Chicken Chile Verde Enchiladas

Engrossed's Note:

This is the way my Mom has been making enchiladas my whole life. She got the basic recipe from neighbors when she was a teenager. They are made with flour tortillas instead of corn and get a pasty texture which we enjoy. We always eat this with Rice Chile Verde for a nice unhealthy comfort food meal. My Mom has also frozen these alongside the rice chile verde in aluminum containers...they bake up great in the oven!

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6-14

Yield: 12.0 enchila ...

• 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded (about 5 cups)
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 cup monterey jack cheese, shredded
• 1 -1 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/2-3/4 cup onion, chopped
• 2 (4 ounce) cans diced mild green chilies
• 12 -16 small fajita size flour tortillas
• 1 (28 ounce) can green enchilada sauce, plus
• 1 (10 ounce) can green enchilada sauce
• 1/3 cup cheddar cheese, shredded to top
• 1/3 cup monterey jack cheese, shredded to top
• 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained to top

Directions:

1. Cook chicken breasts and shred.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
3. Stir together cooked shredded chicken, first 2 cups of cheeses, sour cream, onion and diced green chiles. It should be the texture of chicken salad.
4. Coat the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish with enchilada sauce.
5. Optional: If tortillas are going to crack you can warm them in the oven or dip them in enchilada sauce.
6. Place a scant 1/2 cup of the chicken mixture on each tortilla. Roll up and place seam side down in the baking dish. **Use 1/3 cup of chicken mixture in thin tortillas.**.
7. After all of the tortillas are filled and in the baking dish pour all of the remaining enchilada sauce over them.
8. Top with the remaining 2/3 cups of shredded cheeses and sliced olives.
9. Bake for 35 minutes or until bubbly.

Reviews

[lazyme]

Yum!! I also had trouble finding the green enchilada sauce, but finally DH found some under the 'Las Palmas' label. These were easy to make and very good. I microwaved each tortilla for about 10 seconds to make the rolling a little easier. I ended up with a little filling leftover and tried it on a slice of baguette - very good too, lol. Thanks Engrossed for one that we will definitely repeat!

[susie61]

very good, used fresh white corn tortillas instead of flour and monterrey jack with jalapenos. left off olives due to personal preference. sauteed the onions and the green chilis together because i'm not crazy about crunchy onions with chicken. this dish was very yum, and and is going in my favorites cookbook. thanks, engrossed

[blanczz226_12376281]

THEE BEST CHILE VERDE ENCHILADAS EVER! Not even kidding. Ive made different recipes before but none had the flavor these do! Thank you thank you! I will definitely be making these over and over again!