicken...win-win!

Ingredients:

1 tsp. of each spice below (if you like spicy things, you can add in 1/4 tsp. of cayenne too!)

Mix spices together in a small bowl

Coat chicken evenly

Cook chicken in a pan or dutch oven on the stove in a couple tablespoons of olive oil. Cook about two minutes on each side.

Next, put all the chicken back in an oven safe pan (this is where our Le Creuset dutch ovens come in handy), and cook in the oven at 350 for twenty minutes. 

Perfect Chicken Printable Recipe

If you try this recipe, we'd love to hear how you liked it/any changes you made! Your comments make our day :)

Enjoy!