Easy Chicken Enchiladas

Contributed By: alnreg1
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Kid friendly and very yummy!

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Total Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes
Ingredients: Chicken & Turkey
Actual Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Number of Servings: 6
Origin: Mexican & Spanish
Special Features: Quick to Prepare (under 30 minutes)
Simple (6 ingredients or less)
Kids can help make it
Make Ahead
Nutrition Content: Good Source of Calcium
Meal Type: Entree

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Ingredients

5 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 Large can of green chili sauce
1/2 lb Reduced-fat Monterey Jack cheese, shredded*
1 (8 oz) pkg Reduced-fat Cream Cheese*
1 package (10 - 12) tortillas
1 Small can green chilis (mild)

Preparation

1. Take chicken frozen or thawed and boil in water until done. Drain chicken and dice into small pieces. Toss back in pan and add 1/3 of green chili sauce, cream cheese, a handful of shredded cheese, and green chilis. Stir until warm and bubbly.

2. Place a few spoonfuls of mixture in middle of tortillas and roll them up. Place in lightly spayed baking dish (10x13) .

3. Once baking dish is full, spread remaining green chili sauce over the top, sprinkle with cheese. Add olives, if desired.

4. Bake, covered, at 350 for 30 min, uncovered for 10 min. If prepped ahead of time and kept in refrigerator bake for 45 min, covered, and 15 min uncovered.

Cook's Notes

*Original recipe calls for 16 oz of both cheeses, but cutting it by half and substituting reduced-fat cheese drastically cuts down the fat and calories.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 472 ; Total Fat: 21 g ; Saturated Fat: 10 g ; Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.3 g ; Carbohydrates: 35 g ; Protein: 36 g ; Vitamin A: 836 IU ; Vitamin C: 12 mg ; Calcium: 396 mg ; Sodium: 1155 mg ; Iron: 3.2 mg ; Fiber: 2 g

Recipe Comments

Commented by: aaf3

Whole family loved these! I used corn tortillas and added some tomatoes to the mix, which seemed to go over well. Looking forward to making these again soon! Yumm!

 

Commented by: reddec

use whole wheat flour with less carbs and high in fiber cut at least 80 calories per tortilla

 

Commented by: loltman

I have a version of this and add rotel tomatoes with green chiles to the cream cheese and chicken mixture and warm before I put in tortillas, then cover with cheese and bake... They are excellent

 

Commented by: jonaliandjr

really yummy! warm up the tortillas before trying to roll them. lol. my mistake

 

Commented by: happyskeeter

The boys seem to enjoy this one !

 

Commented by: taliajenea

How spicy is this dish, as is? I don't want it to be tasteless, but the chiles and chile sauce scare my heat-wimp self...

 

Commented by: vdekerpel

Great make ahead meal. My husband loved it.

 

Commented by: hollycerniglia

Super easy to make and my kids loved it.

 

Commented by: cwoods

Very Very good! Easy to make and my husband LOVED it! Very good with some low fat sour cream!

 

Commented by: smaida

Good tip for any chicken enchiladas: use chicken tenderloins instead of boneless, skinless chicken breasts. boil the chicken in chicken broth or one part chicken broth, one part water. chicken is more tender and flavorful. after chicken is cooked through, shread with two forks.

 

Commented by: enmckinney

This dish was easy to make and delicious! If I can get it right anyone can! I attempted to make the contents of the enchilada a little bit bigger..... the tortillas cracked and I ended up with enchilada casserole! Still delicious!! So do fallow the directions when it says a spoon ful!

 

Commented by: kalyssa

My kids did love this dish. It was so easy to make and we even had leftovers. The recipe didn't specify but I strongly recommend corn tortillas instead of flour.