Ruth's Chicken Enchiladas (Modified)

Submitted by Natures Cuisine

"This is a good red-sauce enchilada recipe. The enchiladas may be made ahead of time and refrigerated (add 10 minutes cooking time) or frozen (add 20 minutes cooking time)."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 (2 1/2 lb) rotisserie-cooked chicken
• 2 tablespoons canola oil or 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (6 ounce) can olives, sliced and divided
• 1 (4 ounce) can chilies, diced
• 8 ounces mexican cheese, shredded and divided
• 12 corn tortillas
• 1 (14 ounce) can enchilada sauce
• 1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 tomatoes, diced
• sour cream

directions

1. Chicken Preparation: Separate chicken meat from bones and skin. Place in a large bowl.
2. Filling: Heat oil in skillet on medium. Sauté onion and garlic until caramelized. Add to chicken. Add half of the olives, chilies, and half the cheese. Mix well.
3. Sauce: Mix enchilada sauce, tomato sauce, and tomato in a small bowl. Spread 1/2 cup of sauce evenly on the bottom of a rectangular baking dish.
4. Tortilla Preparation: Spray small skillet with non-stick spray. Heat on medium-high stove top. When hot, place tortilla on top. After tortilla starts to expand, turn over. Remove promptly when starts to expand again. Respray skillet occasionally. Stack warm tortillas on a plate and keep covered with aluminum foil.
5. Take one tortilla. Place a proportional amount of filling in middle of tortilla (from one end to the other). Fold tortilla ends over filling and place folded-side down in prepared dish. Repeat, laying enchiladas side-by-side until dish is full.
6. Cover enchiladas with remaining sauce. Top with remaining cheese and olives. Bake in 350°F oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let set for 5 minutes. Serve with sour cream.

Reviews

[Doxie lover in the]

Very tasty. The tortillas turned to mush in the oven though and I don't know why. I wonder if I didn't cook them long enough (in the Pam) or if I could have tried some crunchy chips instead. What a great recipe to use up rotisserie chicken!!!!! I will try cooking the tortillas longer next time.