Chicken Enchiladas

This simple and easy Chicken Enchiladas recipe is great for those days when you just need a quick appetizer or dish to serve guests. All you need are precooked or store bought roasted chicken, chili peppers, and cheddar cheese that will wrapped in a tortilla, topped with sour cream more cheeses and the Enchilada sauce made of all purpose flour, chili powder, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, some salt and pepper, diluted with chicken broth. Baked for a few minutes before garnishing with some basil for a pop of color. One of the best chicken enchilada recipes you’ll find !

Chicken Enchiladas Recipe :

Ingredients

• 2 cups roasted chicken ( shredded )
• 6 pieces long chili peppers ( chopped )
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 pack tortilla
• Sour cream
• Mozzarella
• Chopped Basil for garnishing

Enchilada Sauce

• Oil
• 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon dry oregano
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• 2 cups chicken broth

Steps:

1. In a pot, heat some oil, add in flour, chili powder, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix until it turns into a paste. Slowly pour in the chicken broth while stirring. Mix until it thickens. Set aside.
2. In a bowl; place in shredded chicken and ¼ to ⅓ cup enchilada sauce, some chili peppers, and some cheese. Place a portion of these onto a tortilla. Roll into a log.
3. Place these in a casserole or baking dish seam side down. Cover with sour cream. Pour remaining enchilada sauce. Top with remaining chilies and cheddar cheese.
4. Top with as much mozzarella as you like. Bake in a 170°C or 350°F preheated oven for 20 minutes. Garnish with basil before serving.

Questions :

• Chicken Enchiladas Calories

A serving will have around 500 calories for a serving of 280 grams.

• How to make a low carb chicken enchilada casserole ?

There are a lot of easy to keep these low in calories. While it might not taste the same you can try: 

• Use cooked chicken that’s been steamed, boiled, or less salted.
• Less cheese or use cheese alternatives.
• Do not use flour for the sauce.
• Use water instead of store bought broth.
• Instead of flour tortillas you can use whole grain, corn, brown rice, and cauliflower wraps. If you want it even healthier, use lettuce to wrap the fillings.

• Use different meats
  • You can make a “Beef Enchilada recipe” which is one of the more popular versions. How to make beef enchiladas recipe? Replace the chicken with ground beef seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, onion, garlic and opinion powder, oregano, cayenne, cumin, and paprika powder (you can also choose to use already cooked beef then chop or cured these before using. Using ground beef just makes the cooking time faster) adding the filling with refried beans and or black beans.
  • Only using vegetables and beans.
  • You can also fry or saute the tofu with spics to use this as a meat alternative.
  • Use seafood like shrimps, fish, or squid.

• Try out different recipes like 
  • The Creamy Chicken Enchiladas – otherwise known as the “White Chicken Enchilada Recipe” is popular to those who love creamier and really cheesy enchiladas. In this version, use butter instead of oil, and use a good amount of monterey jack cheese, mixing in the sour cream into the enchilada sauce instead of spreading it over the enchiladas later. Top with more cheese before baking.
  • For the Green Chicken Enchiladas Recipe ( or “Chicken Enchiladas Verde” ) – simply use salsa verde sauce (green chili enchilada sauce), with a cheese mixture of monterey jack, mexican cheese, and shredded cheddar. 
  • No tortillas? Turn this into a soup To make a “Chicken Enchilada Soup Recipe” using similar ingredients to the Yummy Kitchen recipe with a different set of instructions, and without the flour. Mix all the seasonings together before heating up oil, cooking the aromatics then add in cooked chicken, spice mix, cheeses and all the remaining ingredients. Let this boil, giving it a taste, adding more salt, pepper, or spice as needed. You can also stir in softened cream cheese, a cup or two of milk or all purpose cream to turn this into a “Chicken Enchiladas with Cream of Chicken Soup” recipe.

• Examples of enchiladas sauce recipes
  • Creamy Red Enchilada Sauce – in a similar way it’s cooked with the sauce below. Use these spices instead; garlic powder, onion powder, mild chili powder, and cumin. And aside from the chicken broth, add a can of tomato sauce.
  • Tomato Soup Enchilada Sauce – the seasonings are a mix of chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, a bit of cinnamon, a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar or regular vinegar, and a tablespoon or so of tomato paste.
  • Homemade Enchilada sauce with Jalapenos – Similar to the sauce recipe below. Jut replacing the green chilies easily found in the Philippines with canned ( make sure to strain before using) jalapenos, or fresh jalapenos.
  • Enchiladas with Green Chili Sauce – for “Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas”; the creamy versions of the samples above, This time mix in diced green chillies or your choice of spicy green peppers, garlic powder, onion powder, and cumin.

Other Yummy Chicken snack Recipes!

• Soy Glazed Chicken and Sticky Honey Chicken Wings
• Chicken Soup
• Coke Chicken Recipe
• Braised Chicken with Quail Eggs
• Creamy Tuscan Chicken
• Salted Egg Chicken Wings Recipe
• Easy Fried Chicken and Gravy

Chicken Enchiladas Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 2 tasa inihaw na manok ( hinimay-himay )
• 6 pirasong berdeng sili ( tinadtad )
• 2 tasa ginutay-gutay na cheddar cheese
• 1 pakete ng tortilla
• Sour cream
• Mozzarella
• Hiniwang Basil pang dekorasyon

Enchilada Sarsa

• Mantika
• 2 kutsarang harina
• 4 kutsarang chili powder
• 1 kutsarang dry oregano
• 1 kutsaritang cumin
• 1 kutsaritang garlic powder
• Asin panlasa
• Paminta panlasa
• 2 tasa chicken broth

Paano Lutuin :

1. Sa palayok, uminit ng mantika at haluan ng harina, chili powder, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, asin at paminta. Haluin hanggang magmukhang pandikit. Dahan dahang ibuhos ang chicken broth habang hinahalo. Haluin hanggang kumapal at itabi.
2. Sa mangkok, haluin ang hinimay na manok at ¼ o ⅓ tasa ng enchilada sarsa, haluan din ng konting sili at kso. Ilagay ang 1 – 2 kutsara nito sa tortilla. Irolyo at itabi.
3. Ilugar ang mga ito sa casserole o baking dish. Takpan ng sour cream. Iagyan din ng natitirang enchilada ng sarsa. Bago takpan ng mga natirang sili at keso.
4. Lagyan ng mozzarella kung gusto. Ibake ng 170°C o 350°F na pinainit na oben, lutuin ng 20 minuto. Dekorasyonan ng basil bago ihanda.