How to Make Homemade Chicken Enchiladas

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken enchiladas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chicken Enchiladas is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Chicken Enchiladas is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken enchiladas using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Enchiladas:

1. Get 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2. Take 2 teaspoons cumin
3. Take 1 teaspoon chili powder
4. Take 2 teaspoons garlic granules
5. Make ready 1-2 teaspoons salt
6. Get 1 white onion, diced
7. Get 8 ounces jack cheese, grated
8. Prepare 1 can green chili enchilada sauce (I used Hatch brand)
9. Get 8 corn tortillas

Instructions to make Chicken Enchiladas:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Poach chicken breasts in salted water. Once cooked and cooled, shred with a fork.
3. Heat a little olive oil in a skillet and sauté onion until softened and fragrant. Add chicken and cumin, garlic, chili powder, and salt and thoroughly mix.
4. Get ready to assemble the enchiladas! - Put light coating of enchilada sauce on bottom of 8x8 baking dish. Heat tortillas until pliable.
5. Put about half a cup of chicken mixture in each tortilla and roll. Put rolled tortilla seam side down in baking dish. Repeat until all tortillas are filled and chicken is used.
6. Pour remaining enchilada sauce on top of filled tortillas. Sprinkle cheese on top.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and top is to your desired "crustiness."

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