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Chicken enchiladas topped with red salsa, melted cheese, green onions, and chopped tomatoes.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas

Catherine
This easy Chicken Enchiladas recipe is flavorful, simple to do, and a meal the whole family will enjoy. This recipe uses a cooked rotisserie chicken and store-bought salsa for quick and easy shortcuts that gets dinner on the table quickly on those busy weeknights.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine Tex Mex
Servings 8 enchiladas
Calories 349 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 1 red pepper chopped
  • 1 1/2 lbs cooked chicken shredded
  • 1 1/4 cups salsa divided (red salsa or salsa roja)
  • 125 g cream cheese cubed (4oz or half a brick)
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 cup Mexican cheese blend shredded, divided (or cheddar or Monterey Jack)
  • 8 large flour tortillas
  • 2 green onions chopped (optional)
  • 1/4 cup cherry tomatoes chopped (optional)
  • sour cream to serve, optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a casserole dish.
  • Place oil in skillet and turn heat on stove to medium. Add onions and peppers and cook for 2 minutes.
  • Add the chicken, 1/4 cup salsa, cream cheese, and cumin and mix well. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Add 1/4 cup of the shredded cheese.
  • Spoon about 1/3 cup of chicken mixture down the center of a tortilla and roll it up. Place the rolled tortilla seam side down in the casserole dish. Repeat with the rest of the tortillas.
  • Top the enchiladas with the remaining salsa and shredded cheese. Bake them for 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle the baked enchiladas with chopped green onion and tomatoes, if desired, and serve.

Note: Metric ingredient measurements are provided as a courtesy using a third-party calculator and are rounded to the nearest unit. The recipes provided on this site have not been tested with metric measurements and their accuracy cannot be verified.

Nutrition

Calories: 349kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 29gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 88mgSodium: 711mgPotassium: 434mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1043IUVitamin C: 22mgCalcium: 249mgIron: 3mg

The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.

Keyword chicken, leftover chicken, rotisserie chicken, salsa, tortillas
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