Best Best Easiest Low Fat Chicken Verde Enchiladas Recipes
ENCHILADAS VERDES (GREEN ENCHILADAS)
Traditional Mexican green chicken enchiladas, made lighter!
Provided by Gina
Categories Dinner
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Place the chicken breasts in a stock pot along with 1⁄2 an onion and salt and cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer until cooked through, about 20 minutes.
- Remove chicken from the water and let cool slightly. Shred chicken with two forks and set aside.
- Mince the remaining onion and add to the shredded chicken.
- In batches place 6 tortillas on a microwave safe dish and microwave 40 to 50 seconds to make them pliable so they don't crack. Keep them covered with a dish cloth to stay warm, then working one by one dip each warm tortilla in green salsa. Scoop two rounded tablespoons into each tortilla and roll tightly and place in a large casserole dish, seam side down, in a single layer. Repeat with the remaining tortillas and chicken.
- Drench entire pan with 1 cup sauce and sprinkle with crumbled queso fresco.
- Bake, covered in oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven and serve with sour cream or additional queso fresco, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 2 enchiladas, Calories 210 kcal, Carbohydrate 27.5 g, Protein 15 g, Fat 4 g, SaturatedFat 0.5 g, Sodium 734 mg, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 4.5 g
LOW FAT CHICKEN ENCHILADAS
This a is a great way to use leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken. These creamy enchiladas are quick and easy to make. It's comfort food with a fraction of the fat.
Provided by Little Bee
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Coat an 8-inch by 8-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Warm tortillas according to instructions on package.
- Combine shredded chicken with black beans and sweet corn.
- Mix salsa, yogurt and sour cream and spoon half the salsa mixture into the chicken, beans and corn. Blend well.Divide chicken mixture among the tortillas. Carefully roll tortillas and place them seam down in the baking dish. Spoon remaining salsa mixture over the tortillas. Sprinkle cheese on top. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 304.5, Fat 10.7, SaturatedFat 4.8, Cholesterol 62.5, Sodium 192.9, Carbohydrate 25.3, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 5.3, Protein 27.1
CHICKEN CHILE VERDE ENCHILADAS
This is the way my Mom has been making enchiladas my whole life. She got the basic recipe from neighbors when she was a teenager. They are made with flour tortillas instead of corn and get a pasty texture which we enjoy. We always eat this with Recipe#195501 for a nice unhealthy comfort food meal. My Mom has also frozen these alongside the rice chile verde in aluminum containers...they bake up great in the oven!
Provided by Engrossed
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 50m
Yield 12-14 enchiladas, 6-14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cook chicken breasts and shred.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Stir together cooked shredded chicken, first 2 cups of cheeses, sour cream, onion and diced green chiles. It should be the texture of chicken salad.
- Coat the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish with enchilada sauce.
- Optional: If tortillas are going to crack you can warm them in the oven or dip them in enchilada sauce.
- Place a scant 1/2 cup of the chicken mixture on each tortilla. Roll up and place seam side down in the baking dish. **Use 1/3 cup of chicken mixture in thin tortillas.**.
- After all of the tortillas are filled and in the baking dish pour all of the remaining enchilada sauce over them.
- Top with the remaining 2/3 cups of shredded cheeses and sliced olives.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until bubbly.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 593.7, Fat 30.9, SaturatedFat 16.1, Cholesterol 106.4, Sodium 2418.9, Carbohydrate 47.5, Fiber 2.9, Sugar 15.7, Protein 31.3
CHICKEN ENCHILADAS VERDES
A favorite from my Spanish instructor for our international luncheon. Use your pizza cutter to cut the cilantro.
Provided by WiGal
Categories Chicken
Time 1h5m
Yield 4-5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Shred chicken.
- Mix chicken with 3/4 cups salsa verde, 1 1/2 cups cheese, 1/4 cup cilantro, salt, and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spread 1 cup salsa over bottom of a 9 X 13 inch baking dish.
- Microwave tortillas on high in MICROWAVE SAFE plastic bag until warm, about 45 seconds. (So they are easier to roll.).
- Working one at a time, spoon about 1/4 cup chicken filling onto a tortilla-roll into a cylinder and place, seam side down, in baking dish.
- Drizzle enchiladas with 1 1/2 cups of salsa, sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Lightly spray sheet of foil with cooking spray, cover dish and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.
- Remove foil-sprinkle with onion and remaining cilantro-let stand a few minutes.
- Serve with remaining salsa, sour cream, and guacamole.
- Note about freezing: Make up filling through step 2, freeze, defrost in fridge 24 hours before, and proceed with remaining part of recipe.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 758.5, Fat 33.3, SaturatedFat 14.4, Cholesterol 158.6, Sodium 1852.3, Carbohydrate 55.4, Fiber 6.1, Sugar 13.2, Protein 55.3
LOW FAT CHICKEN ENCHILADAS
A favorite dish in our house. Often served to company with Salsa Salad, homemade guacamole and Sangria.
Provided by Queen of Everything
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 1h20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place chicken breast, peppercorns and onion and garlic in a large saucepan.
- Cover with water and bring to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer and cook about 45 minutes until chicken is done.
- Remove skin and discard.
- Remove chicken from bone and shred.
- Mash cooked onion and add to chicken.
- Add green chiles with their liquid to chicken.
- Add cream cheese to chicken mixture and blend well.
- Add broth as necessary to make mixture moist.
- Cover bottom of a 9x13 baking pan with about 1/3 of the green chile enchilada sauce.
- Bring about an inch of water to a simmer in a skillet.
- Pass each tortilla through the water and then fill with 1/12 of the chicken mixture. Place in baking pan, seam side down.
- Continue this process until all tortillas are filled.
- Top enchiladas with remaining green chile sauce, and then sprinkle with cheddar.
- Cover and bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Pass low-fat sour cream and lime wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 547.1, Fat 22.8, SaturatedFat 9.1, Cholesterol 100.5, Sodium 588.4, Carbohydrate 46.3, Fiber 6.4, Sugar 4.9, Protein 40.3
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