Chicken Enchiladas

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Total Time:
30 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
25 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 8 soft corn tortillas

Filling:

  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 4 pieces boneless skinless chicken breast, 6 to 8 ounces
  • 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
  • 2 sprigs fresh oregano
  • 1 small onion, quartered
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1/3 palm full
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • Salt

Sauce:

  • 2 cups tomato sauce
  • 2 teaspoons hot cayenne pepper sauce, several drops
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 2 pinches
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 2 1/2 cups Monterey Jack shredded cheese, available on dairy aisle

Directions

Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.

Wrap corn tortillas in foil and warm in the oven. Bring broth to a boil in a saute pan. Set chicken into broth with bay and oregano and onion. Return to a boil, cover and reduce heat to simmer. Poach chicken in broth 10 minutes. Remove chicken breasts to a bowl and shred with 2 forks. Add 1/2 cup of cooking liquid and tomato paste, spices and salt and work through the chicken using the forks.

Combine all sauce ingredients and heat through, keeping warm until needed.

Remove tortillas from oven and switch broiler on high.

Pile chicken mixture into warm corn tortillas and roll. Line casserole or baking dish with enchiladas, seam side down. Pour hot tomato sauce over the chicken enchiladas and top with cheese. Place in enchiladas in hot oven 6 inches from broiler and broil 5 minutes to melt cheese and set enchiladas. Serve.

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  • on May 07, 2013

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    I did not like this at all. Took too long to make, made for a lot of clean up, and after all that, didn't taste like anything. Very bland and with nothing inside the enchiladas but the chicken, sausage and cheese, they seemed dry. Would not make this again.

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  • on March 14, 2013

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    Very flavorful! I always add more spice as I like them spicy. Other then that, very easy and always enjoyed!

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  • on December 25, 2012

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    The flavor didn't sit well with my husband and I. We won't be trying this again.

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