Best Chicken Enchiladas From Southern Living Recipes

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS (FROM SOUTHERN LIVING)

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add onions and cook 20 minutes or until tender. Reduce heat to low; add chopped chicken, roasted pepper, and cream cheese. Stir until combined; set aside.
• Pulse chiles and next 5 ingredients in blender or food processor several times until combined.
• Bring chile mixture and chicken broth to a boil in a saucepan over high heat; cook 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. (Mixture should be the consistency of a thin gravy.) Remove from heat and stir in salsa.
• Spread one half of the chile mixture on bottom of a lightly greased 13x9 baking dish.
• Spoon chicken mixture evenly down center of each tortilla; roll up and place, seam side down, in prepared baking dish. Top with remaining chile mixture, spreading to coat. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake at 375 for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly.

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS (SOUTHERN LIVING, FEBRUARY 2000)

Steps:

• Stir together first 5 ingredients. Spoon chicken mixture evenly over each tortilla, and roll up. Arrange in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Coat tortillas with vegetable cooking spray.
• Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
• Stir together sour cream and taco sauce. Spoon over hot enchiladas, and sprinkle with toppings.

SOUTHERN LIVING 1986 CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Place chicken in a Dutch oven; cover with water and bring to a boil. I add a celery stalk with leaves cut into quarters, several small carrots, a bay leaf and hot pepper to the water. Simmer 45 minutes for the breasts or 1 1/2 hours for whole chicken, until chicken is tender. Remove chicken from broth, and let cool. Remove chicken from bone and chop. Set aside.
• (You can strain the broth through a colander and save for later).
• Saute onion and garlic in hot oil until tender; set aside. Place tomatoes in blender and puree (unless you use the crushed tomatoes); add to onions. Add tomatoes sauce, chilis , sugar and seasonings; stir well. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour. Stir about every 10 minutes. Stir in 3/4 Celsius sour cream.
• Spoon 2 heaping T. each of chicken and cheddar cheese on tortilla. Roll up tightly and place seam side down in a lightly greased 13" X 9" baking dish.
• Pour tomato sauce mixture over enchiladas. Bake uncovered at 350 for 40 minutes. Remove from oven, add remaining cheese and bake an additional 5 minutes. Serve with additional sour cream.
• If you have chopped fresh cilantro top with this.

CHICKEN & SPINACH ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Place chicken in Dutch oven; add salt and water to cover. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 40 minutes or until tender. Remove chicken, let cool slightly. Dice or shred chicken, set aside.
• Cook spinach according to package directions; drain well, and reserve 1 cup spinach broth. Set aside.
• Saute onion in butter in Dutch Oven until tender. Stir in spinach and chicken, set aside.
• Combine soup, reserved spinach broth, milk, green chiles, sour cream, and half of cheese in bowl; mix well. Stir half of sauce mixture into chicken mixture. Reserve remaining sauce.
• Spoon chicken mixture evenly down center of each tortilla; roll up tortillas, and place seam side down, in 2 lightly greased 13 X 9 X 2 inch backing dishes. Spoon remaining sauce over tortillas. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 25 minutes (I cook mine about 45 minutes to an hour). Sprinkle with additional cheese, back an additional 5 minutes.