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    Last Modified: Feb 28, 2024 by Tara Gerner 1 Comment

    Quick & Easy Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas

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    How to make the best healthy chicken enchiladas recipe - It's so quick, simple, and easy! Uses shredded chicken and a red sauce to bake the best authentic enchiladas!

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    This is crunchy on the ends! It's like eating chips! Grace announced last night at dinner.

    Joe had surprised us with a new recipe, something we'd never tried before, cheesy baked chicken enchiladas.

    I was dubious about eating enchiladas at this point of my pregnancy (because I have a lot of heartburn and indigestion) but the enchiladas were delicious.

    I was excited to eat them again for lunch the next day; I don't get excited about much these days.

    Except ice cream. I still get excited about ice cream.

    And eggnog.

    Anyway, these enchiladas were tasty, and Joe said they were easy to make.

    This recipe came from a cookbook called Dollars to Donuts: Comfort Food and Kitchen Wisdom from Route 66's Landmark Rock Cafe. It's full of my kind of recipes: simple, healthy, comfortable. We cook from it often; the original recipe came from that cookbook.

    How to make the best healthy baked chicken enchiladas

    1. Preheat oven to 400º.
    2. In a large bowl, prepare the filling by gently mixing shredded chicken, onion, all but 2 tablespoons of the cilantro, ½ cup salsa, lime juice, salt, and pepper.
    3. Spread ½ cup salsa over the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish OR spritz the bottom of the dish with cooking spray.
    4. Divide the filling between 8 tortillas, forming it into a line down the center. Roll the tortillas around the filling, and place the enchiladas seam side down in the prepared baking dish.
    5. Cover the rolled enchiladas with remaining salsa and cheddar cheese.
    6. Bake until the top is golden brown and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
    7. Sprinkle with reserved cilantro and serve with sour cream.

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    Cheesy Baked Chicken Enchiladas

    How to make the best healthy chicken enchiladas recipe - It's so quick, simple, and easy! Uses shredded chicken and a red sauce to bake the best authentic enchiladas!
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 45 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Mexican
    Servings 8 enchiladas
    Calories 387 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 ¼ cups cooked chicken Joe uses 2 cans of shredded chicken.
    • 1 small red onion finely chopped
    • 1 cup fresh cilantro finely chopped
    • 3 cups salsa
    • 1 tablespoons lime juice fresh
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
    • 8 8-inch whole wheat tortillas
    • 3 cups cheddar cheese shredded
    • Sour cream for serving

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 400.
    • In a large bowl, prepare the filling by gently mixing the chicken, onion, all but 2 tablespoons of the cilantro, ½ cup of salsa, lime juice, salt, and pepper.
    • Spread ½ cup of salsa over the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. (Alternately, you could just spritz it with olive oil or cooking spray, which is what Joe did.)
    • Divide filling evenly among the 8 tortillas, forming it into a strip down the center of each. Roll the tortillas around the filling; place seam-side down in the prepared baking dish.
    • Cover the rolled enchiladas with the remaining 2 cups of salsa and sprinkle evenly with cheese.
    • Bake until the top is golden brown and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
    • Sprinkle with remaining cilantro and serve with sour cream.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 387kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 1376mg | Potassium: 440mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1044IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 415mg | Iron: 2mg
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    1. Alise Wright says

      December 20, 2010 at 1:57 am

      I heart enchiladas and these look delicious! Thanks for the recipe!

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