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White Chicken Enchiladas

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Made with corn tortillas instead of flour ones, this is a creamy, delicious. decadent dinner!

Ingredients

  • 2-½ cups Cooked, Shredded Chicken
  • 2 cups Reserved Broth From Chicken
  • 3 Tablespoons Canola Oil
  • 12 whole Corn Tortillas
  • 1 whole Large Onion, Diced
  • 3 whole 4 Oz Cans Whole Green Chilies, Diced
  • 1 whole Jalapeno, Seeded And Finely Diced
  • 1 teaspoon Paprika
  • ½ cups Heavy Cream
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • 2 Tablespoons Flour
  • 1 cup Sour Cream
  • 2-½ cups Monterey Jack Cheese, Grated
  • Salt And Pepper, to taste
  • Picante Sauce (optional)
  • Cilantro, Chopped

Preparation

Heat 2 tablespoons canola oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Fry tortillas for no longer than 20 seconds, just to soften (do not allow to become crisp.) Place tortillas on a large towel or stack of paper towels to drain.

Heat 1 tablespoon canola oil in separate skillet over medium heat. Add onions and jalapenos and saute for 1 minute, just to start the cooking process. Add chicken, half of the green chilies, and 1/2 teaspoon paprika. Stir together. Add 1/2 cup chicken broth and stir. Add cream and stir, allowing mixture to bubble and get hot. Turn off heat and set aside.

In a separate large skillet, melt butter and sprinkle in flour. Whisk together and cook over medium heat for one minute. Pour in 1 1/2 cups chicken broth. Whisk together and cook for another minute or two. Stir in the other half of the chilies. Reduce heat, then stir in sour cream. Add 1 1/2 cups grated cheese and stir to melt. Add 1/2 teaspoon paprika. Check seasoning and add salt and pepper as needed.

To assemble, spoon chicken mixture on top of tortillas, one by one. Top with plenty of cheese and roll up. Place seam side down in a 9 x 13 casserole dish.

Pour cheese mixture all over the top of the tortillas. Top with extra cheese if you’d like, then bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Sprinkle generously with chopped cilantro.

Serve with picante sauce, if desired.

Faint. Repeat as needed.

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Pam-n-Oklahoma on 7.18.2011

Made these last night for dinner and it was oh so good! Hubby loved them!

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melissarene on 6.7.2010

I made this last weekend and they were amazing. I decided to use flour tortillas because I’m not a huge fan of the taste of corn tortillas to be honest. SOOOO GOOD.

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jennystorm on 2.18.2010

I made these enchiladas several weeks ago and they were a big hit! We barely had enough for leftovers the next day. YUM!!

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Chuck on 2.8.2010

Used turkey left over from Thanksgiving. Great way to clean up leftovers from the big feast!

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meeshiesmom on 2.1.2010

Love this recipe although I seem to keep making it with shredded pork instead of the chicken. Very easy and very tastey.

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terrilw on 8.7.2017

These are terrific!! Easy, but a bit labor intensive. So worth it, though. I didn’t fry my tortillas, just heated them in a dry skillet for 10 seconds per side as I was filling them. Turned out great.

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Louise on 11.2.2012

This by far is my favourite Pioneer Woman recipe, it’s what got me hooked on Ree’s blog!

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Kristin Conner on 3.7.2012

These were absolutely wonderful! My picky hubby even scarfed down two plates of enchiladas! Definitely a keeper!! Thanks!! I am going to follow littleladylones suggestion and try shrimp next time!

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Yan Yan on 8.10.2011

These were really good and creamy – I substituted green enchilada sauce for the chicken broth just to give it some extra flavor. Worked great.

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Maggie on 6.22.2011

I added in more veggies to the chicken filling (tomatoes, red pepper, ect). Delicious!

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