Esther’s Chicken Enchiladas

Name: Esther’s Chicken Enchiladas
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Mexican, Latin American, American
Ingredients: 3/4 c. onion, chopped; 1/2 c. each yellow and green pepper ( or whatever you have ); 2 Tbsp butter or margarine; 1 15-oz can tomato sauce; 1 c. chicken stock; 1/2 tsp Mexican chili powder; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp sugar; 1/4 tsp pepper; 1/3 c. half and half or milk; 1 (8-oz) pkg cream cheese ( light works great ); 3 c. cooked chicken, diced; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 c. Monterrey Jack cheese, shredded; 10-12 flour tortillas; Chopped black olives and tomatoes, if desired

9 steps

Cook:30min

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:21:06 GMT

Ingredients

6 servings

¾ conion

chopped

½ cyellow pepper

2 Tbspbutter

or margarine

1 x 15 ozcan tomato sauce

1 cchicken stock

½ tspMexican chili powder

1 tspcumin

1 tspsugar

¼ tsppepper

⅓ chalf and half

or milk

1 x 8 ozcream cheese

pkg, light works great

3 cchicken

cooked, diced

½ tspsalt

1 cmonterrey jack cheese

Instructions

Step 1

Cook 2-3 chicken breast with a bit of salsa added to the broth for extra flavor. Sauté onion and pepper in butter. Remove to a bowl and set aside.

Step 2

Meanwhile, prepare filling. Heat tomato sauce, chicken stock, chili powder, cumin, sugar, salt and pepper; simmer 30 minutes.

Step 3

Gradually add half and half to cream cheese. Stir in the chicken, sautéed onion and bell pepper (and celery, if desired), and salt.

Step 4

Dip tortilla in tomato sauce mixture and spoon ¼ c. chicken filling into each tortilla.

Step 5

Roll up and place seam side down in a lightly greased 9x13 pan.

Step 6

Cover with remaining tomato sauce. Cover with foil. At this point you may freeze the pan. Otherwise, bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes until heated through.

Step 7

Remove foil and sprinkle with 1 cup cheese. Bake 5 more minutes.

Step 8

Remove from oven and sprinkle with chopped black olives and diced tomatoes, if desired.

Step 9

When baking a frozen pan of enchiladas, remove the pan from the freezer, leave one layer of foil on top, and place in the oven (no need to preheat). Set the oven to 350° and bake for about 40-45 minutes or so, or until it is hot in the middle. Uncover, add cheese and bake until it is melted on top.