Happy 1st Day of April! I hope you have had a great weekend, and I wish you all a very happy month of April!
This is an old recipe from my other blog, now closed. We haven't made any new dishes this week as unusual for us we have eaten out a few times when out and about. On other days we have stuck to light fair - because of all that eating out - and had salads and soup and veggie only meals, all simple throw-togethers. Today's recipe comes from Joyful Mamma's Kitchen hosted by Alexis.
White Chicken Enchiladas - original recipe found here.
10 soft taco shells
2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup sour cream
1 (4 oz.) can diced green chilies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 inch pan.
Mix chicken and 1 cup of cheese. Roll up in tortillas and place in pan.
In a saucepan melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Add broth and whisk until smooth. Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
Stir in sour cream and chilies. Do not bring to a boil, you don't want curdled sour cream.
Pour over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.
Bake 22 minutes and then under high broil for 3 minutes to brown the cheese.
This was very tasty. While I took the hot dish out of the oven for it to cool a little, Gregg offered to make the salad, and you can basically see what he made in the photo above.
If you look at the original recipe at Alexis' website, there are very good tips about this dish. I read that you can't really freeze as is, rather you can make the enchiladas without the sauce. You can make the whole dish up to 24 hours ahead but if you want to freeze the meal, you can do so, but stop short of making the cream sauce, just freeze the enchiladas.
You make the sauce the day you serve, first thawing the enchiladas overnight and then cook according to the original instructions. It might help to take them out of the fridge half an hour before putting in the oven.
When I fix this another time, I will halve the recipe just for the two of us, make one batch of enchiladas to serve that day and put the rest - minus sauce - in the freezer.
I printed this and I'm going to make it!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I hope you enjoy it :)
DeleteSo you made 5 for the both of you?
ReplyDeleteYes but if I remember correctly, I only ate one-and-a-half and saved the rest for snacking. Heated up the next day, it was still as tasty :) They weren’t the large tortillas shells., the in between ones. It all depends on how hungry you are.
DeleteI am glad that you both enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sue :)
DeleteSounds nice Denise.
ReplyDeleteThank you Margaret :)
DeleteThat looks like a perfect lunch to have
ReplyDeleteYes, we enjoyed it very much :)
DeleteIt looks and sounds very tasty.
ReplyDeleteThank you Janice :)
DeleteHappy April to you too. I think once spring arrives and with it the good weather (hopefully!), we enjoy lighter meals more. I always tend to put weight on over the winter months when eating comfort food but it balances itself out come the better weather when food intake lessens. Mind you, cheese, cream and butter, hmmm, not sure I'll lose any lbs but it does look good haha.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jo :) very true!
DeleteSounds like a great meal!
ReplyDeleteThank you Angie :)
DeleteI would enjoy this meal, yum! Thanks for sharing. Take care, enjoy your day and have a great week ahead.
ReplyDeleteSo glad and you are very welcome :) I wish you the same.
DeleteYUM!! This looks really good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ann :)
DeleteWe have made chicken enchiladas several times and enjoyed them. Maybe it’s time to do them again. Before I retired, most of the guys who worked for me were from South America and the Argentinians and Chileans scoffed at the mere idea of anything but beef. I think they get steak for their first meal out of the womb!
ReplyDeleteThat’s interesting David, I would thoroughly enjoy a truly authentic meal. We try to keep the red meat to a minimum these days. I also enjoy going meatless :)
DeleteI need to buy a rotisserie chicken and make these, this is one thing we do eat and I had forgotten about it
ReplyDeleteA rotisserie chicken is always a great time saver :) glad you can eat this.
DeleteYummy!
ReplyDeleteThank you Christine :)
DeleteSo, that's how you make enchiladas. Interesting recipe. I'll keep this in mind.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gigi :)
DeleteSounds and looks like a delicious dish! Hope you enjoy your spring season!
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DeleteSounds and looks like a delicious dish, hope you are enjoying your spring season!
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DeleteThese look delicious. I'm showing D in the hope it might mean they are on our eating list very soon :-)
ReplyDeleteIf you make them I hope you all enjoy :)
DeleteYou guys must be amazing hosts! I'm wishing you a beautiful spring. Aloha!
ReplyDeleteWe try our best Cloudia and thank you for the vote of confidence. I am wishing you the same my friend :)
DeleteHappy 1st Day of April to you too! Thank you for sharing this delightful recipe from Joyful Mamma's Kitchen. White Chicken Enchiladas sound like a perfect comfort food option, especially with the creamy sauce and cheesy topping. It's wonderful to hear that it was tasty and accompanied by a fresh salad made by Gregg.
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ReplyDeleteWishing you a happy new month of April.
Many thanks for the recipe.
All the best Jan
We did thank you Jan, and I I hope you did too :) Thank you and you are very welcome, I wish you the same. All the best!
DeleteEnchiladas are one of our favorites, Denise. Thank you for the recipe that I'm sure my family will love.
ReplyDeleteThat's great, do hope you like this recipe Martha Ellen :)
DeleteLooks so good. I have to figure out how to make smaller portions!
ReplyDeleteKnow what you mean Ellen :)
DeleteOh my goodness, the chicken enchiladas look amazing. I just had a feast of Mexican food this afternoon. My son treated me, and it sure was good.
ReplyDelete~Sheri
How wonderful! Gregg and I used to go into Old Town to the Mexican Restaurants there, great memories!
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