Cooking Video Demonstration:
Ingredients
- Stored cooked chicken breasts
- red & green bell pepper- 1 each, deseeded and diced
- stored diced green onion
- cilantro- 1 bundle, hand-ripped from stems
- queso fresco cheese- 1 round
- green enchilada sauce- 1 28oz. can
- corn tortillas, small- 1 dozen (or flour)
- Staples
- Cinnamon- 1 tspn
- Chili powder- 1 tspn
- Paprika- 1 tspn
- toothpicks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Place chopped cooked chicken into large mixing bowl
- Add half of red and green diced bell pepper and diced green onion
- Add half of cilantro and half of cheese, hand crumbled
- Add cinnamon, chili powder and paprika
- Top with 1/3 can of enchilada sauce; mix well
- Assemble enchiladas in long baking dish by spooning mixture in center of each tortilla and folding each side securing with a toothpick
- Pour remaining enchilada sauce over the top, then top with remaining cheese (crumbled by hand) and remaining diced bell peppers
- Remove toothpicks and bake until cooked thoroughly, approximately 15-20 minutes
Southwest Chicken Enchiladas are perfect with the following side dishes:
Ingredients
- stored cooked rice
- black beans- 1 15oz. can, drained
- corn- 1 small 7oz. can, drained
- diced tomatoes with green chiles- 1 14oz. can
- Staples
- canola oil- 3 tablespoons
- cinnamon- 1 tspn
- paprika- 1 tspn
- garlic salt- 1 tspn
Instructions
- Heat oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat
- Add cooked rice, cinnamon, paprika, garlic salt, drained beans, drained corn and tomatoes
- Sauté until rice is tender and begins to brown, approximately 5 minutes