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    The Best BBQ Chicken Enchiladas

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    These BBQ chicken enchiladas are my family's favorite because they're loaded with chicken smothered in sweet BBQ sauce and spicy enchilada sauce and topped with generous amounts of cheese.

    While I was writing a blog post recently, Joe asked me what we should have for dinner. It was late in the day, and we needed something quick and easy.

    I suggested BBQ chicken enchiladas, knowing that we had everything required. Joe thought they sounded good, too, so he got to work.

    And then he realized that we didn’t have any enchilada sauce, only taco sauce.

    Rats. The recipe was already started.

    Instead of bagging the whole thing (my mouth was watering for BBQ chicken), I found a recipe for enchilada sauce on AllRecipes.com. Fortunately, we had everything we needed for that recipe, so Joe’s enchilada preparation continued.

    When those enchiladas came out of the oven, they were gorgeous.

    Then we tasted them.

    These were the most delicious enchiladas I have ever eaten, and I like enchiladas.

    At first, I wasn’t not sure if I was absolutely starving or if they were that amazing. I ate the one (one!) that was leftover for lunch on Sunday, and they really were that amazing.

    Oh my goodness delicious. The sweet BBQ sauce combines with the slight spice of the enchilada sauce for a whiz bang explosion in your mouth. These enchiladas are the real deal.

    What about the enchilada sauce?

    This recipe includes homemade enchilada sauce. You can, of course, use a can of pre-made enchilada sauce, but it will not be as flavorful or delicious as the homemade. I promise.

    The homemade enchilada sauce takes about ten minutes to prepare, and it will make your enchiladas so very delicious.

    We like the homemade sauce so much that we never buy the canned stuff anymore. Only homemade will do around here.

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    A collage of food with cheese, BBQ sauce, and chicken

    A close up of Enchiladas with BBQ Chicken

    A close up of food on a table, with BBQ Chicken and Enchilada and tortillas

    The Best BBQ Chicken Enchiladas

    These BBQ chicken enchiladas are my family's favorite because they're loaded with chicken smothered in sweet BBQ sauce and spicy enchilada sauce and topped with generous amounts of cheese.
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    Prep Time 1 hr
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine Mexican
    Servings 8 enchiladas

    Ingredients
      

    • 28 oz enchilada sauce see recipe linked above or a 28-ounce can of commercial sauce, but really - why would you let someone else season your enchilada sauce when making it is so quick and easy?
    • ¾ cup BBQ sauce you could also make this from scratch, but we use a bottle from the store.
    • 28 oz shredded chicken from a can or 1.5 pounds of boneless chicken, cooked and shredded
    • 1 teaspoon onion powder use a whole sweet onion, chopped and sautéed if you can (we have a very picky eater who won't tolerate onions in anything)
    • 1 tablespoon BBQ seasoning
    • 6 oz cheese shredded (a combination of cheddar and colby jack is nice)
    • 8 tortillas fajita size is best

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 350.
    • Mix the BBQ sauce with the enchilada sauce.
    • Remove ½ of the BBQ enchilada sauce and pour over the shredded chicken. Sprinkle BBQ seasoning, onion powder (or onions), and about half of the shredded cheese over and mix thoroughly.
    • Spread a spoonful of BBQ enchilada sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
    • Using a measuring cup or scoop, add ⅓ cup of the chicken mixture to a tortilla, spread out, and wrap. Repeat with other 7 tortillas.
    • Spoon the rest of the BBQ enchilada sauce over the top of the enchiladas, then sprinkle with the rest of the shredded cheese.
    • Bake for 20 minutes. Everything is cooked, so you're just crisping up the tortillas and melting the cheese.

    Notes

    For a bariatric portion, I reserve 5 ounces of the BBQ chicken enchilada mixture from the tortilla wrapping process, and I eat that portion of chicken topped with ½ ounce of shredded cheese, an extra spoonful of the BBQ enchilada sauce, and ½ avocado.
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